Shri. G D Naidu born on 23.03.1893 was a great Innovator, Scientist and Philanthropist of his time. He was also known as the “Edison of India” because of the innovative genius he was.

Shri. G D Naidu started his career as a bus driver owning a single bus in 1933 and moved on to own 600 buses in a span of a decade. His interest went beyond the transport business and he started manufacturing his own spare parts for timely repair and services of his buses. Eventually he had started setting up industries to manufacture various items that he innovated. Some of the inventions to his credit are Magno-flex testing unit, UMS Radio, Electronic Counting Device, Camera Lens Adjuster, Recording Machine etc.,

Shri. G D Naidu visited many European and American companies to learn the best technologies and on his return set up a factory in Coimbatore to manufacture these products. Some of the products manufactured by his companies are Radio, Radiogram, Tape Recorders, Mica Capacitors, Carbon Resistors, Nozzles, Radiators etc.

Whenever Shri G D Naidu travelled abroad he looked for items which had some unique technology which would interest the younger generation back home.