Thenkachi Ko. Swaminathan

Who is Thenkachi Ko. Swaminathan?

Thenkachi Ko. Swaminathan was an author of various Tamil books,Deputy Director of "All India Radio" a-k-a AIR, radio channel, was a host of the daily programme Indru oru Thagaval on All India Radio. A down-to-earth human being, genius in Life Improvement, Positive Attitude - Story narrator.

⁕ :Million people across TamilNadu woke up to his voice every morning for several years

The five-minute programme, presented in simple colloquial Tamil the common man could relate to and punctuated by anecdotes meant to make you smile and ponder,was broadcast without a break from 1988 until his retirement in 2002.Many still remember Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan for his popular daily programme "Indru oru Thagaval "on All India Radio

Later when TV became popular, on Sun TV, a popular Tamil-language channel, he gave a similar program in the morning called Indha Naal Iniya Naal.

Thenkachi Ko. Swaminathan was a radio artist. After completing his B.Sc. agriculture from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan worked as an Agricultural Extension Officer for a few years. He joined the AIR in 1977 and retired as Deputy Station Director.