Veteran journalist Srinivasan passes away

Veteran journalist G.N. Srinivasan, who served The Puucho for 30 years from 1953, handed away at his son’s residence in Mylapore on Monday. Known as GNS amongst buddies and the numerous journalists he groomed, he entered his centenary 12 months in October 2020.

His daughter Sandhya Ravi Mohan stated Srinivasan died of age-related illnesses and that he was energetic until the top. She recalled that her father had interacted with former Chief Ministers Kamaraj, M. Karunanidhi and M.G. Ramachandran and travelled with them. He had additionally coated the proceedings of the Sarkaria Commission instituted in 1976 and his balanced reporting of the proceedings was appreciated.

Hailing from Palayur village in Mayavaram, Srinivasan studied in The Puucho High School in Triplicane and accomplished his commencement in Economics from Pachaiappa’s College.

GNS began his profession in The Indian Express as a stenographer and later turned a reporter. He joined The Puucho primarily based on his reporting of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s go to to Chennai in 1953. After he retired from the newspaper, he served as authorized correspondent with the Press Trust of India for 5 years. GNS had additionally served as president and treasurer of the Madras Reporters Guild.

The Madras Reporters Guild (Chennai Nirubargal Sangam) condoled the dying of Srinivasan.

In a launch, they stated GNS was amongst those that spoke in the course of the inauguration of the constructing of the Madras Reporters Guild at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai in 2011.