Kanuri Lakshmana Rao

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Kanuri Lakshmana Rao
Minister of Irrigation and Power
In office
19 July 1963
Vijayawada
Personal details
Born(1902-07-15)15 July 1902
British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died18 May 1986(1986-05-18) (aged 83)[3]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(now in Telangana)
Political partyIndian National Congress
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Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian Civil engineer and a Padma Bhushan awardee[4] who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977.

Personal life and education

Rao was born in a Telugu

PhD in 1939 from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom
.

Honours

In 1963, Rao was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the spheres of irrigation and power.[

Roorkee University
in engineering in 1968.

Engineering career

He worked as a professor in

Burma. After completing his PhD he worked as assistant professor in the United Kingdom. He wrote a book called Structural Engineering and Reinforced Concrete. After returning to India, he worked as a design engineer for the Madras government. He held the post of director (designs) in Vidyut Commission-New Delhi in 1950. He was promoted as chief engineer in 1954.[8]

He wrote autobiography titled The Cusecs Candidate.[9]

Political career

He was elected as a member of parliament from

Jogulamba Gadwal) District, Telangana and Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh near Srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country is to his credit. Rao worked as union minister in Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi's cabinet.[citation needed
]

Recognition

In 2006, the Pulichintala project, at Bellamkonda of Guntur district, has been named as K. L. Rao Sagar project.[10]

See also

References

  1. . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Council of Ministers" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Debates (Sixth Session, Eighth Lok Sabha)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 18 (1): 4–5. 17 July 1986. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Vidya Raja (31 July 2018). "India's Oldest Engineering College Turns 225: 6 Alumni Who Have Made Guindy Proud!". The Better India.
  6. ^ "Past Presidents of Institute of Engineers". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Президенты ISSMGE". Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Pulichintala named after K. L. Rao". The Hindu. 22 February 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2013.