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Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation is a Charitable Trust that promotes Arts, Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Journalism, Humanities and other intellectual pursuits and to honour distinguished persons in these fields. Established in 1979 in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

by P.V. Ramaniah Raja, a businessman, the Foundation instituted the Raja-Lakshmi Award. The Raja-Lakshmi Award carries a prize amount of Rs.1,00,000/-, a Citation and a Plaque. The Awardee also receives the Dr. K.V. Rao & Dr. Jyoti Rao Award of US $ 2000, in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society (TFAS), New Jersey, USA.

The Foundation also instituted awards such as the Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award (1987-1999) and "Recognise the Teacher" Award. Special awards (Raja-Lakshmi Visishta Puraskar) have also been announced on a one-off basis. Presently the Awards being given are 'Raja-Lakshmi Award' and the 'Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar'. Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar was instituted in the year 1994 coinciding with the 60th birthday of Smt. Mahalakshmi Raja, founder trustee of the Foundation. The Award honours Vedic scholars, and consists of a Citation, a plaque and a cash prize of Rs.25,000/-.

These Awards are announced on August 15th (birthday of Late Smt. Mahalakshmi Raja) every year and presented at a function on November 19th (birthday of Sri Ramaniah Raja) in the same year. From the year 2010 the Foundation has decided only to award only Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar and has started to award educational scholarships annually.

The Foundation has also instituted the Ratna Rao Memorial Prize which is awarded annually to the best student in M.Sc. Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Award

S.No.	Year	Name of the Awardee	Area
01	1979	Sri Sri	Literature Literature Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
02	1980	Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna is a Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and a playback singer. He is also acclaimed as a poet, composer and respected by all Indian classical musicians for his knowledge of Carnatic Music....	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
03	1981	Vempati Chinna Satyam Vempati Chinna Satyam Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam was born on October 25, 1929 in Kuchipudi, Andhra Pradesh. He is a legendary dancer and a guru of Kuchipudi dance form. Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, a great master in the field, initiated Young Vempati into this great art...	Dance Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
03	1981	Nerella Venumadhav	Mimicry
04	1982	Bapu Bapu (artist) Bapu is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema.He is a music artist, painter, cartoonist, and designer...	Graphic art
05	1983	Y. Nayudamma	Science Science Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
06	1984	Tanguturi Suryakumari Tanguturi Suryakumari Surya Kumari was a singer, actor and dancer....	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture... and Dance Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
07	1985	Mandolin Srinivas U. Srinivas Uppalapu Shrinivas , is an Indian mandolin player of the Carnatic musical tradition of Southern India. Shrinivas plays an electric mandolin and has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Michael Nyman, and Michael Brook...	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
08	1986	G. K. Reddy G. K. Reddy Gunupati Keshava Reddy better known as G. K. Reddy was an Indian Journalist.He has reached Kashmir and worked as Editor of Kashmir Times for sometime. After the Independence, he has worked as Director of Civil Supplies in Azad Kashmir Government.He has worked in Times of India between 1951 and...	Journalism Journalism Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
09	1987	Dr. B. Ramamurthi	Medicine Medicine Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
10	1988	C. Narayanareddy C. Narayanareddy Dr. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy is an Indian poet and writer. He is a winner of the Jnanpith Award in 1988 for his contribution to Telugu literature. He is considered a foremost authority on Telugu Literature...	Literature Literature Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
11	1989	Bezawada Gopala Reddy Bezawada Gopala Reddy Bezawada Gopala Reddy was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Andhra State and Governor of Uttar Pradesh .-See also:*List of Chief Ministers of Andhra PradeshMember A.I.C.C., since 1931 ; M.L.A., Madras, 1937–46 ; was...	Politics Politics Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
12	1990	Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
13	1991	Nataraja Ramakrishna Nataraja Ramakrishna Nataraja Ramakrishna was a dance guru from Andhra Pradesh, India. He was the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy...	Dance Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
14	1992	Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was one of the most important carnatic violinists of the 20th century.-Early life and background:... Trust	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
15	1993	P. Sainath P. Sainath Palagummi Sainath is an Indian journalist. He calls himself a 'rural reporter', or simply a 'reporter' – and photojournalist focusing on social problems, rural affairs, poverty and the aftermaths of globalization in India...	Journalism Journalism Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
16	1994	G. Ram Reddy G. Ram Reddy Professor G. Ram Reddy is renowned architect of Distance Education and the father of open learning in India.-Early life:...	Education Education Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
17	1995	Dr.Ambati Balamurali Krishna Balamurali Ambati Balamurali "Doogie Howser" Ambati is an Indian-American ophthalmologist, educator, and researcher, currently working at the University of Utah. In 1995, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest doctor, at the age of seventeen....	Medicine Medicine Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
18	1996	Abid Hussain Abid Hussain Dr. Abid Hussain is an Indian Economist and Diplomat. He is married to Trilok Karki, author of "Sino-Indian Conflict and International Politics in the Indian Sub-Continent", and has three children. His brother is the actor and mime artist Irshad Panjatan. Dr...	Administration
19	1997	A. Chennagantamma	Social service
20	1998	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna	Actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
21	1999	A. S. Raman	Journalism Journalism Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
21	1999	S.V.Rama Rao	Art Art Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
22	2000	K Sivananda Murty	Social service
23	2001	Govindappa Venkataswamy Govindappa Venkataswamy Govindappa Venkataswamy is an Indian ophthalmologist and 1973 recipient of Padma Sri award.-Life:Born in 1918 in Vadamalapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, Dr.G.Venkataswamy, Founder, Aravind Eye Hospital had his education at American College, Madurai, Stanley Medical College, Madras and qualified for...	Medicine Medicine Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
24	2002	Nedunuri Krishna Murthy	Music Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
25	2003	Biruduraju Ramaraju	Literature Literature Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
26	2004	Smt.Sudha Murthy Sudha Murty Sudha Murthy née Kulkarni is an Indian social worker, philanthropist, educator, author, and venture investor. Mrs. Murthy began her professional career as a computer scientist and engineer, but is best known for her role as Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and her joint public health efforts...	Philanthropy Philanthropy Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
27	2005	Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry , native of Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh, was born to Sriman Dakshinamurthy couple at Hassanabada village, Krosur Mandal, Sattenapalli Taluk in Guntur district on August 28, 1925. He is scion of Malladi family known for its philomathy in the Vedas...	Vedic Scholar Vedas The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....
28	2006	S P Balasubrahmanyam	Cine Playback Singer Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
29	2007	Dr. Ch.Gnaneswar Memorial Endowment Fund	Medicine Medicine Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
30	2008	Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy Humpy Koneru is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating is 2614, placing her number two in the world for women . In 2007 she surpassed the rating of 2577 set by Susan Polgar to become the second-highest ranked female player in history...	Sports
31	2009	Sunita Narain Sunita Narain Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Narain has been with the India-based Centre for Science and Environment since 1982...	Environmental Science Environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...

Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award

S.No.	Year	Name of the Awardee
01	1987	Ravuri Bharadwaja
02	1988	Nagabhairava Koteswara Rao
03	1989	Tirumala Ramachandra
04	1990	Ramavarapu Krishnamurthy Sastry
05	1991	Boyi Bhimanna Boyi Bhimanna Dr. Boyi Bhimanna , also transliterated as Bheemanna, Bheemana and in other ways, was a famous Telugu poet.- Early life :...
06	1992	Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu Sriman Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu was a Vedic scholar, commentator and a great teacher.-Early life:...
07	1993	Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy
08	1994	P.S.R.Appa Rao
09	1995	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Mullapudi Venkata Ramana was a Telugu story writer. He was especially known for his hilarious style of writing. He also created a child character called Budugu...
10	1996	Malati Chandur
11	1997	Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma popularly known as 'Sarabhayya' was a perfect 'sahrudaya' and an Indian poet, critic, translator and a great exponent of classical literature.-Biography:...
12	1998	K.Ramalakshmi
13	1999	Kothapalli Veerabhadra Rao & Dwivedula Visalakshi Dwivedula Visalakshi Dwivedula Visalakshi , is a well-known Telugu writer. Hailing from Vizianagaram, the cultural capital of Andhra Pradesh, she distinguished herself as a writer of short stories and novels. Her lucid style adorns all her novels from Vaikuntapaali, Vaaradhi to Enta Dooram Ee Payanam. The novel...

Recipients of Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar

S.No.	Year	Name of the Awardee
01	1994	Brahmasri Lanka Venkata Ramasastry Somayaji
02	1995	Brahmasri Sannidhanam Lakshminarayana Sastry
03	1996	Brahmasri Dendukoori Agnihotra Somayaji
04	1997	Brahmasri Remella Suryaprakasa Sastry
05	1998	Goda Subrahmanya Sastry
06	1999	Brahmasri Bhamidipati Mitranarayana Yajulu
07	2000	Dendukuri Venkatappa Yagnanarayana Poundarika Yajulu & Samavedam Ramagopala Sastry
08	2001	Brahmasri Gullapudi Anjaneya Ghanapaati
09	2002	Brahmasri Emani Ramakrishna Ghanaapati
10	2003	Brahmasri Adithe Suryanarayana Murty
11	2004	Dr. Vishnubhatla Subrahmanya Sastry
12	2005	‘Veda Vibushana’ Kuppa Siva Subrahmanya Avadhani
13	2006	Sripada Srirama Nrusimha & Sripada Krishnamurthy Ghanaapati
14	2007	Gullapalli Venkata Narayana Ghanaapati
15	2008	R.Venkatrama Ghanapaati
16	2009	Vangala Ramamurthy Ghanapaati

Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Visishta Puraskar

1983 - Palagummi Padmaraju

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1992 - M.S.Bharat

1998 - Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao

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2002 - Gollapudi Maruthi Rao

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2004 - Bapu

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& Ramana

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

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2008 - Garimella Balakrishna Prasad

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Recipients of Ratna Rao Memorial Prize

2001 - D.Vasumathi

2002 - Iyer Karthik Srinivasan

2003 -

2004 - Samanwita Pal

2005 - S.Ashok

2006 - Sayani Chattopadhyay

2007 - Rakesh Paul

2008 - Krishnendu Saha

2009 - Sovan Biswas

2010 - Sourav Maiti

Memorial Lectures delivered

2002 - A.Prasanna Kumar

2003 - Ajeya Kallam

2004 - Dr. B.P.Rajan

2005 - T.V.Sairam & B.M.Rao

2006 - K.Sivaprasad Gupta

2007 - K.Chaya Devi, Dr. K.Venkateswarulu & T.A.Venkateswaran

2008 - Dr. Perala Balamurali

2009 - Dr.Kanthamani Sundharkrishnan

Publications

S.No.	Year	Name of Publication	Author
01	1985	Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam[Praise/Seek Govinda ] also known as Moha Mudgara is a popular 8th century Hindu devotional composition in Sanskrit attributed to Adi Shankara...	Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao
02	1986	Sundara Kandamu	Usha Sri
03	1987	Leela Krishnudu	Indraganti Srikantha Sarma
04	1988	Nityarchana	Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao
05	1990	Sri Mata	Sri Mataji Thyagisanandapuri
06	1992	Aatma Bodha	Karidehal Venkata Rao
07	1996	Sanatsu Jateeya Sourabham	Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma
08	2000	Sivananda Lahari Hamsa	Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma
09	2006	Pratibha Panchamrutham	Rambhatla Nrusimha Sarma
10	2006	Ramadas and Thyagaraja	Prof.A.Prasanna Kumar

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Newspaper Articles

Build wealth without destroying environment, The Hindu, Friday, Nov 20, 2009

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