Shri R Lakshminarayanan, Assistant Director(E), O/o The Addl. Director General (E-SZ), Chennai has retired from service on attaining superannuation on 30.04.2019 after serving the Department in various AIR stations for 32 years and 4 months.
He joined as Engineering Asst. at HPT,AIR, Avadi on 30.12.1986. During his journey in this prestigious Department, he had served 3 tenures at HPT, AIR, Avadi, 2 tenures at Super Power Transmitters, AIR, Bangalore and 1 tenure each in AIR, Tiruchirapalli and AIR, Thiruvananthapuram.
He had involved in various Technical activities like Indigenous development for SW transmitter components, Technical innovation 'Audio Routing Switcher' and Centralised Monitoring Systems. Further, he had received Akashvani Annual Awards 6 times consequently between 2003 and 2007.
He immensely contributed in Laying new Earth radials for Active and Passive masts of Directional aerial of 2x100 KW DRM MW transmitters at HPT, AIR, Avadi and documented it with all minute details of the work.
When the twin Aerial towers of AIR, Brahmavar fell down during 2015 storm, he was part of the team that was formed to erect an inverted 'L' aerial to bring back the transmission. That mission 'Transmission' was realized in record time.
A very sincere, dedicated and hard working personnel. All the Staff of AIR& DD Chennai and Prasar Bhararti Parivar wish Shri Lakshminarayanan a very happy, peaceful and healthy retirement life.
Contributed By: T. RAJENDIRAN ,DY. DIRECTOR GENERAL (E),ALL INDIA RADIO, CHENNAI,airchennai4@gmail.com