T. R. Paarivendhar (also known as T. R. Pachamuthu, born 24 August 1941) is an Indian politician, academician, founder-president of

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and Ex MP to the

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from

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. He is well known as the founder-chairman of the

SRM Institute of Science and Technology SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) is a private deemed university located in Kattankulathur, (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, it gained the deemed University status ...

Political career

He contested and won the

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on DMK's Rising Sun symbol being an

party member. His party contested along with the

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in the

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. In 2019 he walked out of the AIADMK-BJP alliance after the

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joined it. His party allied with

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during the

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Arrest and court case

The Chennai Central Crime Branch police arrested SRM University chancellor Pari Vendhar on August 26, 2016, after questioning him overnight. The arrest followed complaints from over 100 students who claimed they paid money for a medical seat at SRM college but didn't get admitted. The Central Crime Branch police found initial evidence suggesting his involvement in cheating students of Rs. 75 crore. The case began when Madhan, a close aide to Pachamuthu and Managing Partner of

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, went missing in May 2016, leaving a suicide note. In the note, Madhan lamented that after collecting crores of rupees from parents, they would be unable to meet their pledge. While Paarivendhar filed a case accusing Madhan of illegally collecting the money, over 110 parents addressed the police, claiming to have donated Rs. 50 lakh each on their assurance of admission to the MBBS course. The Saidapet magistrate court announced his decision to remand him to 15 days in custody the same day. A case has been filed in Madras High Court on 2016 that Parivendar occupied land worth Rs.371 crores designated for the Adi Dravidas in Kanchipuram district's Kattangolathur for his SRM university. The Madras High Court on 14 July 2016 ordered notices to be sent to Kanchipuram District Collector and Parivendar in this case.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paarivendhar, T. R. India MPs 2019–2024 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Living people Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People from Perambalur district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tamil Nadu 1941 births