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Janab
A.Thangal Kunju Musaliar was born in a middle class
family at the ancestral home of his parents at Kollam
on 12th January 1897. His family proudly traces
their ancestry to Malik ibu Deenar, a legendary
islamic missionary who came to India in the 8th
century. Another ancestor of the later generation
was Sheikh Ali Hassan Musaliar entombed in the Sheikh
Masjit at Karunagappally, Sri.Musaliar is being
the 12th in the line after him.
The
name Thangal Kunju Musaliar conjures up the memories
of an era, when Kerala dominated the cashew export
trade in the 1940s and 50s. He was a pioneer in
this field who built up a vast business empire through
impeccable planning and its systematic implementation
and played a pivotal role in contributing the much
- needed foreign exchange to the state.
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Janab A.Thangalkunju
Musaliar
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By
1940, he had the unique distinction of being one
of the world's renowned employers. In 1950, while
at the peak of his business career, Janab Musaliar
became preoccupied with new thoughts, of , how best
he could provide education to the new generation
for the better development of the society. As a
man of extra ordinary vision he foresaw the tremendous
importance of education in the years to come. These
thoughts have paved the way for the formation of
T.K.M Educational Trust in 1956. The trust has the
heritage of holding up firmly the values of late
Janab Thangal Kunju Musaliar. The trust established
institutions such as the T.K.M College of Engineering,
T.K.M Institute of Management, T.K.M College of
Arts & Science, T.K.M School of Communication
and Information Technology. The trust started the
T.K.M Centenary Public School during the year 1997
to mark the Birth Centenary celebrations of late
janab Thangal Kunju Musaliar. Later T.K.M High School
and T.K.M Higher Secondary School were added to
the T.K.M group of Educational Institutions. Presently
the trust has set up the TKM Centre for advanced
Learning and the new campus of TKM Institute of
Management at Musaliar Hills, Karuvelil near Cheerankavu,
Ezhukone. Today we see the success of a visionary
statesman and multifaceted personality, the late
Janab Thangal Kunju Musaliar, who full-filled his
dream of uplifting the society primarily through
education.
The
life of Thangal Kunju Musaliar exemplifies greatness
in its true sense. Several of his initiatives,innovation
and achievements in trade,industry and education
have assumed prophetic characters in the changing
national and global scenario. In recognition to
his services to the nation, the Govt. of India released
a commemorative postage stamp in his name.
The
year 1997 was significant in the history of T.K.M
Educational Institutions, for it was celebrated
as the birth centenary year of the late Janab.A.Thangal
Kunju Musaliar.
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