Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
| Raja-Lakshmi Award | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation | |
| Category |
Fine Arts, Music, Science, Journalism Medicine, Social Service |
| Statistics | |
| Instituted | 1979 |
| First awarded | 1979 |
| Last awarded | 2009 |
| Total awarded | 31 |
| Cash award | Indian Rupees One Lakh |
| First awardee(s) | Sri Sri |
| Last awardee(s) | Sunita Narain |
Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
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 by Late P.V. Ramaniah Raja, a businessman, the Foundation instituted the Raja-Lakshmi Award.
Erstwhile the Raja-Lakshmi Award carried a prize amount of Rs.1,00,000/-, a Citation and a Plaque. The Awardees also received 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. 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 were being 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 to award only the Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar besides awarding educational scholarships.
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
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 |
| 06 | 1992 | Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu |
| 07 | 1993 | Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy |
| 08 | 1994 | P.S.R.Appa Rao |
| 09 | 1995 | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana |
| 10 | 1996 | Malati Chandur |
| 11 | 1997 | Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma |
| 12 | 1998 | K.Ramalakshmi |
| 13 | 1999 | Kothapalli Veerabhadra Rao & Dwivedula Visalakshi |
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 Gullapalli 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 |
| 17 | 2010 | Dendukuri Venkata Hanumadganaapati Somayaji |
| 18 | 2011 | Yanamandra Subrahmanya Somayajulu |
| 19 | 2012 | Vishnubhotla Sriramamurthy Sastry |
| 20 | 2013 | Kuppa Ramagopala Vajpeyi |
| 21 | 2014 | Dendukuri Venkateswara Ghanapaati |
Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Recognise the Teacher Award
1997 - Dr.Jaya Venugoapaa Rao
1998 - Mr K S Anand
1999 - Gulla Usha Bala
Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Visishta Puraskar
1983 - Palagummi Padmaraju
1992 - M.S.Bharat
1998 - Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao
2002 - Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
2008 - Garimella Balakrishna Prasad
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
2011 - Prem Kumar Chanani
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 - Manisha Samanta
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 | 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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- Raja-Lakshmi Foundation awards presented, The Hindu, Thursday, November 20, 2008
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- Raja-Lakshmi Award presented, The Hindu, Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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- Lending it the S.P Touch, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2006
- Raja-Lakshmi award for S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, The Hindu, August 15, 2006
- Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry selected for Raja-Lakshmi award, The Hindu, August 15, 2005
- Raja-Lakshmi Award for Sudha Murty, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2004
- Rewarding Eminence, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2002