He was born in 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" to a Tamil immigrant family from Sri Lanka and is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent (Ceylonese/Jaffnese).
Ananda Krishnan studied at Vivekananda Tamil School in Kuala Lumpur and furthered his studies at Victoria Instituition, Kuala Lumpur. Later, he attended University of Melbourne, Australia for his B.A. (Honours) degree majoring in political science. Following that, Krishnan obtained a Masters in Business Administration at Harvard University, graduating in 1964.
RE:Finally... It happened as it ought to be..
by Jackson on Apr 30, 2007 08:41 PM
Ananda Krishnan is a Sri Lankan tamil. nothing to do with Maran.... He is a world renowned business tycoon.. the who's who of Asia and USA are close to A Krishnan.. Astro has agreements with NDTV, UTV and SUN TV.. why pick on Maran alone??