Sir Shri Ram was an eminent and public-spirited philanthropist, an outstanding industrialist and one of the trend setting far-setting leaders of the Indian business community, Lala Shri Ram, the enigmatic visionary behind the institution, was born on April 27, 1884. He possessed an analytical mind, an infinite capacity for work and a knack for human relations. On the demise of Lala Sri Ram, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then President of India said, “He was not only a great industrialist but helped many good causes. His contributions to education are memorable.”