On December 17th at an event at Russian Cultural Centre Chennai Tamil Film Director and great grandson
On December 17th at an event at Russian Cultural Centre Chennai Tamil Film Director and great grandson of Rao Sahib K Kothandapani Pillai an Indian Diplomat and Tamil Scholar, Venkatesh Kumar G was conferred “Honorary Diploma” by the Russian Federal Agency – Rossotrudnichestvo, Moscow.
The award was presented by Director of RCSC Chennai Mr. Gennadii Rogalev. Present at the function were Counsel General of Russian federation in South India His Excellency Oleg Avdeev, Col R Hariharan, a retired MI specialist on South Asia and terrorism, served as the head of intelligence of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka 1987-90 and Mr. Ramkumar Ganesan (Son of Dr. Shivaji Ganesan).