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V. S. Thurairajah is an Indian architect and urban planner who has been involved in the design and construction of many iconic buildings in India. He was born in Oman on 8 August 1927 and is currently 84 years old. He studied architecture at the University of Madras and graduated in 1950. He then went on to pursue a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954. He has been involved in the design and construction of many iconic buildings in India, including the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He has also designed many other buildings, including the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He has been awarded several prestigious awards, including the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. He is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Architects and is a member of the Indian Institute of Town Planners. He is also a member of the International Council of Monuments and Sites.

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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 8 August, 1927
Birthday 8 August
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Date of death (2011-12-14) Sydney, Australia
Died Place Sydney, Australia
Nationality Oman

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2011

Thurairajah migrated to Australia. He died on 14 December 2011 in Sydney, Australia.

1967

Thurairajah was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1967), Australian Institute of Architects (1989), Indian Institute of Architects (1965), Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (1976) and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1968). He was editor and publisher of a quarterly journal called Architecture and Arts in Sri Lanka from 1975 to 1981. He was chairman of Eelanadu, a Tamil language newspaper, in 1975 and one of the secretaries of the International Association of Tamil Research. Thurairajah was one of the key organisers of the 4th International Tamil Research Conference held in Jaffna in 1974. He was deputy district governor of the Lions International Sri Lanka District in 1981 and secretary of the Ananda Coomaraswamy Cultural Society. Thurairajah produced the Tamil language film Kuthu Vilakku (Sacred Lamp) in 1972.

1964

After retirement Thurairajah started a private practice known as Thurairajah Associates in 1964. The practice grew and in 1968 a branch office was opened in Jaffna. Thurairajah designed many of the tropical modernist buildings in Jaffna. During a long career Thurairajah designed numerous buildings including factories, Hindu temples, hospitals, hotels, office buildings, residential buildings and university buildings in Sri Lanka, India, Australia and Middle East.

1951

After returning to Ceylon Thurairajah joined the Public Works Department (PWD) in 1951 as a junior architect. He then joined the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1954 as a Colombo Plan scholar, graduating in 1957 with a A.A. diploma specialising in tropical architecture. He then resumed his career at the PWD before retiring in 1964 in due to government policies.

1927

Velupillai Suppiah Thurairajah (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை சுப்பையா துரைராஜா, romanized: Vēluppiḷḷai Cuppaiyā Turairājā; 8 August 1927 – 14 December 2011) was a Sri Lankan Tamil architect who designed many buildings in Sri Lanka and abroad.

Thurairajah was born on 8 August 1927. He was the son of Vellupillai Suppiah and Thangacchimuttu from Navaly in northern Ceylon. He was educated at Green Memorial School, Manipay and Manipay Hindu College. After school Thurairajah joined the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay in 1948, graduating in 1951 with a diploma in architecture.

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