DISTRICT INFORMATION COIMBATORE DIST SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • Coimbatore South • Coimbatore North • Pollachi • Kovanputhur • November 24 – Covai Day SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • third largest city of the state • one of the most industrialized cities in Tamil Nadu • the Manchester of the South India • situated on the banks of the river Noyyal SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Geography • Located on the rain shadow region of the Western ghats • rich black soil present • Successful growth of cotton that served as a foundation for the establishment of its famous textile industry. • development of Hydro electricity from the Pykara Falls in the 1930 led to a cotton boom in Coimbatore. • Coconut is the major plantation crop , Cotton, Millets, Sugarcane, Pulses and Oilseeds • Chinna Kallar – Valparai – Water fall, 3rd Wettest place in India, Cherapoonji of South India Tea, Coffee Cultivation - Nilgiri Tahr • Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary and National Park SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • Thekkadi – Elephant camp • 1. Aliyar • 2. Nirar • 3. Sholayar • 4. Parambikulam • 5. Noyyal • 6. Bhavani • Valparai – Poor Man’s Switzerland SHANKAR •IASAnaimalai ACADEMY Tiger Reserve Institutes in Coimbatore • Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR)- Southern Regional station • Sardar Vallabhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management • Salim Ali Ornithology Centre,Anaikatti • Forest College and research center, Mettupalayam • Insect Museum • Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • CODISSIA (Coimbatore District Small Industries Association) • 2010 Semmozhi Manadu • Isha • Ooty Mountain Rail – 110 years – Heritage Train • Prambikulam Azhiyar – • Marudhamalai SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • Sir Robert Stannes – Started first Cotton Mill • the second largest software producer in Tamil nadu • Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd (LMW), • Premier Instruments and Control Limited (PRICOL) • Coimbatore Wet Grinder – GI Tag • Major Wind Energy • Coimbatore is also called as the Pump City • Suguna pumps, Sharp Industries, CRI Pumps, Texmo Industries, SHANKAR IASDeccan ACADEMY Pumps & KSB Pumps Educational Institutions • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (est. 1971), • Bharathiar University (1982), • Anna University Coimbatore (2007) and • private universities like • Karunya University (1986), • Avinashilingam University (1987), • Amrita University (2003) and • Karpagam University (2005) • Air Force Administrative College was established in 1949 SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Issues in Coimbatore • Dead Noiyal • Ground Water SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Personalities • First Finance Minister – RK Shanmugam • PADMAN – Muruganandham • GD Naidu • Naren Karthikeyan SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Elected Members of of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly S.No. Name and Constituency Details Party Name 1. Thiru.Arjunan(a)Amman Arjunan.K AIADMK Coimbatore – South 2. Thiru.P.R.G.Arunkumar AIADMK Coimbatore – North 3. Thiru. S.P.Velumani AIADMK Hon’ble Minister for Municipal Administration,Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme Thondamuthur S.No. Name and Constituency Details Party Name 4. Thiru.N.Karthick DMK Singanalur 1. Thiru.NATARAJAN, P.R. CPI(M) Coimbatore Parliamentary Consituency 5. Thiru.VP.KANDASAMY AIADMK Sulur 6. Thiru. Pollachi V.Jayaraman AIADMK 2. Thiru.SHANMUGA SUNDARAM .K. DMK Hon’ble Deputy Speaker,Tamil Nadu Pollachi Parliamentary Consituency Legislative Assembly Pollachi 7. Thiru. A.Shanmugam AIADMK S.No. Name of the Elected Member Party Name Kinathukadavu 8. Thiru.O.K.Chinnaraj AIADMK 1. Thiru.A.K.Selvaraj AIADMK Mettupalayam SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY 9. Thirumathi.V.Kasthurivasu AIADMK 2. Thiru. S.R. Balasubramoniyan AIADMK Valparai(SC) 10. Thiru. V.C.Arukutty AIADMK Kavundampalayam SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY.