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K. Padmanabhan, simple in nature but serious in studies, has dedicated his life for learning, teaching and researcghing Economics for more than 40 years. He graduated in Economics from the Scott Christian College, Nagercoil and done his Post-Graduation from the Loyola College, Chennai, After acquiring law degree from the Law College, Madras he joined in the Department of Economics, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous College), Tirupattur, Vellore District. With his honest and sincere effort, the Department of Economics has grown into a Post-Graduate and a full fledged research department. He was awarded Ph.D. degree by the university of Madras for his thesis on the Ec onomic Analysis of Jaggery Marketing in Northern District of Tamil Nadu. He served as additional Vice-Prinicipal for three years in the same college. He has guided M. Phil and Ph.D students. Eight besides organizing level in the college, has attended national and international conferences with in India and abroad. He has completed four minor projects and two major projects supported by the ICSSR, New Delhi and other Government and non-Government organizations. He has published four books on development, agriculture marketing and foreign trade and 80 articles in journals. He was awarded Rev. Fr. Sebastian SJ, Award for Senior Economists by the Association of Economics of Tamil Nadu. He became the President of the Association Economists for the 25th Annual General Meeting in the year public Administration, Tirupattar Local Branch. He is the editor of the Millennium Administrator, the voice of the IPA, Tirupattur Local Branch. He has associated academically with many universities and autonomous college. In order to erase out a deep rooted evil, corruption, from the society, anti-corruption movement was started at Tirupattur and he became its President. Te aim of the social movement was to create awareness and to eradicate it. He started a trust for the welfare of the handicapped persons at Tirupatur. To promote reading habit among the youth and public I general and to bring about religious harmoy in the society, he has established and promoted a book center at Tirupattur. He utilized the funds received as pension for this social cause.