Kailasa Venkata Ramiah

Prof. K. Venkata Ramiah
Vice Chancellor of
Kakatiya University
In office
20 Aug 1976 – 19 Aug 1979
Member
UPSC
In office
1981–1987

Kailasa Venkata Ramiah (20 October 1926 – 17 December 1994) was an educationist from Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born in Pegallapadu village of Khammam[1] district. He stood first-in-first in both B.Sc and M.Sc from Osmania University[2] and grew to head the Physics Department of Osmania University.[2] He is recipient of the Sir Akbar Hyderi Gold medal and several awards during his career both as student and later as an academician. He finished his PhD in record time and later his research was in quantum mechanics and Raman effect. He published about 100 papers in both national and international journals. He served to become the first Vice-Chancellor of Kakatiya University (1976–79).[3] He founded the University from its inception. It was his vision and efforts that led to the development of Kakatiya University[4] in a short period of time.

He is the first person from the present Telangana to be the member of Union Public Service Commission[5] during the period 1981-87. He also acted as UPSC chairman on several occasions during his tenure as UPSC member. He also served on Satish Chandra[6] panel for review on UPSC (Civil Services) selection process.

  1. ^ "Khammam District | Welcome To Khammam District Web Portal | India". Khammam.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Osmania University Homepage". Osmania.ac.in. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, Telangana, India". Kakatiya.ac.in. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, Telangana, India". Kakatiya.ac.in. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ https://ww.upsc.gov.in [dead link]
  6. ^ "Civil services test in for a revamp". Thehindu.com. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2022.