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   Pioneer Group of Companies has been headed by Thiru. P. Kumaraswamy, the grandson of the great Pioneer S. Kumaraswamy. He is the CEO of Nagammal Mills (P) Ltd. Company, Nagercoil and also the Secretary of Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, Nagercoil. He founded the Pioneer School along with his beloved wife Mrs. Latha Kumaraswamy. He has established various industries and establishments in the diverse fields of textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, education and hospitality by following the visionaries his grandfather and his father, Dr. K. Padmanabhan.

   Nagammal Mills (P) Ltd. Company, which has successfully completed its golden jubilee. It was established by Pioneer Kumaraswamy and the foundation stone for the same was laid by Shri. K. Kamaraj, the former Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.

   The founder of Nagammal Mills (P) Ltd. is aptly called the Pioneer as he stands first in having launched the first bus service, electricity system, out agency of Southern Railways, spinning mill, tiles factory, rice mill, ice factory, new model salt pans, gas plant, technical training centre, cinema theatre, petrol station and plantations.Thiru. S. Kumaraswamy, the son of Thiru. Sastha and Shrimathi. Sivagami Sastha, was born on 12th October, 1897 at Nagercoil. He hailed from a poor family and studied only up to IV standard.

   Young Kumaraswamy had to survive against heavy odds in life. He joined in addisons company  . And finally he decided to go to Chennai in search of a better job at the age of fourteen with the permission of his mother. Prof. K.N. Sivaraj Pillai, of Madras University, helped him to join Addisons Transport Company. He worked as a fitter and then as a driver in Lakshmi Vilas Motor Service, Nagercoil. Later he purchased a second hand bus for about Rs. 1000/-. He started his own bus service named Champion Motor Service with the single bus.

   In 1917, he sold the old bus and bought a dozen of buses and renamed his bus service as Pioneer Motor Service. The Pioneer Motor Service grew into amighty Transport Company in South India within a short span of time. In 1940, Kumaraswamy and his brothers, Nellaiappan and Nagamani, joined together and administered the Pioneer Motor Service in a systematic manner.

   In 1934, he started the Nagercoil Electric Supply Corporation, another new venture. The then Travancore Government gave him license for electric supply for a period of fifty five years. But the corporation was nationalized in 1953 by the Travancore State.

   In 1938, the Government of Travancore decided to nationalise the main routes. Pioneer Motor Service was the first to be nationalized. It shows his generosity that there is no compensation was received by him from the Travancore Government.

   During the Second World War, there was a shortage of petrol. He invented a substitute for petrol with the help of charcoal. In 1942, he established the Pioneer Charcoal producing plant at Madras. It was the first successful Gas Plant in India. In recognition of this service, he was awarded the Certificate of Honour from the Madras Government. Shri. V.V. Giri, the former President of India  . At the age of sixty three, Pioneer S. Kumaraswamy passed away after brief illness.  Following his footsteps upon hard work, discipline and  Er. P. Kumaraswamy and Smt. Latha Kumaraswamy have been striving hard to live up to the ideals of the legendary Pioneer S. Kumaraswamy.