Date:27/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/27/stories/2008012758100500.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Kootikuppala felicitated

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: Kootikuppala Surya Rao, who was chosen for the award of Padmasri, was a Fellow of the Harvard University, Canberra University and Arizona University and had also served as a visiting professor.

He is the only person from South India to have received the prestigious Vijaya Gujral Award during the last 17 years. He had received the Pratibha puraskarams from former Governors Kumudben Joshi, Krishan Kanth, Ranga Rajan and Surjit Singh Barnala for his outstanding services.

Former MP and Chairman of Jana Shikshan Sansthan Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad felicitated Dr. Surya Rao.