Known for both his contributions to the gear industry and for his philanthropy, Subramanian died in Coimbatore on Friday, aged 79
P. Subramanian, known as the ‘gear man of Coimbatore’, died on Friday. He was 79.
Subramanian was a man known for both his contributions to the gear industry and for philanthropy. He had worked for a short period as an instructor at PSG College of Technology and then ventured into the gear industry in the 1970s, when there were only two dominant players in the country in that sector, and none from Coimbatore. He founded Shanthi Gears in the 1970s and it was acquired by Tube Investments of India of the Murugappa Group in 2012.