Kammas World

Tarun Cherukuri of Vijayawada has been named as one of the Fellows of Obama Foundation for 2019. Of the 20 Fellows selected this year, 11 are from the United States and Mr. Cherukuri is among the nine from other nations. There were too many aspirants in the race as the Foundation received thousands of applications from over 160 nations and 780 cities from the United States alone. Mr. Chrukuri, along with other other Fellows, is a civic innovator working alongside communities to address the most pressing issues faced by society. Did he think he would make the cut? “I was pleasantly surprised to read about my selection. Though I was hoping for it, I knew that the selectivity rate was 20 among 5000+ applications from across the world. Eventually, I felt a sense of pride for Indus Action and our team being selected to represent India in the cohort,” he says over a phone conversation. Premier project Co-founder of Indus Action, which seeks to solve India’s deep-rooted problems ...

Dr Madineni Venkat Ratnam of the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati won the prize under the Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences category. Madineni Venkata Ratnam,   was born on January 21, 1973 in Armoor, Nizamabad Dt, India. Son of Madineni Ramayya and Madineni Aademma. Education: Bachelor of Science, Giriraj Goverment degree college, Nizamabad, 1994. Master of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, India, 2001. Career: Post doctoral fellow Department of Physics, National central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, 2001—2002. Scientist Institute for Meteorology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 2002—2003. Japan society for promotion of science fellow RISH, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan, since 2003.

This year's Economic Times 40 under 40: Celebrating Young Leaders list is out. Among this list is Srinath Dasari of AZB & Partners. Srinath are graduated from ILS Law College, Pune. Srinath Dasari (38) is a partner at AZB & Partners, and part of the firm’s corporate practice group. With over 14 years of experience, his practice focuses on public market and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions, and restructuring exercises in diverse sectors such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, telecom, retail and technology; and corporate finance, including advising issuers and banks on initial and follow-on public offerings, institutional placements, rights issues, securities buy-back and go-private transactions involving Indian listed companies. The Economic Times 40 under Forty is the definitive listing of India Inc.’s top business leaders. The list honors 40 of the brightest corporate leaders...

Pi DATACENTERS (Pi) (Kalyan Muppaneni, Founder & CEO) , India, Asia's Largest Uptime Institute, TIER IV Certified data center and enterprise cloud service provider, based at Amaravati, the new capital of the state Andhra Pradesh, India, has been conferred with the prestigious award of 'India's Most Promising Brand' in a glittering ceremony on 17th May, at the UK Asia Business Summit, 2018, that took place at Congress Hall, Congress Centre, London, UK. The selection process saw eminent jury from various walks of the global industry, in collaboration with independent research organization, World Consulting and Research Corporation (WCRC) evaluate nominations, on the parameters of clarity of vision, precision of mission, innovation, brand relevance and customer impact. UK Asia Business Summit 2018 featured close to 100 brands, from across 25 industry categories. The event witnessed participation of global industry leaders, bureaucrats, politicians, celebri...

Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech ( Krishna Ella - Chairman and Managing Director, Suchitra Ella - Chairperson ) on Friday received the National Technology Award for 2018 from the Central government’s Technology Development Board for its Rotavac vaccine. This prestigious award for innovative technologies, successfully developed and commercialized from India, was presented by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Technology Day ceremony held at Vigyan in New Delhi. Launched in 2015 Rotavac was introduced into the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) in India during 2016, with initial implementation in 9 states.   Till date, Bharat Biotech has supplied about 35 million doses to the UIP. The vaccine is already saving infant lives and lowering the cost of hospitalizations across India. The company has also initiated supply of WHO Prequalified Rotavac to UNICEF and other Immunization programmes worldwide, the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement. “We are pr...

Gundlapalli Prithvi gets prestigious Singapore National Award instituted by City State’s  founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew for academic excellence. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) also named an asteroid after him in recognition of Prithvi’s project. Gundlapalli Prithvi , who hails from Hyderabad and is an alumnus of Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Begumpet, created history by being awarded the 2014 Lee Kuan Yew Award for all round achievement in Mathematics and Science in Singapore. Prithvi recently received the award from Indranee Rajah, senior minister of state for ministry of law and for ministry of education, Singapore. The award was instituted in 1992 by donations made by Singapore's first and founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, to promote academic excellence in mathematics and science. Prithvi is the only student of Indian origin in recent years to get the national award at the junior college level. In May 2013, Prithvi, while studying 12th ...

Nina Gummadi , a third-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to India . A Fulbright Scholar Award is one of the highest honors the federal government gives with regard to scholarship and international exchange. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Born and raised in the metro Atlanta area until she was 10, Gummadi moved to India, living with her grandparents and siblings until she was 14. She then returned to Georgia to attend high school. Her four years in India were critical to her decision to pursue a Fulbright and spend a year in her parents' homeland. Gummadi attended Boston University and received her undergraduate degree in medical sciences with a minor in anthropology. While interning at the Access Campaign at Doctors without Borders in Geneva, Switzerland, Gummadi was inspir...

Naga Sravan Kilaru recently won the highest award in the country given to youth for ‘active citizenship’. Twenty-four-year-old Naga Sravan Kilaru from Vijayawada firmly believes that ‘a democracy which is not participatory is not a democracy at all.’ Sravan was like anyone else around him during his teenage years. But his journey into politics and active participation in the democratic process started after a brief meeting with Anna Hazare. And today, Sravan finds himself working arduously towards youth involvement in government policies and holding lawmakers responsible. Kilaru Naga Sravan, has been striving hard for youth to get involved in politics since 2014 through various campaigns and workshops. He has been selected for the prestigious ‘National Youth Award’ recently. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India distributes this award every year for people who work hard for the upliftment of youth in a country’s development. He regularly conducts...

Neerkondar Nanammal was among those chosen for the Padma Shri award by the central government. She has been teaching yoga to thousands of people and spreading the ancient traditional practice across Tamil Nadu. "I am very happy that I have been chosen for the award," said Nanammal, with a childlike enthusiasm. "I am happier that this recognition has come for making all those people I teach yoga stay healthy,'' she said from her house at Ganapathy in Coimbatore. Born in an agricultural family at Zameen Kaliayapuram, she moved to Negamam after marriage and later to Ganapathy. Having learned yoga at the age of eight from her father, she mastered more than 50 asanas. Over the past five decades, Nanammal has trained more than 10 lakh students and continues to teach 100 students daily at the Ozone Yoga Centre run by her. Around 600 of her students, including 36 members of her family, have become 'Yoga instructors' around the world. "It is a gr...

Sriharshita Musunuri  from Mill Creek has won a prestigious $25,000 dollar scholarship in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Sriharshita Musunuri’s research focuses on sepsis, which is one of the leading causes of death in U.S. hospitals. Sepsis is when your body has an overactive response to infection. It can lead to organ failure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a quarter million Americans die every year from sepsis. Musunuri, a student at Henry M. Jackson High School, got interested in doing this research after reading that horseshoe crab blood is used to detect a bacterial toxin that can cause sepsis. She said horseshoe crab blood can cost $15,000 per quart. So Musunuri created a tiny synthetic particle that could be used to detect and quantify the toxin. “There’s still a lot of work to be done to get it to the stage where you’d be able to implement it within a hospital, but working with the results that I have ...

Hyderabad based Phoenix Group’s ‘Vaikunta Mahaprasthanam’ received the ‘Smart CSR Initiative’ Award at the CMO Asia Awards 2017 recently . The ceremony was held in Singapore in which Nilesh Jani, director received the award from Ned Mody, MD of Berkshire Hathaway’s Berkadia Group. The Smart City initiative is Asia’s highest recognition of corporate organisations engaged in CSR activities from amongst 40 countries within Asia. “Vaikunta Mahaprasthanam" is a CSR initiative of upgrading and modernising crematoria, which is inspired by the central government’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. Phoenix Foundation conceived and has implemented number of such initiatives and is now committed to do more across India,” said a statement from the organisation. Suresh Chukkapalli – Chairman of Phoenix Group said, “This prestigious award is another testimonial to our aspirations and continuing commitment to give back to the society.It is our mission to provide dignity to the departed ...

There was good news for Andhra Pradesh as tennis player Saketh Myneni and archer Jyoti Surekha Vennam made the Arjuna Awards list that comprises 17 sportspersons. Saketh is currently ranked World No.438 and is playing at an ATP Challenger Tour event in China. The 29-year-old was born in Vuyyuru town in Krishna district but grew up in Vizag. On the other hand, 20-year-old Surekha has represented India in many national and international events across the world. Her father Surendra was understandably overjoyed. “My daughter has made our family and the city proud,” he said in Vijayawada.

Padma Vibhushan: 1. Dr.Gogineni Ranganayakulu (N.G.Ranga) 2. Dr.Kotha Sachidananda Murthy 3. Dr.Tummala Madhava Rao 4. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 5. Cherukuri Ramoji Rao Padma Bhushan: 1. Dr.Moturi Satyanarayana 2.  Gottipati Brahmayya 3 Kasthuriswami Sreenivasan ( Coimbatore ) 4. Dr.Akkineni Nageswara Rao 5. Kongara Jaggayya 6. Adusumalli Radhakrishna 7. Dr.Ramanujam Varadaraja Perumal  (Tamilnadu) 8. Kantipudi Padmanabhayya (IAS) 9. Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna 10. Dr.Patibandla Chandra Sekhara Rao 11. Dr.Daggubati RamaNaidu 12. Dr.Atluri Satyanarayana (USA) 13. Dr.Anumolu RamaKrishna 14. Pullela Gopichand 15. Dr. Yarlagadaa Lakshmi Prasad 16. 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. Dr.Vadlamudi Venkata Rao 7. Dr.Valluri Sita Rama Rao 8. Dr.Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad 9. Dr.Yalavarthy Nayudamma 10. Dr.Govindappa Venkatas...

The challenge aimed to uncover new, innovative ways to unleash the power of open data and solve specific challenges in agriculture and nutrition, to enable policy makers, farmers and the open data community to make significant steps forward in the release, management and use of open data. Sai Krishna Dandamudi was awarded second place for his inputs on ‘Creating an online marketplace for farmers to secure better prices for crops, in coordination with government data’ under the Policy Challenge.  The Open Data Challenge received worldwide involvement from over 100 next generation innovators, such as coders, students, designers, marketers, young entrepreneurs, open data enthusiasts, forward-thinkers, and curious minds, the summit received inputs for its Policy Challenge and Open Data Maker's Challenge. The Policy challenge required entrants to design a policy or program for their country or organisation that would incentivise government and nongovernmental agencies to bett...

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 Ramoji Rao 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 10. Dr.Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad ...

Mahesh Babu Srimanthudu has managed to beat Prabhas Bahubali, in the Telugu category. Srimanthudu bagged six awards and Baahubali managed five Best Movie – Shobu Yarlagadda / Arka Media ( Baahubali-The Beginning ) Best Director – Koduri   S S Rajamouli ( Baahubali-The Beginning ) Best Actor Male– Gattamaneni   Mahesh Babu ( Srimanthudu ) Best Supporting Role Male – Veeramachaneni  Jagapathi Babu ( Srimanthudu ) Best Villain (Negative Role) – Rana Daggubati ( Baahubali-The Beginning )

List of Padma Awardee Kammas - 2016 Padma Vivhushan 1. Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (Literature and Journalism) Padma Bhushan 2. Dr.Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad (Literature and Education) 3. Dr.Alla VenkataRamaRao (Science and Engineering) Padmashree 4. Dr.Mannam Gopichand (Medicine)  5. Dr. Yarlagadda Nayudamma (Medicine) 6. Dr. Alla Gopalakrishna Gokhale (Medicine) 7. Srisaila Sri Rajamouli - Art (Film Direction and Production)

NEW DELHI: Jayadev Galla , Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Amara Raja Batteries has been awarded the Business Today Best CEO for the auto ancillary category, the company informed in a press statement. He received the award from Jayant Sinha, Union Minister of State for Finance. Accepting the Award Galla said "I am incredibly humbled by this honour, to be unanimously selected by this esteemed panel of judges means a lot to me, but more importantly to our organisation. The success of Amara Raja Batteries limited can only be attributed to the support, hard work, and dedication of our employees team Partners. It's on their behalf that I am accepting this award." He further highlighted saying: "Engaged employees, Empowered teams and Collaborative leadership - if you can achieve this, Sky is the limit" Amara Raja Batteries is one of the largest manufacturers of lead acid batteries for both industrial and automotive applications in the Indian storag...

Renowned Telugu writer, Volga ( Popuri Lalitha Kumari)  has been selected for the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for her short story compilation ‘Vimukta Kadha Samputi’, for the year 2015. The award winning short stories focus on the freedom of women through female characters. Popuri Lalitha Kumari,(W/o Akkineni Kutumba Rao, writer and director) popularly known by her pen name Volga, is noted for her literary work that features a feminist perspective. Her stories, novels, and poetry reflect well-articulated feminist positions without compromising either the quality of literary form or failing to represent the ‘reality’ of the characters. Volga is one of the popular Telugu women authors of her generation. Born in Guntur of Andhra Pradesh in 1950, she completed her MA in Telugu literature from Andhra University in 1972. Later she taught Telugu literature at VSR and NVR College, Tenali from 1973 to 1986. Apart from authoring books, Volga has contributed to the film...

Sruthi Tummala knows exactly when she fell in love with science and math — at her first Girl Scouts camp in eighth grade. The Ursuline senior Sruthi Tummala was honored as a Young Woman of Distinction at the recent Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Women of Distinction Luncheon at The Hilton Anatole. “It’s about moving forward and helping the next generation,” said Tummala. “Ursuline and the Girl Scouts are so Serviam-based. Ursuline has made me more self-confident and showed me leadership doesn’t have to be on a big scale. You can always make a difference.” Tummala has been a Juliette Girl Scout member since 2012. With the help of Girl Scouts mentor Gerri Gordon, she earned her Gold Award after developing math and science curriculum for fourth graders at St. Monica. She also received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her commitment to community service. Tummala said she was inspired listening to luncheon keynote speaker Reshma Saujani, the CEO of Girls Who...