Kumarappa Institute Of Gram Swaraj Information

Kumarappa was born in a devout Christian family on January 4 1892 and named Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius. He was the sixth child of Mr. Solomon Doraisamy an officer in the Public Works Department of Government of Madras and Mrs. Easther Rajanayagam a pious housewife at Tanjore in Tamil Nadu. Mrs. Easther hailed from an educated and well-known family of poet Vedanayagam Sastriar.Kumarappa had his basic education in Madras and left for London in 1912 for Chartered Accountancy course (F.S.A.A.). There he continued to work for London Banks and British Auditors' firms. In 1919 he returned to India and worked in Bombay with British Firms again and later set up his own firm of auditors called `Cornelius & Davar`. Many of his clients were European and Parsi firms. Besides he was Vice-Principal and part-time Professor of Davar's College of Commerce.