Velagapudi Ramakrishna | |
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Born | 1896 |
Died | 1968 (aged 71–72) |
Nationality | Indian |
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Velagapudi Ramakrishna CIE, (1896–1968) was an Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He started the KCP (Krishna Commercial Products) group of companies in 1941 with a co-operative sugar factory in Andhra Pradesh. [1] He was a pioneering industrialist in the erstwhile Madras State.
Ramakrishna was born in a Telugu-speaking landowning family to Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem ( Nagaram mandal, near Repalle) in the Guntur district of India. [2] He studied at The University of Edinburgh and acquired B.Sc. and M.A. degrees. He further was affiliated with the London School of Economics. [2] His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from Tellapadu, Maddipadu Mandal, in Prakasam District. [3]
Ramakrishna died in 1968 and was survived by two sons and a daughter: V. Maruthi Rao, V. Lakshmana Dutt, and Rajeshwari Ramakrishnan.
Ramakrishna's second son, V. L. Dutt, a past chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( FICCI), [4] [5] [6] [7] was the chairman and managing director of KCP Limited. [8] His wife, Indira Dutt, is a daughter of the Raja of Muktyala and the President of the World Telugu Federation. [9] Ramakrishna's daughter, Smt. Rajeswari Ramakrishnan, is the managing director of Jeypore Sugar Company Limited. Her son R. Prabhu is the Congress MP from the Nilgiris ( Ooty), Tamil Nadu, a five-term Member of Parliament [10] and a former Union minister in India. [10]
Velagapudi Ramakrishna | |
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Born | 1896 |
Died | 1968 (aged 71–72) |
Nationality | Indian |
Parent |
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Velagapudi Ramakrishna CIE, (1896–1968) was an Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He started the KCP (Krishna Commercial Products) group of companies in 1941 with a co-operative sugar factory in Andhra Pradesh. [1] He was a pioneering industrialist in the erstwhile Madras State.
Ramakrishna was born in a Telugu-speaking landowning family to Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem ( Nagaram mandal, near Repalle) in the Guntur district of India. [2] He studied at The University of Edinburgh and acquired B.Sc. and M.A. degrees. He further was affiliated with the London School of Economics. [2] His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from Tellapadu, Maddipadu Mandal, in Prakasam District. [3]
Ramakrishna died in 1968 and was survived by two sons and a daughter: V. Maruthi Rao, V. Lakshmana Dutt, and Rajeshwari Ramakrishnan.
Ramakrishna's second son, V. L. Dutt, a past chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( FICCI), [4] [5] [6] [7] was the chairman and managing director of KCP Limited. [8] His wife, Indira Dutt, is a daughter of the Raja of Muktyala and the President of the World Telugu Federation. [9] Ramakrishna's daughter, Smt. Rajeswari Ramakrishnan, is the managing director of Jeypore Sugar Company Limited. Her son R. Prabhu is the Congress MP from the Nilgiris ( Ooty), Tamil Nadu, a five-term Member of Parliament [10] and a former Union minister in India. [10]