Rupa Gurunath is the former president of the

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is the governing body of cricket activities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is affiliated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Tamil Nadu cricket team. The TNCA is one o ...

(TNCA). She was the first woman to hold the office. She is also a 'whole time' director of India Cements Limited.

Corporate career

Gurunath is on the board of eight different companies including

India Cements The India Cements Limited is a cement manufacturing company based in Chennai. It is the 9th largest listed cement company in India by revenue. The company was headed by former International Cricket Council chairman and Board of Control for Crick ...

Limited the owners of the

Chennai Super Kings The Chennai Super Kings, also known as CSK, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was one of the eight debut franchises when the league was establ ...

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franchise through Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd (CSKCL) holding company. In 2019, at the 87th Annual General Meeting, Gurunath was elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), making her the first woman to head a state cricket association in India. She succeeded her father N. Srinivasan as president. The

Tamil Nadu cricket team The Tamil Nadu cricket team is a domestic cricket team run by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association representing the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It has been one of the most dominant teams in white-ball domestic cricket in India. The team plays in Ranji ...

enjoyed considerable success during her tenure, winning back-to-back Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophies in 2021 and 2021. In June 2021, Gurunath was found guilty of 'conflict of interest' by the BCCI ethics officer, retired Justice D. K. Jain due to her also serving as a "whole-time director and promoter of ICL India Cements Limited", the owners of the

IPL franchise. Gurunath resigned as the president of the TNCA in December 2021, citing an intention to "focus on business and personal commitments."

Personal life

Guranath is the daughter of Indian

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, former president of the

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, and former chairman of the ICC, N. Srinivasan. Rupa is married to

Gurunath Meiyappan Gurunath Meiyappan is a member of the AVM family and is the son-in-law of industrialist, former president of the BCCI, and former chairman of the ICC, N. Srinivasan. He was the "team principal" of the IPL cricket franchise, Chennai Super Ki ...

, a former Chennai Super Kings official and member of the AVM family, who was banned for life from any involvement in cricket for his role in the 2013 IPL betting scandal by the

Lodha Committee The Lodha Committee was appointed by the Supreme Court of India on 23 January 2015 to analyse and recommend implementable actions for improving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), assess the quantum of punishment for Gurunath Meiya ...

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