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R Krishnasamy Naidu: Ex,MLA and TNCC President

R. Krishnasamy Naidu was an Tamil politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Srivilliputhur constituency in 1957 election and from Rajapalayam constituency in 1962 election. R.Krishnasamy naidu Born : 05.01.1902. Died : 31.10.1973. Joined in the Indian National Congiress in 1922. Underwent imprisonment for one year in 1930 during the Civil Disobedience Movement. An ardent social worker and a keen co-operator; Agriculturist; interested in coposing Tamil verses; reading books and hearing carnatic music. Member Madras Legilative Assembly 1952- 67. Krishnasamy Naidu with Kamaraj Nadar President Srivilliputtur panchayat Board , Chairman Estimates committee of the Madras Legislative Assembly 1960. Chairman Srivilliputhur co-operative spinning mills, Chairman Srivilliputhur co-operative marketing society. Director Ramanathapuram District co-operative Cen

S Ramasamy Naidu (Vasireddy): Educationist and Social reformer

Shri.S.Ramasamy Naidu M.A.,BL of Sattur ( Popularly known as S.R) the first generation advocate and Social reformer and a political leader emerged among the agriculturist, was rightly chosen to identify the association. He was the member of Provisional Parliament during the period of 1950-52 and and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Sattur constituency in 1952 election, from Sivakasi constituency in1957 and 1962 elections as Indian National Congress candidate. He was again elected from Sattur constituency as a Swatantra Party candidate in 1967 election. Sri SR, because of his dedicated social work and political background; scores of people from southern districts were able to get the basic education prior to 1960. He was instrument in bringing the Govt High School in all villages at Southern Districts and many schools were named as Sri SR Naidu Govt High School. After the

'Indian Americans catching up in US politics too'

Washington, 20 April: Recipient of this year's prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour, Indian American business leader Rao S. Anumolu believes the Indian community, doing an 'A+ job' professionally and economically, is now catching on in politics too. 'Indians here are mostly professionals - doctors, engineers and in finance field, etc,' says Anumolu, president and CEO of Long Island (New York)-based ASR International Corporation, who would be presented the medal recognising those making outstanding contributions to their communities, their nation and the world, on May 8. 'In these professions, there is ample opportunity to prove themselves professionally and economically, and they are doing A+ job,' he told. 'In politics, the second generation is catching on and they are much more in tune as participants, be it (Louisiana governor) Bobby Jindal or others, but not to the extent you expect,' he said. Asked what makes Indians excel, Anumolu said: &

Coffee Board chairman Gogineni V Krishna Rao moves to Karnataka Raj Bhavan

Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj has picked Coffee Board of India chairman Gogineni Venkata Krishna Rao to succeed A.K.M. Nayak who left the Raj Bhavan at the end of July 2009 to become additional chief secretary in the Karnataka government. It will be one more Telugu-speaking IAS officer in an influential office in Karnataka. The state Chief Minister's Office already has three key officials including two IAS officers who are Telugu-speaking. Krishna Rao, 56, a 1982-batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer who hails from Andhra Pradesh, told, "We are used to moving places in our jobs and I only I hope I live to the expectations of my new job there. Every job has its challenges and responsibilities." For almost five years since he took over as chairman of Coffee Board in May 2005, the soft-spoken officer served as a friend, philosopher and guide to the coffee industry in India. The Coffee Board, an autonomous body functioning under the Central ministry of commerce

Corpus Media labs acquires US-based PQ Engineering

Corpus Media labs (Sachin Tummala, chairman), a media and entertainment software and services unit of the Hyderabad-based Corpus group of companies, has acquired US-based PQ Engineering, Inc (PQE), a digital video consulting group in a cash and stock deal. Dallas based Corpus Media labs provides cross platform applications like Interactivity, Enhanced TV, Customer care, transactional services, participatory and Information services across TV, PC and Mobile. Corpus' cross platform applications can be deployed on top of proprietary Service acceleration platform, ''Citadel'' as well on industry renowned middleware platforms. Denver, Colorado-based privately held PQ Engineering is a digital video consulting services company with expertise in headend solutions, system integration and rollout, and next-generation set-top box development and testing. Sachin Tummala, group chairman, Corpus group of companies said, "The combined forces of both the compani

AP awards Machilipatnam port to Navayuga

The project estimated to involve an investment of Rs.1560 crore, was originally awarded to Maytas Infra Ltd-led consortium in april 2008 . Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday named infrastructure firm Navayuga Engineering Co. Ltd (Chinta visveswara Rao-Chairman) as the lead promoter of the Machilipatnam port project on India’s east coast. The project, estimated to involve an investment of Rs1,590 crore, was originally awarded to a Maytas Infra Ltd-led consortium in April 2008. The Maytas consortium failed to achieve financial closure for the project within the stipulated time and its members, Srie Infrastructure Ltd and Sarat Chandra Co., expressed their willingness to exit from it, the state government said in a statement after the cabinet meeting.

D.Balasundaram The machine man Architects of Coimbatore

The first indigenous motor in the country was produced in Coimbatore in 1939 , thanks to an engineer who was working in the National Engineering Works of G.D.Naidu. An electrical engineer from Sheffield University, England, D. Balasundaram had training in a major industrial unit there that had 12,000 employees manufacturing components for power stations. He is said to have used the “copper rotor welding” technology to design this motor. Born in 1913 at Avarampalayam ,Coimbatore, he first established Coimbatore Engineering and Trading Company to manufacture components for textile machinery. When his Textool Company was born, the first ring frame was produced. According to historian C.R.Elangovan, this was an achievement because it was a period immediately after the Second World War when everything was scarce and there were too many restrictions too. Besides, everything had to be imported for which also there were a number of controls, licences and practical proble