A condolence meeting to pay tribute to Prof. P. Natarajan, who was Head, Commerce Department and later, Principal of RKM Vivekananda College, was held on June 8 at The Mylapore Club, Luz by the alumni of the B.Com 1973 batch.
The professor passed away in the last week of May at the age of 83.
At this meet, people took turns to recall their memories of the professor.
One said the professor was affectionately called PN and was the guru , guide and mentor of 35,000 plus students over his tenure of 40 years helping his wards to succeed in B.Com , chartered accountancy and other professional courses with his unique teaching style of the fundamentals of accounts, commerce and statistics.
Another recalled that while Natarajan was a warden of the boys hostel, he was deeply involved with each and every hostelite from all streams of studies, helping them to overcome their problems, mentoring and guiding them on their career path.
Many recalled his outstanding memory to identify the hostelites and their room numbers as well as the roll numbers of day scholars.
The late professor’s family could not attend this event due to the ongoing rituals.
V. Krishnan is of the B.Com 1973 batch. Also, chief co-ordinator of Alumni at RKM Vivekananda College –
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