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'''C.T. Venugopal''' (1907–1972) was an Indian civil services officer and was a member of the Indian Railways Accounts Services.<br />
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==Family==<br />
Venugopal was the second son of C. Tiruvenkatachari and Padmammal. His older brother was the mathematician [[Cadambathur Tiruvenkatacharlu Rajagopal|C.T. Rajagopal]] and his younger brother was the philosopher [[C. T. K. Chari|C.T.K. Chari]]. They also had a sister, Kamala, who married a civil servant, R.P. Sarathy, who served as defense secretary under Krishna Menon.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He was the first officer to be recruited to form the IRAS in 1930.<ref name="History of IRAS">{{cite web|title=IRAS|url=http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Indian_Railway_Accounts_Service::sub::History_Of_IRAS|publisher=Indian Railways}}</ref> He was considered to have been responsible for dividing up the railway assets during partition of India and Pakistan. He was also a member of the Railway board. Along with K.P. Mushran, he edited a book about Indian Railways.<ref name="Books - Indian Railways">{{cite book|last=C.T.Venugopal & K.P.Mushran|title=Indian Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGKYYgEACAAJ}}</ref> IRAS commemorates C.T.Venugopal with memorial lectures every year.<ref name="Memorial lectures at IRAS">{{cite web|title=Memorial Lectures|url=http://irsme.nic.in/files/brief.pdf|access-date=2012-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215232004/http://irsme.nic.in/files/brief.pdf|archive-date=2011-12-15|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He converted to Christianity from Hinduism and also published religious papers and books including Witness to Christ.<ref name="Religious Publications">{{cite web|title=Witness to Christ|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/witness-to-christ/oclc/000799177}}</ref><br />
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After his retirement, he settled in Vellore near [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]] due to an illness, where died in 1972.<br />
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There is a prize named in his honor at Christian Medical College & Hospital.<br />
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