Puttana Venkatramana Raju

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Rao Bahadur Puttana Venkataramana Raju (ISE). [1] BE(Hons), FIE(I). (1894-1975 [2] ) was a civil engineer in the Indian Service of Engineers. His notable works include contributions to building the Dowleswaram Barrage, Prakasam Barrage and Madras Airport, roads and waterways. He received a Rao Bahadur award for his contributions to civil and hydraulics engineering and the development of engineering education. [1]

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Career

He qualified for the Indian Service of Engineers in 1919, [1] [3] and engaged in many civil engineering projects with the Public Works Department. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

During World War II, he was posted as ARP Special Engineer under the War Department, Govt. of India to develop Madras Airport from 1942-44. He was promoted to the position of Superintending Engineer in March 1944. [1] [3] He was subsequently conferred a Fellowship by the Institution of Engineers (India). [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] He was a Member of the International Association for Hydraulic Research. [3] He represented the Madras Govt. as their official delegate to several Indian Roads Congress [17] [3] [7] [8] meetings. He was appointed to the position of Consulting Engineer [1] to the Government of India(Roads) in May 1942 and was later appointed as Industrial Adviser to the Government of India in April 1944. [1]

Post-retirement

After retiring from the ISE, he took over as the Chief Engineer with the Simpsons Group.He was also a lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Madras University from 1939-40 under the Maharaja of Travancore-Curzon Endowment scheme. [3] Later he took on the position of Dean of Engineering studies at Annamalai University [3] He also served as the Chairman, [3] Board of Examiners as well as a member of the Academic Senate, [3] Syndicate and Academic Council [3] and The Association of Principals and Technical Institutions. [3]

Recognition

Raju was honoured by the Government of India with the Rao Bahadur award for contributions to the fields of Civil & Hydraulics Engineering and the development of Engineering Education. [3] [1]

Personal life

Puttana Venkataramana Raju married S G Pillamma Venkatamma.They had 4 sons and 4 daughters. [3]

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  6. ↑ The Congress expresses its thanks to the PWD Madras and Rao Bahadur P V Raju. Indian Roads Congress., 1944 - Highway engineering. Vol. 9. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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