Tamil Nadu Economic Association (TNEA) is a successor to the Madras Economic Association (1917) founded by Dr Gilbert Slator, MA (Cantab.),D.Sc.(Econ.) Professor of Indian Economics, University of Madras who is also the founder of the Indian Economic Association in 1917.This as been registered as a trust founded in the year 1995. TNEA, which is the successor of the Madras Economic Association and earlier Madras Branch of Indian Economics Association, and was founded by Prof. Vedagiri Shanmugasundaram, the Former Vice Chancellor, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Madras and Prof. Indira Ranganathan, the former Principal, Pachaiyappa’s College for Women, Kancheepuram.