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Gurram Naga Sri Krishna Praneeth , from Vijaywada, topped the final exam (old syllabus) in the country. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) today announced the results of Final CA Examinations (Old Course & New Course) held in November 2019. Since December 1949, the Chartered Accountancy Examination is held twice in a year in the months of May and November. *No. of Students admitted in the Final Exam (Old Course)  –  72, 921   *No. of Final Exam Centers across the globe – 333

The University of Vermont’s Board of Trustees has appointed Suresh Garimella as the university’s 27th president. Garimella, currently executive vice president for Research and Partnerships and the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, will begin his new role effective July 1. As Purdue’s executive vice president, Garimella oversees Discovery Park, “a unique set of facilities and institutes, where disciplines converge to solve global challenges related to health and life sciences, sustainability, food, energy and defense and security,” according to a university press release. He is responsible for Purdue’s international programs and its global and corporate partnership endeavors, focused on strengthening relationships to advance innovation, research, and education. Garimella’s previous administrative experience at Purdue University includes appointments as the chief global affairs officer and associate vice president for Engagement...

Hong Kong-based school chain Nord Anglia Education Inc. has entered India by acquiring People Combine Education India Initiatives Ltd's (Promoted by Tummala Naga Prasad and Yarlagadda Venkata Rajasekhar Babu ) schools under the Oakridge International brand. Nord Anglia, owned by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Baring Private Equity Asia, has acquired five Oakbridge K-12 schools for kindergarten to grade 12 students. The five schools are located in Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Bengaluru and Mohali, and have a total of 7,000 students, People Combine said in a statement. The deal will allow Oakbridge International schools to expand their offering, People Combine group chairman Tummala Naga Prasad said. The companies did not disclose financial details but a person familiar with the transaction said that the deal size is likely to be around $200 million (Rs 1,400 crore). The deal comes less than a year after VCCircle reported in May 2018 that Peo...

Moturi Satyanarayana (2 February 1902 – 6 March 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter alongside Mohandas Gandhi until 1947 and then a member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian Constitution. He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House in the Indian government) until 1966. He was instrumental in making Hindi an official language in the Indian Constitution, while tolerating the other major Indian languages. He devoted his later life to helping spread Hindi in South India. Moturi was born in Dondapadu village in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India. After his primary education, he studied English, Telugu, and Hindi at the National College in Machilipatnam, achieving a high proficiency in them. He joined the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha as a volunteer and gradually became the Secretary and Principal Secretary of that organisation. A major mission in his life would be to efficiently promote the growth of Hindi in South ...

Appa Rao Podile has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) for a period of five years. The Professor is a senior faculty member in the Department of Plant Sciences at UoH and is known for his contributions in the area of plant-microbe interactions in general and plant disease control, using modern molecular approaches in particular. Native of Guntur  AppaRao obtained his MSc, and then completed his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Sardar Patel University in Gujarat. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1998) of the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and subsequently was a visiting scientist (2000), at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. Podile also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Munster, Germany in 2006.  He has also been recently recognised as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences for his research contributions in the area of ...

Dr Gurram Ramprakash from Vijayawada city secured All-India first rank in Surgical Gastroenterology in JIPMER Super Specialty Entrance Test. After completing MBBS from Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Medical College, he did his MS from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam where he bagged a gold medal and also the best student of the University award. “I come from a rural background and I have grown up seeing the vast gap in accessibility to medical services to the different sections of the society. My effort will be towards filling this gap,” said Dr. Ram Prakash, at a press conference here on Sunday. “My father is a farmer and mother a teacher. I am a son of this soil and intend to come back to serve the local people. The focus would be on extending medical care to the common man in the best possible way,” he said. He said he could achieve the top rank with the encouragement given by Dr. N. Tirumala Rao of city-based Harini Hospital, where Mr. Ram Prakash works as...

PSGCT - Coimbatore 1) PSG College of Technology   Coimbatore/Tamil Nadu     33 2) Coimbatore Institute of Technology    Coimbatore/Tamil Nadu   51 3) Koneru Lakshmaiah University   Vijayawada/ Andhra Pradesh     68 4) R.M.K. Engineering College  Chennai/ Tamil Nadu     84 5) PES University   Bengaluru/ Karnataka    86 6) Vignan's University    Guntur/ Andhra Pradesh      88

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation earlier this month announced the 2018 Coke Scholars class, with several Indian American students among the recipients. In total, the foundation named 150 students as 2018 Scholars, with each receiving a $20,000 college scholarship. Among the recipients include Sohan Kancherla (St.Louis – MO), Meghana Nadella (Allen - Texas), and Lakshmi Vallabhaneni (Chandler – AZ) The entire class of Scholars will attend the 2018 Scholars Weekend April 19-22, 2018, for a time of inspiration, fun, and camaraderie. Scholars will be honored at our 30th annual Scholars Banquet and participate in our Leadership Development Institute, an intensive leadership training during Scholars Weekend that challenges them to develop an inside-out leadership philosophy.

“Artists, writers and musicians alone cannot keep a culture alive. They must be backed by the enthusiasm of a multitude of parents and teachers – people who treasure their heritage and will devote their energies to keeping its flame aglow. To them, more than the artists, must fall the responsibility to 'pass it on'.” THE accumulated knowledge of a society is learned by successive generations through that part of the process which we call education. This cultural transmission is necessary so that people can fit into the existing pattern of life.  The wisdom and leadership of Mr R C Naidoo feature large in the early history of Umkomaas KwaZulu-Natal The Naidoo Memorial Primary School was opened on January 28, 1936 after many years of planning, fund-raising and organisation. Naidoo was a brilliant lawyer who commanded respect. He was noble enough to realise that the best service he could render to those with limited opportunities was to create facilities for their childr...

Bhopal: Surapaneni Koteswara Rao , a former director of research services of an agriculture university, has been appointed as the new vice chancellor of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agriculture University in Gwalior . Born in Polukonda, Andhra Pradesh, India on 8 March 1952. Educated at PVCMZPH School, Rudrapaka, Andhra Pradesh 1968; Pre University, Sir CRR College Eluru, 1971; B.Sc. 1974, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada; College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur M.Sc.(Ag) 1977, Ph.D. 1980. Rao has been appointed for a period of five years by Madhya Pradesh Governor, O P Kohli, the official from the public relation department said. Rao has earlier served as former director, research services of the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vidyalaya, Jabalpur.

  Kotha Sachidanandamurthy   List of Kamma Vice-Chancellors (Updated) Nagarjuna University 1. Dr.Kommareddi Raja Ramamohana Rao 2. Dr.Chitturi Veera Raghavulu 3. Dr.Davuluri Rama Kotaiah Andhra University 1. Dr.Vasireddi Sri Krishna 2. Dr.Koneru Rama Krishna Rao 3. Dr.Avula Sambasiva Rao University of Hyderabad  1. Dr.Kota Harinarayana 2. Podile AppaRao (Present) Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University 1. Dr.Alapati Appa Rao 2. Dr.Idpuganti Venkata Subba Rao 3. Dr.Vallabhaneni Damodar Naidu (Present) NTR Health University 1. Lingam suryanarayana 2. C VenkateswaraRao (Present) Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agriculture University in Gwalior 1. Dr. Surapaneni KoteswaraRao (Present) Telugu University 1. Dr.Tumati Donappa 2. Dr.Avula Manjulatha Kakatiya University 1. Dr.Y. Vaikuntham Krishna University 1. Vunnam Venkaiah  Sri Krishnadevara University 1. Dr.P.R.Naidu Sri Venkateswara Universit...

The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Pinnamaneni Uday Bhaskar as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. The post has been lying vacant for quite some time now. Dr. Uday Bhaskar, professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Foreign Universities and Alumni Relations of the JNTU Kakinada, is also director of evaluation at the JNTU-K.  A B.Tech graduate from the JNTU College of Engineering, Dr. Uday Bhaskar did his masters and doctoral degrees in environmental engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He worked at the JNTU-K in various capacities including head of civil engineering, chief coordinator of several consultancy, modernisation and research projects. He published more than 20 research papers in the national and international journals and conferences.

GERMANTOWN, TN -  Apurva Kanneganti , A Shelby County Schools student has accomplished two nearly-impossible feats, achieving perfect scores on both the ACT and SAT. Germantown High School Senior Apurva Kanneganti scored a 36 on the ACT and a 2400 on the SAT.  the scores which are rarely achieved. Born in Hyderabad, Apurva moved to US when she was just two-years. Her mother, Tirumala Devi Kanneganti is a professor at St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Memphis while her father, Kanneganti Sanjeev Rao is an IT professional. Her mother hails from Kothagudem in Khammam, while father hails from Guntur. "And in the future I want to be a physician, so helping out people is one of my major things,” Kanneganti said. The college board which oversees testing said just 0.02 percent of students earn a perfect score on their SAT test, while ACT officials said about 0.06 percent make a perfect score on the ACT. "Well, definitely they are not a piece of cake; I did...

Tamilnadu: In 1966, GR Govindarajulu took the initiative to start the first private medical college in Tamil Nadu along with the Lakshmi Group. Land was purchased and a medical college building was constructed in 1966. The medical college was managed by both the PSG and Lakshmi Groups till 1969, when it was taken over by the Government of Tamil Nadu and renamed as Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. PSG College of Technology is an autonomous, government aided, private engineering college in Coimbatore, India. It is affiliated to Anna University. The college offers a total of 48 full-time and part-time programs in Science, Engineering and Management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The college was founded in 1951 by Dr.G.R.Damodaran as the first private engineering institution established in Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh: Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College is the First Private Engineering College in the state of AP, 1977. It is also the Fir...

Bangalore: Yalamanchili Shiva Santosh Kumar , (23), bagged 23 medals including 14 golds at the 23rd Annual Convo-cation of the National Law School of India University at Nagarbhavi on Sunday. The Chief Justice of India, HL Dattu - the NLSIU chancellor, presided over the event. Other dignitaries included DV Sadananda Gowda, union minister of law and justice, and judges from the SC. Said Kumar,  "I see law as a great equalizer, a tool to change society and a tool to turn the society into more right-conscious society." He said his area of interest was to ensure access to social, political and economic justice.

PILANI: BITS Pilani has announced the joining of Vajja Sambasiva Rao as the acting vice chancellor of the Pilani campus on Saturday . He took charge from Bijendra Nath Jain, who completed his five-years tenure as the vice chancellor of the institute. A farewell function was organized for Jain as tribute for his contribution towards BITS Pilani.  After accepting the role of vice chancellor in 2010, Jain had made prolific and sustained contributions to teaching and research at the institute. His administrative acumen has been showcased through the multi-campus structure he provided for the smooth functioning of the university.  Addressing the audience during his farewell, Jain said, "BITS Pilani is committed to both quality and expansion. This commitment to transparency and stress on equal opportunity has been a key contributing factor behind its emergence as an institute of national repute."  On taking up the new role, Vajja Sambasiva Rao said, "This ins...

Praneet Polineni , a senior at Stanton College Preparatory School, has been named one of the 11 Indian Americans among 141 Presidential Scholars in the United States. T he prestigious award is based on academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship and contributions to school and community. The scholars, who will be recognized at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., are chosen by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, which is appointed by the president, a news release said. They also got to recognize a teacher who has greatly influenced them. Praneet chose Erika Migues, a math teacher at Stanton. Presidential Scholars are brought to Washington, D.C. the summer after they graduate from high school. During the National Recognition Program, they meet with government officials, educators, authors, musicians, scientists, businessmen, among others. They are also felicitated with a Presidential Medallion in a ceremony sponsored by the White House.

Tamil Nadu DGE Directorate of Government Examinations Board announced the SSLC 10th Class Annual Public Exam Results March/April 2015 21st May 2015. S.Aarthy from Rosemary Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli with her score of 499 out of 500, have secured the State first rank. While Ms. Aarthy had lost just one mark in English. Aarthy is the daughter of doctor couple. 

Kamma boy Moparthi Sai Sandeep got 1st rank (157/160) in Telangana EAMCET - Engineering stream and Kamma girl Uppalapati Priyanka got 1st rank (160/160) in EAMCET - Medicine stream.

Vellanki Samba Siva Kumar, Head of the Civil Engineering Department of the Osmania University, Hyderabad, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK). He was assume the office on April 15. A native of Bhatla Penumarru village in Krishna district, Mr. Samba Siva Kumar completed his graduation from Osmania University, M.Tech. and Phd from IIT, Delhi. He started his career as a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department in Osmania University .