Sanmar Group's chairman N Sankar, 76, passes away after brief illness

He had held office in several public trade and industry bodies, Assocham, Indo-US Joint Business Council, Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, among others

N Sankar, Chairman of the Chennai-headquartered $1 billion business conglomerate Sanmar Group, passed away on Sunday following a brief illness. He was 76.

Sankar was currently the Chairman of The Sanmar Group, operating in the core areas of chemicals, shipping, metals and engineering.  Sankar had held office in several public bodies representing trade and industry, including president of Assocham (1991-92), Chairman of Indo-US Joint Business Council (1998-99), Chairman of Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry  (1986-87) and President of Madras Management Association (1981-87) among others.

Sankar was on the Board of NOCIL, Mumbai, and the India Advisory Board of FLSmidth,