“ENGINEERS LIKE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS HANDILY AVALIABLE. THEY WILL CREATE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS”

G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) (23 March 1893 – 4 January 1974) was an Indian inventor and engineer who is referred to as the “EDISON OF INDIA” and “THE WEATHER CREATOR OF COIMBATORE” He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also spanned the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering. Naidu developed an independently internal combustion four stroke engine. He had only primary education but excelled as a versatile genius.

PERSONAL LIFE :

G.D. Naidu was born at Kalangal, COIMBATORE on 23 March 1893 in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the son of a farmer. His childhood years were spent getting in trouble at school. He disliked attending classes.His son name is KaliyaSwamy he created the company.His wife name is pushpa Naidu.

EARLY LIFE :

Naidu obtained work as a 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 in a hotel in Coimbatore with the intention of saving money to buy a motorcycle. After getting the vehicle he spent time dismantling and re-assembling it, and later became a mechanic. He began his transport business in 1920, with the purchase of an automobile coach. He drove it between 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 and 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 In a few years, his Universal Motor Service (UMS) owned the most efficient fleet of public transport vehicles in the country. In 1937, the first motor to be produced in India was brought out from G. D. Naidu’s factory – NEW (National Electric Works) at Peelamedu, Coimbatore.

𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 :

G.D. Naidu developed India’s first indigenous motor in 1937 along with D. Balasundaram Naidu. The motor’s success resulted in the founding of textool by Balasundaram and, later, lakshmi machine works (LMW).Naidu’s ‘Rasant’ razor incorporated a small motor operated by dry cells, called HELIBRONN.

G.D. Naidu, Rathnasabapathy Mudaliar and India’s first finance minister R.K. SHANMUKHAM CHETTY conducted survey, for bringing Siruvani water to the Coimbatore city.Through Naidu’s efforts and donations India’s first polytechnic college, the Arthur Hope Polytechnic and the Arthur Hope College of Engineering were set up. Later the college moved to its present location and is now known as Government college of techonology. The college was named after the then Madras governor Aurthur hope In 1945, GD Naidu was the principal of the college. Naidu was not satisfied with the four-year programs and said that it was a waste of time for students. He suggested that two years was more than enough to teach the same courses, even with different concentrations. However, the British government did not accept his idea and Naidu resigned from his post. The name Hope College for the original site of the college remains in Coimbatore even.

Naidu died on 4 January 1974. Sir C V Raman said of Naidu: “A great educator, an entrepreneur in many fields of engineering and industry, a warm-hearted man filled with love for his fellows and a desire to help them in their troubles, Mr Naidu is truly a man in a million – perhaps this is an understatement!” He is survived by his son G.D. Gopal and grandchildren G.D. Rajkumar and Shantini. A permanent Industrial Exhibition in his memory is in Coimbatore. He provided employment in the engineering and manufacturing sectors to many individuals in the 1950s and 1960s.