His contributions were primarily industrial but also spanned the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering.

[5] G.D. Naidu was born at Kalangal, Coimbatore on 23 March 1893 in Madras Presidency, British India.

Naidu obtained work as a server in a hotel in Coimbatore with the intention of saving money to buy a motorcycle.

In a few years, his Universal Motor Service (UMS) owned the most efficient fleet of public transport vehicles in the country.

[6] In 1937, the first motor to be produced in India was brought out from G. D. Naidu's factory – NEW (National Electric Works) at Peelamedu, Coimbatore.

[7] Naidu's 'Rasant' razor incorporated a small motor operated by dry cells, called Heilbronn.

[7] Among his other inventions were super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan.

Among the Indian stalwarts that Naidu's camera captured were Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose.

In 1944, Naidu retired from active involvement with his automobile combine and announced several philanthropic measures including grants for research scholarships and welfare schemes for his employees and the depressed sections of society.

G.D. Naidu, Rathnasabapathy Mudaliar and India's first finance minister R. K. Shanmukham Chetty conducted survey, for bringing Siruvani water to the Coimbatore city.