Visionary founder of AICUF. Started Catholic Young Men’s Guild along with its monthly organ ‘Rally’ at St. Joseph’s College, Trichy in 1924. And lead the movement for more than two decades till his death in 1950
Known as the Second founder of the movement, Fr. Ceyrac was the one who gave a new direction and focused on leading students towards social activities, work, relief camps along with reading, reflection and action
He founded one of the most crucial invention of AICUF- Documentation Centre (DC) at the National Secretariate in Chennai. This has been acting as the basis of knowledge, critical thinking and research till date
A simple and visionary person who took the ideological foundation of the movement to another level of social awareness and critical thinking. The historical Poonamallee declaration (1971), Goa statement (1971) and Project Know India (1972) came out during his time
The ideological shifts of his predecessors were put into action by Fr. Manu in the 80s. He brought in the skills of critical social analysis, outreach camps and perspectives of marginalised groups into AICUF’s framework
