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Satya Ridhima Parvathaneni, President of Indian Impact.

Business school grad Ridhima Parvathaneni has put up a fight against numbers; numbers that indicate the alarming rate of malnutrition Despite shuttling between two states, Ridhima ensures that she wraps up work by Saturday night in order to let her hair down on Sunday. During the week, 22-year-old Satya Ridhima Parvathaneni is preoccupied with something unusual for a ‘work hard, party hard’ youngster — a dream to reduce the number of malnourished children in the city through The Indian Impact. The site www.theindianimpact.com  the first and only online platform which aims to reduce the alarming number of malnutrition in India. The workflow The malnutrition rate is 42 percent among children in India. As many as 1500 children die everyday due to lack of a balanced diet Anyone who’s interested to help can approach the nearest Angandwadi centre. To locate the Angandwadi centre in your area, type the locality name in the Theindianimpact.com More than food, children need

ప్రత్యెక ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రంలో కమ్మవారికి కలిగే ప్రయోజనాలేమిటి?

ప్రత్యేక ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం ఏర్పడితే 'కమ్మవారికి' ప్రయోజనం ఏమిటి? అనే సందేహం మనలో చాలా మందికి ఉంది. కమ్మవారి జనాభా కోస్తా ఆంధ్ర జిల్లాలలో ఎక్కువగాను, రాయలసీమలో కొంచెం తక్కువగా, తెలంగాణా లో ఖమ్మం జిల్లాలో   చెప్పుకోదగిన సంఖ్యలో, నిజామాబాదు, నల్గొండ మరియు హైదరాబాద్ జిల్లాల్లో ఒక మోస్తరుగా వున్నారు. ప్రస్తుత అసెంబ్లీ లో ఉన్న 28 మంది కమ్మ MLA లలో 24 మంది కోస్తా, రాయలసీమ ప్రాంతాలవారే. కొంతమంది చెప్పినట్టు, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ లో కమ్మవారి జనాభా 4.3%, అనుకుంటే, ఆంధ్రా, రాయలసీమ ప్రాంతంలో 7.5% ఉంటారు. ఈవిధంగా చూస్తే, 'ప్రత్యేక ఆంధ్రా' లో మనకు కులాల నిష్పత్తి ప్రకారం ఎక్కువ మంత్రిపదవులు, అధికార పదవులు దక్కుతాయి.తెలంగాణా జిల్లాలలో కమ్మవారు నలుగురైదుగురు MLA లు గా ఎన్నికైనా, కనీసం ఒకటి, అరా మంత్రి పదవి దక్కకపోదు.  BC జనాభా, ముస్లిం జనాభా, ఎక్కువగా ఉన్న తెలంగాణా విడిపోతేనే మనకు 'ప్రత్యేక ఆంధ్రా' లో ఉద్యోగ, ఉపాధి అవకాశాలు మెరుగవుతాయి.  గత   ప్రభుత్వం, ముఖ్య మంత్రి, కమ్మవారు ఎక్కువగా ఉన్న జిల్లా ప్రజా పరిషత్ లు, శాసనసభ నియోజక వర్గాలు, BC లకు రిజర్వ్ చేసి రాజకీయంగా కమ్మవారిని

Dominant caste and territory in South India (Kammas) By Dalel Benbabaali

The case of the Kammas of Andhra Pradesh Dalel Benbabaali In the existing literature on caste, the concept of territory, which can be defined as social, economic and political appropriation of space, is very often absent. My argument is that one cannot understand caste dominance without taking into account territorial control. This argument is all the more relevant in the case of Andhra Pradesh, where the demand for a separate Telangana State is partly related to questions of caste domination. Traditionally, the Kammas are dominant in Coastal Andhra, whereas the Reddis are dominant in the interior regions of Telangana and Rayalaseema. These two castes have been controlling the politics of Andhra Pradesh since the formation of the State in 1956, and even before, since they were at the forefront of the movement for a linguistic Telugu State. Both these castes are originally farming communities - in varna terms, Shudras -, which means that their ritual status is relatively low. Howeve

Kamma IRS ( Indian Revenue Service Officers ) updated list

Kamma IRS (Indian Revenue Service) officers (Past and Present)   1. P.A.Chowdary 2. Muthuluri Narasimhappa 3. Kata Chandrahas 4. Kotha Hari Prasad 5. Kosaraju Veeraiah Chowdary 6. Koripalli Nageswara Rao 7. Venigalla NagaPrasad 8. Jasti Krishna Kishore 9. Bathina Ramesh 10. Vemulapalli Ramu 11. Bodduluri Hareram 12. Sunkara V.S.S.Prasad 13. Yalavarthi Rajendra 14. Kondaveeti Purnachandra Rao 15. Gudavalli Srinivasa Rao 16. Gollamudi Venkata KrishnaRao 17. Chirumamilla Venkaiah Chowdary 18. K.S.Rajendra Kumar 19. Maddukuri Venkata Subbaiah Chowdary 20. Pullela NageswaraRao 21. Katragadda Haritha 22. Vadlamudi Raghavendra Rao 23. Athota Satyanarayana 24. Edara Ravi Kiran 25. Kalyanam Rajesh Rama Rao 26. Dinesh Paruchuri 27. Vinaya Kumar Kantheti 28. Vikram Chand Meka 29. Venkata Siva Prasad Chirala 30. Siripurapu Padmaja 31. Cherukuri Srinivasa Rao 32. V.Appa Rao 33. Nuvvula Lakshmi Prasad 34. Uppalapati Anjaneyulu 35. Kotapati Vamsi Krishna 36. Ravi Anuradha 37. Vallu

Vijayawada as the New Capital of Separate Andhra Pradesh?

అనుకున్నదంతా ఐపొయింది, ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం రెండు ముక్కలైంది. ఇప్పుడు మనముందున్న పెద్ద సమస్య సీమాంధ్ర రాష్ట్రానికి కొత్త రాజధాని. మనం తలుచుకుంటే ఒక దశాబ్ద కాలంలోనే హైదరాబాద్ ను తలదన్నే రాజధానిని తయారు చేసుకోగలం. కొత్త రాజధాని ఏ ప్రాంతంలో ఏర్పడినా కాని అభివృద్ధి, పారిశ్రామీకరణ అన్ని జిల్లాలలో సమానంగా జరిగినప్పుడే భవిష్యత్తులో కొత్త రాష్ట్రంలో అన్ని ప్రాంతాల ప్రజల్లో ఏ విధమైన అసంతృప్తి తలెత్తకుండా ఉంటుంది.  రాజధాని ఏర్పాటు చేయాలంటే స్థల రాజకీయాలు, కుల రాజకీయాలు, వెనకబడిన ప్రాంతాల ఉద్ధరింపు ఇవేమీ ముఖ్యం కాదని అన్ని జిల్లాల వారు, ప్రాంతాల వారు గుర్తుంచు కొవాలి. రాజధాని ఏర్పాటుకు మౌలిక వసతులు, వనరులు, రవాణా, నీరు, భౌగోళిక స్వరూపం, జనాభా అతి ముఖ్యమైనవి.  కొత్తగా ఏర్పడే సీమాంధ్ర రాష్ట్రానికి రాజధానిగా వుండే అర్హతలు కలిగిన పట్టణాలలో విజయవాడ, విశాఖపట్నం, తిరుపతి, కర్నూలు, నెల్లూరు వున్నాయి. ఈ పట్టణాలలో జనాభా పరంగా విశాఖపట్నం, గ్రేటర్ విజయవాడ పదిహేను లక్షలు పైగా జనాభా కలిగి ఉన్నాయి, మిగిలిన మూడు పట్టణాల జనాభా ఐదు, ఆరు లక్షల లోపు గానే ఉంటుంది.  భౌగోళికంగా చూస్తే విజయవాడ, రాష్టంలో అన్ని ప్రాంతాలకు

Delhi High Court Chief Justice Nuthalapati VenkataRamana Appointed Supreme Court Judge

Delhi High Court chief justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has been appointed as Supreme Court judge and orders to that effect were issued by President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday. He is likely to assume office as Supreme Court judge on Feb 13. Justice NV Ramana, who was acting chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013 was elevated as the chief justice of Delhi High Court on September 2, 2013. Name of Justice NV Ramana was recommended by the  Supreme Court Collegium. NV Ramana was born in an agricultural family on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram village in Krishna district. He enroled as an advocate on February 10, 1983. He practised in the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service and Election matters. He has specialized in Constitutional, Criminal, Service and Inter-State River laws. He has also functioned as pa

Vijay Naidu, Member Fiji Electoral Commision

The Fiji government recently announced a seven member commission, headed by former president of the Fiji Law Society Chen Bunn Young, to supervise the elections promised for September. A member of Fiji's newly-formed Electoral Commission, Vijay Naidu , says he is looking forward to a democratically-elected Government. Vijay Naidu was born in Fiji and educated there and in the United Kingdom. He is Professor and Director of the Development Studies program at the University of the South Pacific, and was Professor and Director of Development Studies at Victoria University of Wellington from 2003 to 2007. He has written on aid, migration, ethnicity, higher education, electoral politics, land tenure, the state, development and poverty, and taken an active role in the civil society movement in Fiji over many years. He has recently served a term as co-chair of Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Network (DEVNET). Professor Naidu, of the University of the South Pacific

Garikapati RamaMohana Rao elected to Rajyasabha

Garikapati Ram Mohan Rao Telegu Desam party General Secretary,  from Warangal elected to RajyaSabha from Andhra Pradesh. Garikapati Mohan Rao has been instrumental in the successful conduction of the Vastunna Meekosam campaign of Chandrababu Naidu. 

Chandrababu Naidu emerges NDA’s standby PM candidate

  HYDERABAD: In an unexpected development that is raising eyebrows, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president Nara Chandrababu Naidu is emerging as the NDA's consensus candidate as Prime Minister in the event of the BJP failing to get more than 200 parliamentary seats on its own, revealed top leaders privy to the development. Leaders said along with a formal pre-poll alliance between BJP and TDP, the formal announcement on Naidu emerging as the dark horse will come after Parliament session ends. With more than 200 seats on its own Narendra Modi will be the clear PM favorite. "It would be difficult for us to see Modi at the helm in case we fail to cross the 200 mark. While we are hopeful of getting more than 200 seats, it is practical to have plan B and leaders like Chandrababu Naidu would be the natural choice, going by his acceptance," said a top BJP leader who commented that he would be expelled by his party if he is named. Naidu is likely to conte

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered Rs 112 cr pay package

Satya Nadella will get a base annual salary of USD 1.2 million as new CEO of Microsoft Corporation, but his overall package after taking into account bonus and stock awards may reach USD 18 million ( Rs 112 crore ) a year besides various other perks.  As per his new employment agreement, the Indian-origin CEO of USD 78-billion software major will be paid his salary on "semi-monthly" basis at an annual rate of USD 1.2 million (Rs 7.5 crore). 46-year-old Nadella, who has been with Microsoft for 22 years, would also be eligible for a cash bonus, which can range from zero to 300 per cent, resulting into total payout of up to USD 3.6 million. Besides, he would get stock awards to the tune of USD 13.2 million, taking the total package to USD 18 million. Nadella's annual salary would be determined by the company's Executive Incentive Programme (EIP). The top executive would be eligible for an annual EIP stock award worth USD 13.2 million starting 2015

Satyanarayana Chowdary Nadella Announced as Microsoft's New CEO

After a five-month search, Microsoft has named Satya Nadella its new CEO. He's the third CEO in the company's history. Satya Nadella was born in 1967 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India to Kamma parents B. N. Yugandhar (Father) and Prabavati Nadella (Mother). His father B. N. Yugandhar is an 1962 batch Indian Administrative Service officer (IAS) hails from the Bukkapuram village, Anantapur district , B. N. Yugandhar was a member of the Planning Commission during 2004-2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He has also served as secretary to the prime minister, secretary, rural development, and as a director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.  BN Yugandhar      Anupama                                                                                                          Family          Satya Nadella's wife, Anupama V Nadella is a  Brahmin , daughter of another retired IAS officer K.R. Venugopal, an architect