The Ramineni Foundation was founded in 1995 by the children of the late Ramineni Ayyanna Choudary in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA for the purpose of protecting and promoting the monumental heritage of Indian culture and the ideals of Hinduism. In addition, the primary mission of the foundation is to facilitate the valiant, relentless and altruistic efforts of all those high priests drawn from a cross-spectrum of fields in arts, science and humanities.
Dr. Ramineni Ayyanna Choudary
, after whom the foundation and the awards were named, was born on 1929-10-12 in Brahmanakoduru, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India to Veeriah Choudary and Kanya Kumari. He completed his school education in Guntur District and obtained a postgraduate degree in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University. Until 1955 he worked as a teacher in Palaparru and Movva. He left for the United States in 1955, and completed his Masters in Economics and Finance followed by a Doctorate from the University of Minnesota. During this time, he founded the Hindu Association of Minnesota to promote Hindu culture and civilisation and organised Hindu festivals & social activities regularly. He worked as a professor at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, and Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took early retirement from his job in order to devote his time to social and cultural activities. He established Downtown Property Management in Cincinnati. He married Suguna in 1967 and gave birth to 6 children - Dharmapracharak, Saradha Devi, Satyavadhi, Brahmananda, Vedacharya and Harischandra. He established Sangeeth Sahitya Samskrithi Hindu Dharma Nilayam and dedicated it to Indian fine arts. He developed agricultural activities and also established Hindustan Therapeutics at Hyderabad to supply high-quality, cost-effective veterinary medicines and feed supplements to farmers. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, his children have started the Ramineni Foundation in India on 1999-10-12. Choudary died on 2000-04-24 in Cincinnati.
Ramineni Foundation Awards
1999
Ramineni Foundation was inaugurated in India on 1999-10-12 at Hyderabad. The occasion was attended by C. Narayana Reddy as Chief Guest and Vempati China Satyam, N. Gopi, P. Siva Reddy and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao as esteemed guests.
The function was attended by U. Krishnam Raju, Union Minister of Defence as Chief Guest and Justice Jasti Chelameshwar, A. Gangadhara Rao, Former Chief Justice of High court of Andhra Pradesh, P V R K prasad IAS, and M. V. Bhasakara Rao as Esteemed Guests.
The function was attended by Konijeti Rossaiah, Minister for Finance, Medical and Health, Government Of Andhra Pradesh, Avula Manjulatha Vice Chancellor of Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, and C. C. Reddy, Adviser, Government of Andhra Pradesh, as Esteemed Guests, Jury Members, B. V. Pattabhiram, G. N. Rao, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, A V S.
Visishta Puraskaram
Padam Bhushan K. Srinath Reddy, Professor and Head of the Dept of Cardiology, AIIMS
The function was attended by Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, as Chief Guest and N. Rajyalakshmi, Minister For Women Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh, G. Aruna Kumari, Minister for Medical Education, Government Of Andhra Pradesh and M. Venkataramana Rao, Minister for Infrastructure, Investment, Government Of Andhra Pradesh and jury members G.N. Rao, director, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, K. Ramachandramurthy, Editor, Andhra Jyothi, and magician B.V. Pattabhiram have participated at the occasion.
