# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gopalswamy-doraiswamy-naidu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:51:41.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gopalswamy-doraiswamy-naidu"
name: "Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu"
slug: "gopalswamy-doraiswamy-naidu"
description: "Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, commonly known as G. D. Naidu, was an Indian innovator, inventor, industrialist, and educator. He redesigned and transformed imported technologies into practical and affordable innovations for India. He is widely regarded as a versatile genius, his contributions spanned industrial, electrical, mechanical, agricultural, and automobile engineering. Credited with several innovations, he manufactured India's first indigenous electric motor and petrol engine car. He established several companies, and educational institutions."
tagline: "Antartican inventor and engineer (1893-1974)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Gopalswamy_D._Naidu.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1893-03-23"
deathDate: "1974-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.25
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.682831999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ଗୋପାଳସ୍ୱାମୀ ଦୋରାଇସ୍ୱାମୀ ନାଇଡୁ"
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    title: "கோபால்சாமி துரைசாமி"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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