"DORVEN" is the acronym of "DORAISAMY VENKATRAMA IYER", the grandfather of the promoters S. Sankaralakshmi and R. Sivasubramanian. Mr. Doraisamy Venkatrama Iyer hailed from an agro family in a village called Narthamalai in the Pudukkottai district of Tamilnadu and was a pioneer in creating new rural business activities.