tributes

Professor Mohan Turaga

Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Dr. T.S.R. Prasada Rao (Pedanannagaru from here on) has been one of the most influential personalities in my life. My earliest interactions with him were less in person and more through the letters he used to write to my father from Baroda where he was a scientist in the […]

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Professor M. Lakshmi Kantam 

Former Director, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad At the outset, I would like to pay my rich tributes to Dr. T. S. R. Prasada Rao, the great son of the soil, a visionary technocrat and science leader, an institution builder, and above all a great and wonderful human being with a characteristic smile

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In Memory of Sundayya Thathagaru

I have only met pedda thathagaru a handful of times but I have heard many praises, especially from my thathagaru, his younger brother. He may not be alive anymore but his good deeds and achievements will be admired and respected forever. To pay my respects to the late Sundayya Thathagaru, I have recited the 8th

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In loving memory of my Mamayya

I want to share something about mamayya. Amma’s brother. Amma used to call him Sundannayya. Amma used to tell about him from our childhood. When we grown up we were inspired by mamayya and took him as our role model. He was a happy, humble, affectionate, lovely, kind, Egoless and down to earth person. He

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In memory of Sundayya mamayya

Dr. TSR Prasada Rao is Sundayya mamayya for us. While he was an eminent scientist, scholar, entrepreneur, and mentor for many, I was proud of calling him mamayya. He is a role model for me and everyone one in his family. My parents used to refer to him for our inspiration. He is the only

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R. A. Mashelkar

It is hard to believe that Prasad Rao, my dearest friend, is no more. But to me, he is everywhere, such was his influence through his amazing warmth, charismatic personality and true human qualities. Everything about him was genuine. His compassion, courage, commitment and collegial informality is incomparable. Prasada rao was a remarkable scientist, top

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Mrs. Manju and Dr. Ashok Kumar

Employees and residents of any community cherish a cordial, creative, and constructive environment for personal growth and development of community. In the history of the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), it was Dr. Prasada Rao who created such a healthy relationship and environment and that’s why he ruled over the hearts of each and every

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