Background
Ramakrishna was born in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem (Nagaram mandal, near Repalle) in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Velagapudi Ramakrishna
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He studied at Oxford University and acquired Bachelor of Science
Career
He started the KCP (Krishna Commercial Products) group of companies in 1941 with a co-operative sugar factory in Andhra Pradesh. His pioneering industrializing efforts in the erstwhile Madras State are commendable. And Master of Arts degrees. His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from Tellapadu, Maddipadu Mandal, in Prakasam District.
District Collector
Director, Department of Industries
Commissioner, Labour
Development Commissioner, Government of Madras
The Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, near Vijayawada has been posthumously named after him.
He also funded the VSR & NVR College in Tenali and the Sri Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College in Nagaram, Guntur district. The Andhra Chamber of Commerce building in Chennai has also been named after Velagapudi Ramakrishna.
V Ramakrishna Polytechnic in Thiruvottiyur, Near Chennai is an institution within KCP campus and is named in memory of Velagapudi Ramakrishna.
Membership
Member of Parliament.
