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Dr. Sivanthi Adityan
8th President of Indian Olympic Association
In office 1987–1996
Preceded by
Vidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded by
Suresh Kalmadi
Personal details
Born
(1936-09-24)24 September 1936 Kayamozhi(Thoothukudi Dist)
Died
19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 76) Chennai, India
Spouse
S. Malathi Adityan
Children
S. Balasubramanian Adityan Anitha Kumaran Mala Jayaram
Parents
S. P. Adithanar (father)
A. Govindamal (mother)
Relatives
K. P. K. Kumaran (Son-in-Law)
Residence
Chennai
Sivanthi Adityan (24 September 1936 – 19 April 2013) was an Indian media baron who ran Tamil newspapers Daily Thanthi[1] and Maalaimalar. Sivanthi started the first evening Tamil Daily Maalai Murasu at Tirunelveli in 1959. He was an educationist, an industrialist and a philanthropist. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
He was popularly called "Chinna Ayya" as a mark of respect by the people. In 2012 Adithan bought the NDTV Hindu news channel and renamed it as Thanthi TV. He was the President of Indian Olympic Association from 1987 to 1996.[citation needed]
^Chairman and Chief Editor of Daily Thanthi Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
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