Chukka Ramaiah

Chukka Ramaiah
Born (1925-11-20) 20 November 1925
Gudur village, Warangal district, Telangana
Occupation Educator, Activist, Legislator
Parents
  • Anantha Ramaiah (father)
  • Narasamma (mother)

Dr. Chukka Ramaiah (born 20 November 1925) popularly known as IIT Ramaiah is an Indian educationist and MLC of Telangana. He is an acclaimed expert in IIT coaching in mathematics.[1][2] He is famously known for IIT Study Circle, an IIT JEE coaching centre at Nallakunta, Hyderabad. He was a leading Telangana activist.[3]

Early life

Ramaiah was born in Gudur village of Warangal district in Telangana to Narasamma and Anantharamaiah. His father died when he was 14.

He studied at his village school until the third grade, with his mother's insistence to pursue his education,. He obtained his bachelor's degree at Osmania University and went on to do his M.Sc.

Career

Chukka Ramaiah fought against the feudal system in Hyderabad State that was prevalent in rural hinterland of Telangana region. He actively participated in helping the poor, and was banished by his Brahmin community for helping the dalits and the downtrodden. He joined the Mahatma Gandhi's untouchability movement and tried to reform backward sections in his village. He actively participated in the rebellion against the Nizam, Razakar Movement and was jailed for several years.[4]

Teaching career

After his release from the jail, he joined as a teacher in a school at . He taught Mathematics at various schools across the Telangana region before retiring as the principal of the AP Residential School, Nagarjuna Sagar in 1983.

The institute

Chukka Ramaiah, had to force retire in 1983, when the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao fixed the retirement age at 55 from the existing 60. He could not get his pension, as the government did not approve it owing to some court case against the government. This made him to look for means for livelihood. He went to Basar's Saraswati temple and stayed there for a week to contemplate his future. There he decided to start teaching again, privately. He owes much of his success in his post-retirement life to Basar saraswati temple. He moved to Hyderabad and settled in Nallakunta. Some students who were appearing for the IIT JEE entrance exam asked his help in mathematics. In an interview to a TV channel Ramaiah said that initial batch of students did not clear the entrance IIT exam , this made Ramaiah rethink on what was actually going wrong.Later, he changed his teaching methodologies which helped students in preparing for exam according to the logical questionnaire being asked in the IIT exam. Later batches were very successful in clearing the test. He became very popular and now an entrance exam is conducted for admission into the institute, Ramaiah Institute, which is called as Entrance exam for the entrance exam and over 5000 students take the exam and the intake is 180 for every batch. Over 2,000 students got into IITs since its launching in 1985.

Political career

Chukka Ramaiah won as MLC in 2007.

Activism

He was instrumental in the fight to set up a IIIT in Telangana at Basar. However, the government set it up near Hyderabad, in spite of his opposition.[1]

He was a strong votary for the statehood of Telangana and often spoke of poverty and backwardness of the region.[1]

Writing career

Chukka Ramaiah authored over 16 books in Telugu mainly focusing on education like Chinna Paatam, Desadesallo Vidya[5] etc.

Personal life

Chukka Ramaiah was married to late Lakshmi Bai.

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andhra Pradesh / Nalgonda News : Chukka Ramaiah links MLC seat to `social issues'". The Hindu. 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh / Nizamabad News : Chukka Ramaiah against setting up IIT near Hyderabad". The Hindu. 2006-12-28. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  3. ↑ "TRS rejects Justice Srikrishna panel report on Telangana". Indian Express. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  4. ↑ Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (5 April 2012). "Social activism and algebra". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Chukka Ramaiah's books released". The Hindu. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Display Books of this Author". Avkf.org. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
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