At the inauguration of the 2009 edition of the Chennai Book Fair, M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu regretted the fact that Muthiah's book Madras Rediscovered did not make even a passing mention of the tenures of C. N. Annadurai or himself.
Muthiah Bhagavatar | S. Rm. Muthiah Chettiar | C. Muthiah Pillai |
Muthiah also served as the Managing Director of Standard Motors and is currently associated as Director with Tamilnadu Petroproducts Limited, First Leasing Company Ltd and SPEL Semiconductor Ltd.
Muthiah was born on 19 October 1929 to industrialist M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar and C. Valliammai.