Ananda Rao Samuel was born on 29 December 1928 in the port town of Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh into a Dalit Anglican family and studied at the local Noble College during 1944 to 1949 earning the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. His parents were Smt.
Union Theological Seminary. Senate of Serampore College.
Namala Jemima and Sri Namala Thomas Gnanaprakasam. The Church Missionary Society (Content Management System) brought about the Gospel in Machilipatnam. Soon after returning from Bengaluru in 1953, he was ordained on 14 June 1953 and made a Presbyter in Machilipatnam during the of Yeddy Muthyalu.
Later in 1959 he was made Presbyter in Vijayawada during the of A. B. Elliott.
In 1955, he was sent to the Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York where he earned an South.T.M. in Pastoral Counselling. During the academic years 1949–1950 and 1954–1955, Ananda Rao lectured English Literature at the Andhra-Christian College, Guntur.
After Ananda Rao returned from the Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York in 1956, he began tutoring at the Andhra Union Theological Seminary, Dornakal. After his chaplaincy stint at Vellore, Ananda Rao taught Pastoral Counselling at his alma mater, the United Theological College, Bengaluru.
Ananda Rao played a key role in priesthood for women.
In 1980, the Computer Society of India passed a resolution granting ordination for theologically-trained women. However, Ananda Rao had been instrumental in trying to negotiate for their inclusion. In 1993, he founded Pravaham in Vellore District.
Subsequent to his laying down the office of Bishop, Ananda Rao was made Senior Chaplain at the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore.
Later after his death in 1999, Sundar Clarke released a book on his writings on 18 January 2001 in Vellore District. After the retirement of A. B. Elliott as Bishop in Krishna-Godavari, North. Doctorate. Ananda Rao Samuel was elected unanimously as his successor in 1961 and consecrated in the Cathedral in Eluru on 12 December 1961.
India"s first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) in West Bengal conferred upon Ananda Rao Samuel an honorary doctorate in 1989. After teaching Christian Ministry at the United Theological College, Bengaluru, Ananda Rao began living in Chennai and died on 30 May 1999 in KGF.
