Experience & Activities

I was born on 1st November 1936 in a small village ramanayapalem in prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. I hail from a poor farmers family who are uneducated. I studied education privately , simultaneously working in agricultural fields along with my parents. I passed 7th class exams as a private candidate. I had an interest in pursuing further studies as a regular student. I studied 8th class in bapatla, our near by town. I had to discontinue my school education due to financial problems and helped my father in our agricultural fields. Since I was the youngest child , I was loved by all the members of our family. I was brought up in such a way that I developed independent views, broad vision, strong will, determination to hard work and leadership over the others in all walks of life.

At this juncture one day at the age of 19 we all brothers were carrying paddy bags from fields. As I could not lift a 75 kg paddy bag, my father humiliated me before all my family members. In my subsequent years I took this as a challenge and did rigorous exercises for two hours every day and kept my body and soul fit at all times. I could not bear the humiliation from my beloved father and decided to leave my native place and reached Guntur in may, 1956 with empty hands. I did not have even a single rupee from my parents except two dresses given by my second brother.

I contacted a distant relative Sri K Chandra Reddy, a resident of narasayapalem who in turn introduced me to a businessman in Guntur. I started my career with voluntary service having no salary for five months. During these five months, he helped me a lot by giving 22 /- per month for my day to day expenses. I used to stay in a choultry. This was a turning point in my life.