Aroor Raja

Aroor Venkatachari Srinivasaraghavan Raja was one of the founders of Shriram Group of companies. He died on 14 April 2022 due to a lung infection and cancer.

Biography

Raja worked for Indian Railways before becoming co-founder of the Shriram along with R. Thyagrajan. His "Silver Medallion campaign" took the small company to national recognition.
In 1985 Raja convinced all the part-time Chief Regional Managers of UTI to become the regional managers for Shriram Group to develop and market various financial instruments of the group.
Raja worked with the local community holding the posts of Managing trustee & Publisher of Amudhasurabi, founder general Secretary of Towers Club, President of Kartik Fine Arts, Founder chairman of Probus Club and a member of the Rotary Club of Anna Nagar.
The Best Comedian category at the Kodai Nataka Vizha awards was named for Raja.