Sports Professionals and persons

 

Archery

  • Vardhineni Pranitha, representing India in Beijing Olympics, August, 2008, reached round of 16 in individual event and round of 4 in team event before losing. Hailing from a rural agricultural family from Kalleda village in Parvathagiri Mandal of Warangal district, she has already represented India and won Silver medal in Junior World Cup Archery Meet held in Mexico, 2006.

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/246190.shtml

http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2008/07/03/stories/2008070350100300.htm             

http://www.prweb.com/releases/rural_development_fund/india_rdf_olympics/prweb1070644.htm 

 

Tennis

  • Gunuganti Janaki Sridhar,  born December, 1991,  Lawn Tennis player, with a World Current Combined Ranking of 192 ( as on December 17, 2007 ), and a Career High Combined ranking of 189 ( as on December 10, 2007) in her age group. She is playing both Singles and Doubles at National and International level tounaments in India and abroad. She represents Andhra Pradesh State at National level. Her family hails from Desaipet village of Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.

 http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100086205

 

Swimming

  • M Mridula Rajiv : Represented India in Asian - Age Group Swimming championship - 2001.
    National Gold Medallist ( Junior - swimming ) in 50 M freestyle and 100 M Freestyle, from 2001 - 2005. Member of several record breaking relay teams representing Tamil Nadu.
  • M Apoorva Rajiv : Has represented Tamil Nadu State in Swimming Championships at the National level and has won several National medals.
    She is the holder of several Tamil Nadu state swimming records and has also broken the 1500 M freestyle National ( junior ) record at the Tamil Nadu State meet in June 2004.

The Sisters family is settled in Chennai and were originally from Srikalahasthi, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

 

Cricket 

  • M Gopal Krishna Yachendra, ( 1929 - 71 ), Cricketer, younger son of the Venkatagiri Raja, who contributed to bringing down Ranji Trophy matches to South India by making Venkatagiri venue for such matches and playing in them.
  • Rajini Venugopal, Vijayawada, former Woman Cricketer, South Zone.
  • Sankineni Vishnuvardhan Rao, Warangal, Cricketer, Representing Hyderabad Team in Ranji Trophy. 

Basketball

  • Ponugoti Sharath Chandra, Nalgonda, Basketball player, Representing Nalgonda team.

 

Indian Armed Forces ( IAF )

  • Capt Late Bonala Vijay Raghunandan Rao ( Veer Chakra ), Karimnagar
  • Capt Jalagam Rama Rao
  • Capt Madhavarapu Vijay Kumar, Adilabad
  • Capt Mangaiah Machunuri, Cuddapah
  • Major General Madhava Rao, Adilabad
  • Major Bharath Rao, Karimnagar

 

Fine Arts & Films

 

  • Late Rao Gopal Rao, Popular Film Actor
  • Rao Bala Saraswathi, one of the earliest Singers
  • Lakshman Rao S, Film Executive Producer, Venkateshwara Pictures
  • Boinapally Srinivas Rao, Producer,  Varma Corporation
  • Velchala Nisanth, Telugu Film Actor, Latest film "Student"
  • Kotagiri Venkateshwar Rao, Telugu Film Editor
  • Vamsi Paidipally, director of " Munna " starring Prabhas, Ileana and worked as assistant director in fims like Eeshwar, Varsham etc. 

 

Medical Professionals

India 

  • Dr Gorukanti Surender Rao, MBBS, founder, Yashoda Group of Hospitals, Hyderabad
  • Dr Rambhoopal, DM ( Nephrologist ), founder, Satya Kidney Center, Hyderabad
  • Dr V. Dayasagar Rao, DM, Mahabubnagar dist, Cardiologist in Hyderabad
  • Dr Sheshagiri Rao, DM, Chief, Dept Of Cardiology, NIMS, Hyderabad.
  • Dr Pinninti Kamala Manohar Rao, MD, Physician in Hanamakonda, Warangal Dist
  • Dr Kalvakuntla Sanjay Rao, Orthopaedics, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad
  • Dr Upender Rao B, General Surgeon, Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad
  • Dr Nemarugommula Sudhakar Rao, DM, Endocrinology, Professor, Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad
  • Dr Cheeti Jalpathi Rao, MD, Physician, Nizamabad town
  • Dr Vemula Venkata Rama Rao, Sathupally, Khammam dist.
  • Dr Thakkallapally Ravinder Rao, former HOD, Pharmacology Dept, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal
  • Dr Yachamaneni Manohar Rao, Koratla Hospital
  • Dr Kishan Rao, Kishan Rao Hospitals, Hyderabad
  • Mamatha Hospitals, Hyderabad and Karimnagar
  • Dr Kotagiri Ramakrishna Rao, Therlam, Vizianagaram dist
  • Dr Boinapally Vijay Rao, MD, Anaesthetist in Hyderabad, returned NRI, from USA
  • Dr Vura Nanda Gopal, MD , in Hyderabad, returned NRI from London

 

USA / UK / Canada / Australia 

  • Dr Ailineni Jagan Mohan Rao, Anesthesiologist, former President, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin ( AAPI ) for 2006, consisting of nearly 40,000+ physicians from India practicing in US.
  • Dr Muralikrishna, Psychiatrist, Oklahoma, USA
  • Dr Palep Narsing Rao, Gastoenterologist, Florida, USA
  • Dr Julapally MetRama Rao, Cardiologist, Texas, USA
  • Dr Rangineni Rajgopal Rao, Oncologist, Missouri, USA
  • Dr Gopal Rao, Cardiologist, Georgia, USA
  • Dr Chennamaneni Sampath Kumar, Anesthesiologist, USA
  • Dr Chennamaneni Rupa, Oncologist, USA
  • Dr Guniganti Prabhaker Rao, Cardiologist, Texas, USA
  • Dr Guniganti Uma M. Rao, Cardiologist, Oklahoma, USA
  • Dr Yasoda Rao, Internal Medicine, Boston, USA
  • Dr Kalvakuntla Laxman Rao, Internal Medicine, Texas, USA
  • Dr Juvvadi Sridevi Rao, Oncologist, Texas, USA
  • Dr Gandra Vidhyadhar Rao, Cardiologist, Indiana, USA
  • Dr Perala Sudhaker Rao. USA
  • Dr Vinod Rao Miryala, Cardiologist, Florida, USA
  • Dr Damera Narsing Rao, Cardiologist, Indiana, USA
  • Dr Sridhar Rao Vennamaneni, Internal Medicine, Florida, USA
  • Dr Dilip Rao Bearelly, Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
  • Dr Damera Sridevi Rao, Internal Medicine, Indiana, USA
  • Dr Puskur Sushil Rao, Psychiatrist, Florida, USA
  • Dr Madhavarapu Sheethal Rao, Sports Medicine, Kansas, USA
  • Dr Veeramaneni Upender Rao, Oncologist, Florida, USA
  • Dr Gorukanti Narender Rao, Oncology, Arkansas, USA
  • Dr Goriganti Mahender Rao, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Syracuse, New York State, USA
  • Dr Rama Krishna Rao Neelagiri, Family Medicine, Ohio, USA
  • Dr Narsing G Rao, Internal Medicine, Florida, USA
  • Dr Annamaneni Ravinder, Surgery, North Carolina, USA
  • Dr Sushmitha Gandra, Nephrologist, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dentists

  • Dr Kalvakuntla Sridhar Rao, BDS,DDS,MFDS RCS, UK
  • Dr Ramkumar Katikaneni,  BDS,MDS,MFDSRCS,DDS, New York, USA

 

Scientists

 

USA / UK / Canada / Australia / Singapore

  • Dr Suraneni Vijay Kumar Mahipal, Phd, Bio - Technology, Currently Post doc from Texas University in Austin, USA

India

  

Pharmaceutical Professionals

 

USA / UK / Canada / Australia

  • Dr Gorukanti Sudhir Rao, New York, USA

 

Engineering Professionals

 

India

  • Prof K Kishan Rao, Former Principal, REC ( Regional EngineeringCollege, (now NIT ) Warangal ), Present Principal, KITS, Hanumakonda.
  • Enuganti Rajeshwar Rao, Well known Engineer in Karimnagar District 
  • Damera Kamalakar Rao, Retired Chief Engineer, R & B Dept
  • Rajesh Vemula, BE ( Electronics ), working as a Faculty in Hyderabad

Abroad

  • Damera Satish, working as material Civil Engineer in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Veeramaneni Venkata Poorna Chandra Rao, BTech ( REC ( W ) ), MTech ( IIT, Roorkee ), Currently working for Halcrow International, Dubai.

 

 

Software Professionals

India

  • Moravaneni Naveen Kumar, Currently with Reliance, Mumbai
  • Kamadana Ramesh Babu, Currently with TCS
  • Gujja Someshwar Rao, Software Engineer, Pune
  • Boinapalli Satish Dora ( from Guntur district ), Presently with Reliance, Mumbai.
  • Gujja Anil Kumar, Data Architect, INTEL, Bangalore
  • Meneny Manmohan Rao, Software engineer ( SAP Consultant ) in Capgemini, Kolkata.
  • Polsani Murali Krishna, Software Engineer, Accenture, Bangalore
  • Jalagam Jagan Rao, Currently with Reliance Communications, Hyderabad
  • Revilla Niranjan Babu, Working for TACO Sasken Automotive Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
  • Routhu Praveen Kumar, working  as Web Developer in Monster dot com, an US based MNC 

Abroad

  • Sricharan Maruneni, Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems Integration. Michigan, USA
  • Murali Otthi, Systems Architect, Pittsburgh, USA
  • Polsani Vamsi Krishna, Software Consultant
  • Sattu Prakash Rao, Software Engineer, Seattle, Washington
  • Enaganti Manoj Kumar, Project Engineer, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Kondal Rao Munagala, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
  • Tallapalli Harinder Rao, Software Engineer, California, USA
  • Muppala Ramdev Rao, Software Manager with one of the major insurance company, Rhode Island, USA
  • Gandra Sandeep,  MTec, MS, Houston, USA 

 

Legal Professionals 

  • Justice Vujjini Bhasker Rao - Former Justice AP High Court
  • Sankineni Venkateshwar Rao,  former Public Prosecutor, Hanamakonda, Warangal.
  • Puskur Mohan Rao, former Public Prosecutor, Hanamakonda, Warangal.

 

Media and Journalism

 

  • Damera Venkata Satya Rama Rao (DVS Rama Rao), Currently working with India Today - Living Media India Limited, New Delhi, as Senior General Manager (National Sales).
  • Vujjini Vamshidhar, working as a Reporter in E - TV Network.

 

Others

  • Satish Cheeti, Executive, Strategic Planning / Venture Capital, MI, USA
  • Juvvadi Srinivas Rao, Asst Manager, Hilton International, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Yarthapu Chandu, working in Allseas marine contractors S.A, a Netherland based company, as a Project Coordinator in part of Dhirubhai 1 & 3 gas feilds.
  • Gudibanda Praveen Kumar Rao, On and Off-line Matrimonial Services through www Velamaparivaar dot com web site.
  • Maguluri Himabindu, Online advertising professional, Google.

 


 

 

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