Vundela Malakonda Reddy

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biographical article is written like a résumé. Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. (February 2020) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Vundela Malakonda Reddy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Vundela Malakonda Reddy (23 August 1932 – 20 April 2022) was an engineer who is better known as a Telugu poet and great writer.^[1] He is also the founder of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad. Reddy was born on 23 August 1932 in Inimerla, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. He died on 20 April 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana.^[2]

Career

Education:

Allur, Nellore, Madras (Chennai), Edinburgh, Great Britain

Qualifications:

B.E. (Civil Engineering), M.Sc.(Structural Engineering), Ph.D. (Structural Engineering)

Service:

• Civil Engineer, P.W.D., Andhra Pradesh (1955–57)
• Lecturer, Osmania Engg. College, Hyd. (1957–61)
• Professor, Head of Civil Engg., Regional Engg. College (NIT), Warangal (1961–1979)
• Founder Principal & Secretary, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad (1979–1990)
• Chairman, Chaitanya Bharathi Educational Society (2000–2003)
• Executive Secretary, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Medchal Mandal R.R. Dt., A.P. (since 2002)
• Member, Executive Council, J.N.T. University, Hyderabad (since 1996)

Poetry (Telugu)

• Netaji (1946)
• Vivekanandudu (1953)
• Kanthi Chakralu (1959)
• Mogali Rekulu (1981)
• Odesela Rallu (1986)
• Vilapinche Uttaram (1992)
• Satyam Sivam Sundaram (1996)

Poetry (English)

• Gloating Grass (1988) presented at 10th World Congress of Poets at Bangkok
• Special Number (1992) International Poets Academy, Madras

Awards

• Balasaraswathi - 1951
• Kavikireeti - 1986
• Mikhale Madhusudan Award - 1990
• Dasaradhi Award - 1990
• Creative Writing Award of Telugu University - 1991
• R.C.C. Design Competition Award by Indian Concrete Journal, Bombay - 1954
• Best Technical Paper Award of Institution of Engineers, A.P. -1972
• Entrepreneurship in Technical Education by ATA USA Award -1998
• American Biographical Institute Directory of distinguished Leadership Member-1998
• Fellow of A.P. Science Academy - 2003
• Indira Gandhi National Award - 2003
• Excellence in Science and Technology Award by ATA USA - 2004

References