Prof. P. S. Sitarama Raju, Director-MVGR, delivered an endowment talk on 24- Feb-24, as a part of Raja Saheb DR. PVG Raju Centenary Celebrations.

As a part of Dr. PVG RAJU centenary celebrations, who is Raja Saheb of Vizianagaram, MVGR NSS Unit conducted special ENDOWMENT TALK in MVGR college on Saturday. Prof. P. S. Sitarama Raju, Director-MVGR was invited to deliver the talk on the life of Dr. PVG Raju, his vision, greatness and contributions to the society. Addressing the gathering, Sitarama Raju told that PVG RAJU was the eldest son of Maharaja Alak Narayana Gajapathi who incorporated in the place of the traditional motto of the Vizianagaram estate – ‘ever loyal his own motto — ‘be true to one's own self meaning that teal independence in virtual obedience or submission to one's own conscience, the ‘inner voice’. During the period of PVG RAJUs collegiate education, he distinguished himself apart from general studies in the arena of sports especially tennis and cricket also. While at Columbia university, he happened to attend the lecture of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) the renowned scientist and it is perhaps to that time his abiding interest in science and technology and especially atomic energy has traced. Interestingly, late as a member of the Indian parliament he found a right place for himself in its consultative committee on atomic energy. He added that well before the idea of Estates abolition gained momentum, he was the first Indian ruler who pleaded that all Estates should be abolished even without paying any compensation to their holders, for by that time he had already converted himself into hard core socialist. It was Mohan kumaramangalam that immensely influenced him in this regard. But for his Fedua background he would not have hesitated to become a committed communist. Finally, he had chosen the middle path of socialism under the benign influence of socialist leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan and Dr.Rammohan Lohia. Actually when JP toured south India in 1945, it was Sri PVG Who was at the steering–wheel of his car throughout. PVG RAJU GARU is the one who is deeply and equally interested in working of ‘atom;’ as well as ‘Atman 'as a true disciple of his spiritual mentor, the sage-Scientist- Swami janananda. Sri PVG Raju having led a fruitful and purposeful life has elevated himself to the heights of a RAJA RISHI. Sitarama Raju urged all the faculty to take inspiration from his life and lead the multi-institutions founded by him and running on his ambitions to make the society more successful. For this talk, Dr. KVL Raju, Correspondent-MANSAS, Principals and Heads of MANSAS Educational Institutions, Dr. YMC Sekhar, Vice-Principal-MVGR, Mr. S Mohan Kumar, Dean Students, MVGR, Mr. N Shanmukha Rao, MVGR NSS PO, and staff were present.