Andhra University Visakhapatnam’s Famous Alumni

Andhra University, the pride of Vizag, was established way back in 1926 and ranks second best amongst all state universities and eight amongst the top universities of India. It is one of the oldest universities that still manage to successfully put out students who have gone on to conquer top positions in their chosen fields. Let’s have a look at some of the famous alumni of Andhra University.

Politicians

M Venkaiah Naidu – Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs (bachelor’s degree in Law with specialisation in International Law from Law College, Andhra University)

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M.M.Pallam Raju – former Minister of State for Defence (BE Electronics and Communication)

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Dr. G.M.C. Balayogi, Former Speaker of Lok Sabha (Law degree)

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Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Former Union Minister

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J.D. Seelam, former Member of Parliament (MSc Chemistry)

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Bureaucrats / Government agencies :

Dr. Duvvuri Subba Rao, Former Governer, Reserve Bank India (PhD Economics)
Dr. D. Swaminadhan – Member, Planning Commission (BE Civil Engineering)
Dr.T.G.K.Murthy,Scientific Adviser to Government of India, Formerly ISRO, Bangalore (PG in Optical Engineering)
Dr. V.Adi Murthy, Distinguished Scientist, ISRO
Dr. V.Vignesam, ISRO, Head, Satellite Division
Prof. K. Satchidanda Murthy, Former Vice-Chairman, UGC & recipient of Padma Vibhushan Award
P.Kotaiah, Former Chairman, NABARD

Business :

Founding Director and former Joint Managing Director of Infosys (BE Electrical Engineering)
Dr. Grandhi Mallikharjuna Rao – Chairman, GMR Group of companies (BE Mechanical Engineering)

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V Ravi Prakash – CEO of TV9 news channel
Mr. Rambabu – Ex – President, E. I. D. Parry Ltd
Mr. Sudhakar Rao – Director, Hindustal Aeronautics Ltd.
Mr. A. Ramakrishna – Deputy Chairman, L & T
Dr. K.Mukunda Rao, CEO, Navayuga
Dr. P. R. Rao, Vice President, Dr. Reddy Labs

International :

A Premchand – Former Director, International Monetary Fund
P.A.V.B.Swamy, Federal Reserve, USA (MA Economics)

Mr. Satyanarayana – NASA
Dr. K.V.S.Rama Rao, NASA
Dr. Y.Syamala Devi, Bell Labs
Dr. V.N. Murty, World Bank

Academics :

Prof. C.R. Rao, Padma Vibhushan Awardee (world renowned statistician)
Prof. Krishna Palepu, Harvard Business School Harvard Business School(M.Sc Physics)
Prof. M. Venkata Rangaiah, Padma Bhushan (financial and political scientist)
Prof. S. Gopal, Padma Vibhushan (historian)
Prof. Srihari Nelakuditi, Prof. of Computer Science, University of South Carolina
Prof. P. Ramana Murthy – Purdue University
Prof. Sunkara Mahendra – Professor Chemical Engineering University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA (B Tech Chemical Engineering)
Prof. G. Pandurangaiah – Department of Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, Vice-President, National University of Singapore
Dr. U. R.Prasad – Professor, IISc
Prof.S.B.Krupanidhi, – Centre for Material Sciences, IISc
Prof. J.Naga Raju – Dept. Of Instrumentation, IISc
Prof. U.Rammurthy, Professor, Materials Engineering Department, IISc
Prof. V.S. Raju – Director IIT Delhi
Dr. K.Ravishankar, Materials Engineering Department, IIT Madras
Prof. M. Radha Krishna, IIT, Mumbai
Prof. R. Ravikumar, IIM Bangalore
Dr Krishna Tanuku, Executive Director of the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED), Indian School of Business Hyderabad
a number of other Assistant, Associate Professors in various reputed colleges such as IITs and NITs

Films :

Trivikram Srinivas, director (M Sc Nuclear Physics – gold medalist)

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R P Patnaik, music director (PG in Astro-Physics)
Shobu Yarlagadda, Indian American film producer (BE Civil and Environmental Engineering). He is son-in-law of famous director K Raghavendra Rao