Kammas World

From an 11-bed hospital in Madurai started by Dr Govindappa Venkataswamy (better known as ‘Dr V’), the late founder-Chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital, the eye-care institution is now setting up its first overseas venture, in Nigeria.  In partnership with Nigeria’s Chanrai Group, the hospital is expected to be the largest eye-care facility in Africa, said S. Aravind, Director (Projects) with Aravind Eye Care System.  Scheduled to go operational in 2015, the hospital expects to do about 10,000 surgeries annually. The 37-year-old Aravind Hospital will bring in its eye-care expertise, while the funds will come from the local partner, Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF), he added.  TCF is run by a section of the Chanrai family, whose business interests range from textiles to agricultural products.  The Chanrais also run eye-care programmes in India, besides being a trustee of Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital.  Responding to why the largely Tamil-Nad...

NEW DELHI: S enior  Microsoft  executive Satya Nadella would replace  Steve Ballmer  as Microsoft CEO, two media reports said today, citing sources familiar with the processes of selecting the new leader at the Redmond-based company. Satya Nadella was born in 1967 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India to Kamma parents B. N. Yugandhar (Father) and Prabavati Nadella (Mother). His father B. N. Yugandhar is an 1962 batch Indian Administrative Service officer (IAS) hails from the Bukkapuram village, Anantapur district , B. N. Yugandhar was a member of the Planning Commission during 2004-2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He has also served as secretary to the prime minister , secretary, rural development , and as a director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Satya Nadella's wife, Anupama V Nadella is a Brahmin , daughter of another retired IAS officer K.R. Venugopal, an architect of the Rs. 2 a kg rice scheme launched d...

Preeti Kakani senior at Jericho High School, is one of the 40 students from across the United States that were named finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search. Kakani’s project is entitled Differential Gene Expression Prior to Eye Opening in Mouse Superior Colliculus,  Kakani along with the other 39 finalists, will convene in Washington, D.C. from March 6-12 to compete for $630,000 provided by the Intel Foundation, including a grand prize of $100,000 that will be awarded to the first-place winner.

Chalsani is expected to join the Delhi-based company by the end of this month The former chief executive officer of  Reliance Power , Jayaram Prasad Chalsani , is all set to take over as the group chief executive officer of Punj Lloyd. Chalsani is expected to join the Delhi-based company by the end of this month, and would be re-locating to Gurgaon. Chalsani, who quit Reliance Power in September 2013, will also be a director on the board of infrastructure company Punj Lloyd. He was not available for comments. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major, is also present in the infrastructure development space, albeit in a small way. Punj Lloyd, which did not have a reigning chief executive, too was not available for comments.   The 52-year-old was on a vacation in the United States for the last two months. Unlike, earlier expected, he did not go on become an enterpreneur. He had an eighteen-year-old stint with the Ambanis, where he worked for both the undivid...

Padma Vibhushan: 1. Gottipati Brahmayya 2. Dr.Gogineni Ranganayakulu (N.G.Ranga) 3. Dr.Kotha Sachidananda Murthy 4. Dr.Tummala Madhava Rao 5. Dr.Myneni Hari Prasada Rao 6. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 7. Cherukuri RamojiRao Padma Bhushan: 1. Dr.Moturi Satyanarayana 2. Dr.Akkineni Nageswara Rao 3. Kongara Jaggayya 4. Adusumalli Radhakrishna 5. Dr.Ramanujam Varadaraja Perumal (Tamilnadu) 6. Kantipudi Padmanabhayya (IAS) 7. Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna 8. Dr.Patibandla Chandra Sekhara Rao 9. Dr.Daggubati RamaNaidu 10. Dr.Atluri Satyanarayana (USA) 11. Dr.Anumolu RamaKrishna 12. Pullela Gopichand 13. Dr. Yarlagadaa Lakshmi Prasad 14. Dr. Alla Venkata RamaRao Padma Shri: 1. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao 2. Dr.Moturi Satyanarayana 3. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 4. Challagulla Narasimham (IAS) 5. Dr.Gadde Rama Koteswara Rao 6. Kalluri Subba Rao 7. Dr.Vadlamudi Venkata Rao 8. Katta Venkataswamy Naidu (Tamilnadu) 9. Dr.Valluri Sita Rama Rao ...

Badminton player-turned coach Pullela Gopichand and Dr Anumolu Ramakrishna ,  doyen Of Indian construction industry (posthumously)  were the two Kammas who were awarded Padma Bhushan in recognition of the distinguished services of high order extended by them.  They  are among the 25 people awarded this year's Padma Bushan. The awards will be conferred by the President at a ceremonial function  to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan Bhawan usually around March or April. This year, the President has approved conferment of 127 Padma Awards – two Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shree awards – one of the highest civilian awards for prominent personalities in the country.         Dr Anumolu Ramakrishna , who got the Padma VIbhushan posthumously from Punadipadu village, near Vijayawada served as the President, Deputy Managing Director and Advisor of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. He also served as the Operational Head of ECC Construct...

Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu (Dr. Ramaiah Naidu) (June 1904 - June 6, 1991) was a pioneering Indian nuclear Physicist, Medical Scientist and Radiologist who helped established the foundations of medical physics. He is better known for working under double Nobel Laureate, Marie Curie, for his post-doctoral thesis in Paris, France and pioneer in establishing up Radiology laboratory in India in 1938. Early life Naidu was born at Madanapalli, in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state in India in June 1904. In an early age he left home to join Aurobindo Ghosh's fledging ashram in Puducherry. From there he went to Santiniketan where he taught Mathematics. In 1923 he graduated with honours in B. Sc. from Banaras Hindu University. Academia and research Work with Marie Curie After refusing a scholarship grant from England, he went to Paris to complete his M. Sc. Degree from University of Paris in 1929. He later wrote to Marie Curie, Polish physicist and chemist based in Paris, ...

The managing director of Amara Raja Batteries, Galla Jayadev on Sunday said that he would contest from the Guntur Parliamentary constituency, and talks are going on with the Telugu Desam party in this regard. “I will announce my decision after January 30,” he said. Speaking to reporters on the premises of the newly launched extension unit of their industry near Chittoor, Mr Jayadev said that since childhood he was impressed by his grandfather late Rajagopal Naidu, veteran leader NG Ranga and his mother Galla Arunakumari and this prompted him to show interest in politics Regarding the bifurcation issue, Mr Jayadev faulted the Congress party. “I don’t feel they (Congress) respected the people and the party leaders. Now they are initiating dialogue.” When asked whether his joining the Telugu Desam Party would bring political division in their family, he said the trend of members of the same family belonging to several parties is universal. Replying to a question, Galla Jayadev ...

Extending its business base in the district, Amara Raja Batteries Limited group, belonging to the Galla family, announced its expansion by launching the world’s largest integrated medium VRLA plant at Nunegundlapalli near Chittoor on Sunday. The first factory in the 500 acre land, set up with an outlay of `350 crore, was inaugurated here on Sunday. With an employment generation capacity of 1,500 in the first plant, the plant can manufacture 3.5 million UPS batteries every year, ARBL managing director Galla Ramachandra Naidu said. “The second plant is under construction and two more plants--one for tubular and other for plastic--will soon commence operations. The second unit, with an outlay of `350 crore, would provide jobs to another 1,500 people,” he said. Emphasising that the company will focus on employment generation, Ramachandra Naidu said, “Chittoor is enveloped with barren hills. There is no agriculture and only industries here are dairy and poultry. For the economic ...

View , a Milpitas, Calif.-based manufacturer of architectural dynamic glass that adjusts in response to external conditions and user preferences, has received a $100 million investment from Madrone Capital Partners. “This investment from one of the premier private equity firms signals a huge leap forward for View,” said View CEO Rao Mulpuri . “As our project pipeline continues to grow, this investment will enable us to accelerate our growth, expand our market presence and continue to serve our broadening customer base.” Since launching in November 2012, View has installed more than 50 projects at college and corporate campuses, government buildings, hotels and hospitals in North America. View’s “Dynamic Glass” also significantly reduces energy usage. In a typical dynamic glass commercial installation, annual HVAC and lighting energy consumption is reduced by 20% while HVAC peak load is reduced by 25%. Mulpuri formerly held executive posts at Novellus Systems, most recently p...

Dr. Kancherla Ravindranath led Global Hospitals Group voted India's Best Managed Healthcare Chain 2013 & Founder Dr. Kancherla Ravindranath awarded Healthcare Visionary of The Decade in individual Jury. Mumbai, Maharasthra: 6th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership & Pharmaleaders Business Leadership Awards 2013 (www.pharmaleaders2013.com ) organized by illustrious Network 7 Media Group's Pharmaleaderstv, Asia's most analytical news media in healthcare communications ( www.pharmaleaders.tv ) under the theme "Incredible Pharmaleaders 2013, Billion Dreams - Pushing India's Growth Agenda" was successfully organized at Mumbai on 26th December 2013 with several leading national & global brands in pharmaceuticals & healthcare were felicitated & recognized for their outstanding contribution to the healthcare industry & medical profession by the eminent jury members of Network 7 Media Group. More than 300 professionals of the healthcare ind...

CHANDIGARH:  Pranjala Yadlapalli won the  girls singles title, in the ITF Juniors Grade-3 World Ranking Juniors Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium. Overnight rains delayed the start of the finals. In the girls singles 7th seed Thai girl Bunyawi Thamchaiwat played some aggressive ground strokes and moved Pranjala Yadlapalli from one corner to another taking the set at 6-3. In 2nd set Pranjala fought back and matching every shot that 7th seed hit. Pranjala kept her cool and took the set at 6-2.  In the third and final deciding set Pranjala took an early 3-0 lead. After this she maintained her lead and lost only 3 games to win the final set at 6-3.

AITA handed Davis Cup debut to Saketh Myneni, who will play doubles with Bopanna, while Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri will lead India's challenge in singles. Saketh Myneni, ranked 318th, was chosen ahead of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (314), who is the third-highest ranked player in singles after Somdev (93) and Yuki (172). Myeneni was rewarded for his superior singles record against Jeevan and his stellar performance at the Chennai Open, where he along with his Russian partner Karen Khachanov shocked the top-seeded pair of Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi en route to the semifinals.

Ten-year-old Udayasri Surapaneni recently bagged the jury award for drawing at the 5th International Youth and Child Art Exhibition, which had participants from 14 other countries. And that’s just the most recent of her achievements. She is also a black belt in Taekwondo and the winner of the ‘Budding Star’ title at the MaRRS International Spelling Bee Championship. She has also won at a Hindi elocution competition and is fast learning the tricks of chess. She has also  attempted a Taekwondo feat for the Guinness Records. According to her mother S. Anuradha, little Udayasri is oblivious of her many feats and is more concerned about participating in the Spelling Bee contest in the USA. And catching criminals! “I want to become a CID officer. I want to catch thieves. I like adventure,” says the Class VI student. Sadly, Udayasri’s enthusiasm for learning new things hits a lean patch every now and then. As her mother and her best friend explains, “She suffers from bronchial a...