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KVK Raju (28 November 1928 - 1993), whose surname is Kanumuri, was a first generation technopreneur born in a humble agricultural family in Andhra Pradesh. He was the founder of the Nagarjuna Group of companies. He was born in a small village at Bhimavaram in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He belonged to a family which has played a part in the struggle for political freedom in India. [1]
He was born to Shri Kanumuri Venkata Narasimha Raju, a Landlord and Shrimati Subbamma, a pious lady. KVK Raju had his elementary education in a local school during 1933–38. he passed Secondary School Leaving Certificate Course from Sri Rama Krishna Mission School, Tanuku in 1945. He was the first batch of Intermediate in 1945–46 at West Godavari Bhimavaram (WGB) College, subsequently renamed D.N.R College.
During 1947–49, KVK Raju studied B.Sc course in Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi and later he joined the Madras Institute of Technology at Choromepet, Madras and did Automobile Engineering. He went on to complete his Master's in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota, USA.
After a short stint in America he returned to India and worked for short periods at Caltex Oil Refinery, Orient General Industries and Associated Electrical Industries.
Finally, he joined Union Carbide of India and worked with them for 17 years at various places - Calcutta, Madras, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. While working with Union Carbide, KVK Raju's deep-rooted urge to serve society through industry impelled him to start out on his own.
He started Nagarjuna Steels Limited in 1973. Nagarjuna Group is a dream willed into reality by its visionary Founder Shri KVK Raju. The Group has since then become a diversified conglomerate with an asset base of 3.5 billion dollars.
He then set up a school for workers of NFCL named Akshara School.
A recipient of various awards for his outstanding contribution to the industry and society, KVK Raju was a firm believer in the adage "practice what you preach". A self-made man KVK Raju practised simple living and high thinking. He dreamt big and worked with an unstinted focus of mind and body to make his dreams come true. KVK Raju was a visionary with firm belief in his mission to serve society through industry. It is this belief, which continues today to be the guiding light of Nagarjuna Group.
Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement. After the passing of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, its restrictions on the free movement of tribal people in the forest prevented them from engaging in their traditional podu agricultural system, which involved shifting cultivation. Alluri led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, during which a band of tribal people and other sympathisers fought in the border areas of the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam regions of Madras Presidency, in present-day Andhra Pradesh, against the British Raj, which had passed the law. He was referred to as "Manyam Veerudu" by the local villagers.
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This is glossary index of articles and categories about Andhra Pradesh state in India. This index is as on 20 September 2013.
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