2012 is a very special year for our family as it is the birth centenary year of two of our illustrious family members – Sri Damerla Venkataramayya (Dr. D. Venkatram) and Late Sri Mallimadugula Venkataramaiah.
Descending from a common lineage, both are named after their grandfather Sri Digumarthi Venkataramayya – a man of great virtues. Apart from their name and common lineage, they share a common date of birth, having been born in Berhampur in a gap of few hours. While they were first cousins, they shared a very close friendly bond.
We are taking this opportunity in this centenary year to share their life sketches in brief and salute our beloved stalwarts. We also invite you to share your memorable experiences with these two great personalities."
With Best Wishes
Bangariah
Hyderabad
SRI MALLIMADUGULA VENKATA RAMAIAH –A life Sketch
Sri Mallimadugula Venkata Ramaiah was born at Berhampur on the 13th of June, 2012 to Sri M. Bangaraiah Panthulugaru and Smt. Lalithamba. He did his early schooling in Visakhapatnam and later in Khallikota College, Berhampur. He passed his GDA (CA) in 1934 from Madras.
He married Smt.Seshamamba in 1945 and they were blessed with a son and two daughters.
After completing his studies, he joined Defence Accounts and worked at Gun Carriage Factory (Jabalpur), Refugee Camp (Katni), moved to the AG’s Office at Nagpur before being selected to UPSC. He then joined ESI Corporation and retired as Regional Director in 1970. He joined Andhra Mahila Sabha in 1971 at the request of Smt. Durgabai Deshmukh. He worked relentlessly for all–round development of the organization as the Secretay of the AMS Trust Board for over 25 years, before retiring from active service in 1997.
The Mallimadugulas, including women, actively participated in the freedom struggle and were closely associated with the top Congress leaders at that time. An ardent patriot and veteran freedom fighter, Sri Venkata Ramaiah served as the Mahatma’s personal secretary at the age of 15 when the latter toured Andhra and Orissa. He participated in the Salt Satyagraha Movement at the age of 17 and courted imprisonment. He also participated in the Quit India Movement. He was honoured as a Swatantra Senani by the State.
He was a man of firm convictions and principles. He led a simple life wearing only Khadi till his last. He will always be remembered for his Gandhian values of simplicity, humility, patience, steadfastness of mind and, above all, for his uncompromising honesty.
He left this world on 13th Febraury, 2000 but is always remembered for his warmth and love. A man clad in Khadi symbolizing faith and courage, with a face full of wisdom and kindness, taking every step with dignity and firmness, and a heart filled with compassion and love – that was Mallimadugula Venkata Ramaiah.
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DAMERLA VENKATA RAMAYYA – A Life Sketch
Damerla Venkata Ramayya – known as Dr.D.V.Rama Rao to the medical fraternity, Venkataram to his wife and Madurai Daddy, Doctor Uncle, Doctor Thathayya to his grandchildren was born in Berhampore in 1912 in the Ganjam district of Orissa. He is the youngest son of Damerla Durgaprasada Rao and Damerla Braharambica. He lost his father when he was five years old.
Like all children, he was extremely mischievous and gave his mother several anxious moments!!
He completed his high school studies from the Kallakota College in Berhampore, Intermediate from the AVN College at Vishakapatnam, MBBS from the Andhra Medical College,Visakhapatnam and Midwiferyand Gynecology from the Medical College at Madras.
In 1942 he married Savithri, the second daughter of Varaha GiriVenkata Giri and moved to Ambasamudram in the Tirunalveli district of Tamil Naduto work in the Harvey Mills as a doctor.
Harvey Mills/Madura Coats was to remain as his sole employer for the next 3 decades. He was extremely popular with the workers and staff of the mills and over the years built up a reputation of being a doctorwith a healing touch.
The world around him was changing rapidly. India got its independence in 1947. His father-in-law Shri V.V.Giri was in the forefront of the freedom struggle and subsequent to independence occupied many positions of power and eventually became the President of India. However, for the young doctor and his wife in Ambasamudram, the priority was bringing up their children and in some sense the political turmoil of those times left the family untouched. He was extremely diligent about ensuring that his family remained financially secure since he had seen his mother go through immense financial difficulty while bringing him and his two siblings up. His dream was to build his own house – which he accomplished in 1970 and “Sri Vinaya” became an indelible part of the lives of all his near and dear.
In the late fifties he moved to Madurai and became the Chief Medical Officer for the Madura Coats. Over the next decade his children married and then his grand children were born and he showered on each of them love and affection with the provision that he was never to be called ‘Tathayya” because he was not really that old (even now he claims that his heart is young and it is only his knees that have failed him!!).
Monday, February 13, 2012
DAMERLA VENKATA RAMAYYA – A Life Sketch
Damerla Venkata Ramayya – known as Dr.D.V.Rama Rao to the medical fraternity, Venkataram to his wife and Madurai Daddy, Doctor Uncle, Doctor Thathayya to his grandchildren was born in Berhampore in 1912 in the Ganjam district of Orissa. He is the youngest son of Damerla Durgaprasada Rao and Damerla Braharambica. He lost his father when he was five years old.
Like all children, he was extremely mischievous and gave his mother several anxious moments!!
He completed his high school studies from the Kallakota College in Berhampore, Intermediate from the AVN College at Vishakapatnam, MBBS from the Andhra Medical College,Visakhapatnam and Midwiferyand Gynecology from the Medical College at Madras.
In 1942 he married Savithri, the second daughter of Varaha GiriVenkata Giri and moved to Ambasamudram in the Tirunalveli district of Tamil Naduto work in the Harvey Mills as a doctor.
Harvey Mills/Madura Coats was to remain as his sole employer for the next 3 decades. He was extremely popular with the workers and staff of the mills and over the years built up a reputation of being a doctorwith a healing touch.
The world around him was changing rapidly. India got its independence in 1947. His father-in-law Shri V.V.Giri was in the forefront of the freedom struggle and subsequent to independence occupied many positions of power and eventually became the President of India. However, for the young doctor and his wife in Ambasamudram, the priority was bringing up their children and in some sense the political turmoil of those times left the family untouched. He was extremely diligent about ensuring that his family remained financially secure since he had seen his mother go through immense financial difficulty while bringing him and his two siblings up. His dream was to build his own house – which he accomplished in 1970 and “Sri Vinaya” became an indelible part of the lives of all his near and dear.
In the late fifties he moved to Madurai and became the Chief Medical Officer for the Madura Coats. Over the next decade his children married and then his grand children were born and he showered on each of them love and affection with the provision that he was never to be called ‘Tathayya” because he was not really that old (even now he claims that his heart is young and it is only his knees that have failed him!!).
M V Bangarayya
Hyderabad
Damerla Venkata Ramayya – known as Dr.D.V.Rama Rao to the medical fraternity, Venkataram to his wife and Madurai Daddy, Doctor Uncle, Doctor Thathayya to his grandchildren was born in Berhampore in 1912 in the Ganjam district of Orissa. He is the youngest son of Damerla Durgaprasada Rao and Damerla Braharambica. He lost his father when he was five years old.
Like all children, he was extremely mischievous and gave his mother several anxious moments!!
He completed his high school studies from the Kallakota College in Berhampore, Intermediate from the AVN College at Vishakapatnam, MBBS from the Andhra Medical College,Visakhapatnam and Midwiferyand Gynecology from the Medical College at Madras.
In 1942 he married Savithri, the second daughter of Varaha GiriVenkata Giri and moved to Ambasamudram in the Tirunalveli district of Tamil Naduto work in the Harvey Mills as a doctor.
Harvey Mills/Madura Coats was to remain as his sole employer for the next 3 decades. He was extremely popular with the workers and staff of the mills and over the years built up a reputation of being a doctorwith a healing touch.
The world around him was changing rapidly. India got its independence in 1947. His father-in-law Shri V.V.Giri was in the forefront of the freedom struggle and subsequent to independence occupied many positions of power and eventually became the President of India. However, for the young doctor and his wife in Ambasamudram, the priority was bringing up their children and in some sense the political turmoil of those times left the family untouched. He was extremely diligent about ensuring that his family remained financially secure since he had seen his mother go through immense financial difficulty while bringing him and his two siblings up. His dream was to build his own house – which he accomplished in 1970 and “Sri Vinaya” became an indelible part of the lives of all his near and dear.
In the late fifties he moved to Madurai and became the Chief Medical Officer for the Madura Coats. Over the next decade his children married and then his grand children were born and he showered on each of them love and affection with the provision that he was never to be called ‘Tathayya” because he was not really that old (even now he claims that his heart is young and it is only his knees that have failed him!!).
M V Bangarayya
Hyderabad
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
DEEPIKA DAMERLA
Daughter of DVR Rao (Nani) and Sesh of Pune
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A Telugu woman with roots in the city has made it to the Ontario Provincial Legislature in Canada as a Member Provincial Parliament (MPP), Later she has been made a Minister of state also.
Deepika Damerla, born in Secunderabad and an alumnus of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirumalgherry, won the election in October from Mississauga East-Cooksville constituency, a city next to Toronto.
Ms. Damerla who had taken the oath as an Ontario Liberal MPP (on par with member of legislative Assembly here) in Canada on October 27, became the first ever elected member in Canada to take an oath on Gita, which makes her the first Hindu and first Indian born woman to have won the elections in Canada.
Dipika did her schooling mostly in Kendriya Vidyalayas all over India with every transfer of her father. She did her B.Com and C.A from Pune and moved to Canada after her marriage in the early 1990s.
She subsequently did her MBA in finance and worked for the Royal Bank and Scotia Bank before opting for a career as a social and political commentator for Omni TV covering local issues in Missisauga.
Dipika began her career as a social and political commentator for OMNI TV, covering many local issues in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Prior to her current career, she worked in corporate banking at two of Canada’s largest financial institutions - the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
She has run a small business in the telecomunications industry and understands that there are few things more rewarding than running a successful enterprise and creating jobs and opportunities for local communities.
Her extensive community involvement includes volunteering with the Mississauga Food Bank, founding the clothing drive Vastra Daan, chairing the India Pavilion, Carrasauga, and hosting a classical music show on CIUT 89.5 FM community radio.
As a working mother, Dipika understands the challenges that hard-working families face every day: the challenge of balancing work and family, of getting the best for our children, and of carving out a secure and stable future in the midst of so much change.
In 2011 she was the Liberal candidate in the riding of Mississauga East-Cooksville. She beat her nearest rival, Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin by 4,161 votes. Dipika Damerla once worked as the senior policy advisor to Ontario’s minister of economic development and trade. Now, with her win last night in Mississauga East-Cooksville, she’s an MPP herself.
A.Vijaya Murthy (jijji)
Visakhapatnam
Daughter of DVR Rao (Nani) and Sesh of Pune
A Telugu woman with roots in the city has made it to the Ontario Provincial Legislature in Canada as a Member Provincial Parliament (MPP), Later she has been made a Minister of state also.
Deepika Damerla, born in Secunderabad and an alumnus of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirumalgherry, won the election in October from Mississauga East-Cooksville constituency, a city next to Toronto.
Ms. Damerla who had taken the oath as an Ontario Liberal MPP (on par with member of legislative Assembly here) in Canada on October 27, became the first ever elected member in Canada to take an oath on Gita, which makes her the first Hindu and first Indian born woman to have won the elections in Canada.
Dipika did her schooling mostly in Kendriya Vidyalayas all over India with every transfer of her father. She did her B.Com and C.A from Pune and moved to Canada after her marriage in the early 1990s.
She subsequently did her MBA in finance and worked for the Royal Bank and Scotia Bank before opting for a career as a social and political commentator for Omni TV covering local issues in Missisauga.
Dipika began her career as a social and political commentator for OMNI TV, covering many local issues in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Prior to her current career, she worked in corporate banking at two of Canada’s largest financial institutions - the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
She has run a small business in the telecomunications industry and understands that there are few things more rewarding than running a successful enterprise and creating jobs and opportunities for local communities.
Her extensive community involvement includes volunteering with the Mississauga Food Bank, founding the clothing drive Vastra Daan, chairing the India Pavilion, Carrasauga, and hosting a classical music show on CIUT 89.5 FM community radio.
As a working mother, Dipika understands the challenges that hard-working families face every day: the challenge of balancing work and family, of getting the best for our children, and of carving out a secure and stable future in the midst of so much change.
In 2011 she was the Liberal candidate in the riding of Mississauga East-Cooksville. She beat her nearest rival, Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin by 4,161 votes. Dipika Damerla once worked as the senior policy advisor to Ontario’s minister of economic development and trade. Now, with her win last night in Mississauga East-Cooksville, she’s an MPP herself.
A.Vijaya Murthy (jijji)
Visakhapatnam
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