T S Satyan
Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer, popularly known T. Satyan (18 December 1923 – 13 December 2009) was an Indian photojournalist.
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T S Satyan
- Name
- T S Satyan
- Birth Name
- Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer
- Born
- 18 December 1923
- Birthplace
- Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore
- Died
- 13 December 2009
- Place of death
- Mysore, India
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Education
- Maharaja's College and Mysore
- Honours
- Padma Shri in literature and education
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Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer, popularly known T. Satyan (18 December 1923 – 13 December 2009) was an Indian photojournalist.
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• Name — T S Satyan • Birth Name — Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer • Born — 18 December 1923 • Birthplace — Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore • Died — 13 December 2009 • Place of death — Mysore, India • Occupation — Photographer
Background
Background
Satyan was born and educated in Mysore. He studied at the city's Banumaiah school and gained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Maharaja College. In 2004 he
Professional career
Professional career
Satyan began his journalism career with a state English daily Deccan Herald (https: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Satyan?wprov=sfla1) and worked for The Illustrated Weekly before quitting the profession to become a freelancer and take up the assignments of UNICEF. He began working for WHO as a freelance photojournalist in the early 1960s. From 1961 to 1963, he worked with the WHO Regional Office in South-East Asia to produce several photo reports on health work in India. He photographed WHO's smallpox eradication campaign as well as eye-care, nursing and school health programmes. His work was featured in several issues of the World Health magazine. His images were regularly published in the Illustrated Weekly of India, Life, Time, India Today, Outlook, Deccan Herald and Newsweek. In 2005, his memoir Alive and Clicking was published by Penguin Random House India.
Death
Death
Satyan died on 13 December 2009 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Nagarathna, two sons and a daughter.
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Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Satyan died in 2009 at Mysore. The same evidence establishes that t S Satyan was born in 1923 at Mysore.
Awards and recognitions
• Honorary Doctorate degree from Mysore University – 2004 • Awarded the Padma Shri – 1977 • An exhibition of his photographs sponsored by UNICEF at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to mark the International Year of the Child – 1979
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