Dr. K. M. Munshi – “A Shining Star” – by R. Venkataraman

In the Galaxy of eminent men of India, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi is a shining star that still beckons humanity to the path of duty and dharma.
Kulapati Munshi – “The Man and His Mission” – by S. Ramakrishnan
As a young man, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was imbued with a sense of Indian’s greatness. Not yet out of his teens, he learned from his mother’s songs and stories about the sages and seers of India’s past. The heritage that these master-spirits represented was ingrained in the young Munshi deeply; and later this incipient perception received an adult dimension. 

The seeds so sown were precognitive and were backed by K.M.Munshi’s great inner strength, which prompted and sustained his external actions. His sense of India as the motherland of the spirit impressed him irreversibly. And so, as he moved professionally and politically rung by rung, it was with a sense of pride in the cultural, intellectual and spiritual heritage of India. India, for him was not just a nation but an ongoing civilization; not an accident of history but a design of destiny. For him, the vitality of Indian culture and its self renewing greatness constituted a living principle. Like most others of his generation and class, Munshi took to the study of law and rose to the pinnacle of his profession even in the era of legal giants. It was but natural that law led to politics and politics to the service of the country’s heritage. The call of Mahatma Gandhi for sacrifice led to Munshi bidding goodbye to his lucrative practice and prepared to risk his all in the fight against injustice in and to his country. Also his training and temperament inclined him to constitutionalism. The framing of the new nation’s supreme statute called for the gift of idealism as well as realism. Munshi was possessed of both. He regarded India’s independence in 1947 as an opportunity for an ascent once again. He believed that the people of India had it in them to climb up into a new millennium. Munshi showed that a man with pride in the past could also have faith in the future through the instruments of science and technology.
Today, when the world is so conscious of the environment and of ecological factors, it is edifying to note that as much as half a century ago, Munshi’s Vanamahotsava scheme heralded the impulse for preserving ecology. Munshi’s vision was as deep as it was vast. A heightened commitment, his genuineness, sincerity and dedication played an immensely crucial role in bringing stature to a man which was a binding force of a pan-Indian movement, a pan Indian spirit and a pan Indian ethos which would present to the contemporary Indian, and to the world at large, a glimpse of the composite magnificence of ancient times. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan the name became synonymous with reverence… of the people’s own inner vision.

BRIG. M K RAO

OUR FOUNDER 

1. Educational Qualification 1937-1939:

   • Aug 1935, B.Sc from Madras University
   • Nov 1937, B.Sc (Hons), from Annamalai University
   • Nov 1939, Master of Arts, Annamalai University.
   • He completed his Masters in 1939 and went to England to acquire his Engineering degree from University of London
   • In 1939 he was sent to England by his father for further studies. In England, he acquired
   • 1939, Associate Engineer of City & Guides, London Institute.
   • July 1939, B.Sc (Engineering), from University of London
   • July 1941, Member of Institute of Radio Engineers, England
   • On his return to India, he joined the Army on 07 March1942 (during the Second World War). He did a very brief stint in Kohima, during the Japanese invasion. Later, he was granted permanent commission and joined the Corps of EME. He was granted Captain’s Commission by the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
   • In May 1949, he became an Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, England. Later, in 1961, he became a member of the Institute of Engineers (India), Chartered Electrical Engineer, England. In 1972, he was given Fellowship of Institute of Engineers (India). He also became a member of the British Institute of Management, in April 1972. His educational pursuits did not wane.
   • During his command of 502 Army Base Workshop, Kirkee, from 1952-54, with his zeal, enthusiasm and dedication he set up a record for the maximum no. of tanks being repaired in a month. In 1959, he set up the Technical services Group at Secunderabad. He was an inspiration to his subordinates.
   • He joined BHEL, Hyderabad in 1967, after a brief stint with Mysore Iron and Steel Works, Bhadravathi in 1966-67 post retirement. He was keen to do something for his fellowmen in Hyderabad.
   • In 1961, he started with the idea of trying to establish a separate colony for Defence Officers, including those associated with Defence establishments, called Armed Forces Officers Cooperative Society – AFOCHS Ltd. He helped the sister colonies like – Vayupuri and Defence Colony to start too.
   • From 1972 till his demise in Sept 1989, he worked for setting up of:-
   • School for the defence personnel –  Ramakrishna Vidyalaya
   • Post Office – Sainikpuri Post Office
   • Banks –   Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank
   • Transportation Services –   APSRTC route 37 / 34/ 24.
   • Medical services – for construction workers extended to others later as Sarada Devi Clinic, now Sarada Devi Hospital.

Sri.D.PRABHAKAR RAO

Chairman BVB, Sainikpuri Kendra.

Chairman and Managing Director

Telangana State Power Generation Corporation and

Telangana State TRANSCO.

Awards:
1.Recipient of CBIP Award  – 2017 from Central Board of Irrigation & Power, New Delhi for the outstanding contribution made to Transmission sector.
2.Recipient of India Power Award, Finance and Revenue Management 2013 from National Council of Power Utilities for the valuable contribution made to Energy Sector.
3.Recipient of “Excellence in Accountancy and Finance” award by Institute of Practical Accountancy, Hyderabad on 08.10.2010.
4.Member of the Indian Delegation to the World Bank at Washington DC (USA) for 1 Billion $ loan sanctioned to APSEB (1999).
Career Milestones:
He is the Chairman & Managing Director of TGGENCO & TGTRANSCO.
He was the Joint Managing Director of APGENCO and also the Director of A.P. Power Development Co. Ltd (21.05.2011) from 18.10.2010  to 17.10.2013.
He was the Director (Finance) of APGENCO from 18.10.2004 to 17.10.2010.
He was the Management Consultant and DPR Consultant from 2002 to 2004.
He was the Director of (A.P. Gas Power Corporation) from March 2001 to 2002 and the Director of (Central Power Distribution Co. Ltd, Hyderabad) from 01.04.2000 to March 2003.
He was the Director of Eastern Power Distribution Co. Ltd, Visakhapatnam,
Northern Power Distribution Co. Ltd, Warangal from 01.04.2000 to March 2003, and Southern Power Distribution Co. Ltd, Tirupathi from 01.04.2000 to March 2003.
He was the Director (Finance), APTRANSCO, from 06.05.1999 to 05.01.2002.
He was the Member Accounts, APSEB from 15.04.1998 to 31.01.1999.
He was the Financial Advisor & Chief Controller of Accounts (Resource & Budgetary Control) from 1994 to 01.01.2000.
He has served APSEB in various senior Executive Positions from 1969 to 1994.

AIR COMMODORE JLN SASTRY (RETD.) VSM

VICE CHAIRMAN, BVB

Air Cmdr. JLN Sastry (Retd.) VSM was commissioned on 26th Jan 1950 and retired in August 1982. He passed B.Sc and M.Sc from the Royal Institute of Science, Bombay.  He passed M.Sc in 1948 and joined the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Administration Branch in 1949.
In 1967 he served as the Wing Commander at Air Headquarters, where he was responsible for a broad spectrum of subjects such as  recruitment, training etc. of the airmen. He displayed great diligence & insight and achieved a high degree of efficiency in various aspects of the administration of airmen.
He displayed qualities of exceptional devotion to duty & willingness to work under conditions of stress, regardless of personal convenience. He rendered distinguished service of a huge order for which he was rightly awarded the VSM (Vishisht Seva Medal) in 1972.
After retirement he settled in Sainikpuri, Secunderabad.  He was the Joint Honorary Secretary of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya from 1983 to 1989.  Thereafter, when Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya merged with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, he continued as Honorary Secretary till 1994.  Later in 2009 he was invited to join Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sainikpuri Kendra as Emeritus Vice Chairman. Since 2013 he has been the Vice Chairman of the Sainikpuri Kendra.

GP CAPT  D. RAMANAIAH (RETD)

Hon.Secretary

Educational Qualification B.E. Mechanical Engineering (First Division) in 1960 from Andhra University.
1. Served in Indian Air Force upto 1988.
2. Professional training courses on Repair/ Overhaul of Aero Engines at USSR – on Russian Air Craft/ Aero Engines, NC Machine Tools at CMTI Bangalore, Production Management at ASCI Hyderabad and Human Resources Development at NITIE Bombay.
3. Important assignments carried out as Chief Engineering Officer, Air Force Station, Hakimpet, Group Head Production in R & D,Managing Director of M/s. Venkatesa Granites Pvt. LTd., Director for Gold Won Textiles Ltd., Vice President of AFOCHS, Vayupuri.
4. He was the Honorary Director for Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya (from Mar 2016) and Bhavan’s Sri Aurobindo Junior College, Sainikpuri (since 2013). Presently he is the Honorary Secretary of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sainikpuri Kendra. He believes that
Education is a process of facilitating learning of knowledge, skills, and beliefs and students should acquire knowledge and become experts and also imbibe values of cultural, moral and ethical which will help a person to lead a value-based life.

SMT. VINITHA SURESH

PRINCIPAL

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION : MA. B.Ed.

Mrs.Vinitha Suresh is an experienced educator with over three decades of teaching and administrative experience almost entirely at Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, holding various designations including Coordinator, In- charge and Head Mistress. Mrs.Vinitha did her Bachelor of Science and Education (4 year integrated) from Regional Institute of Education, Mysore in 1993 and Master of Arts (English) from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1995-97.As Primary Wing In-charge for many years and later as Head Mistress, she developed and implemented teaching programs that catered to the social, academic, and cognitive development of young students. She has mentored and coached teachers, provided guidance and support in implementing best practices.
She was instrumental in drafting the Standard Operating Procedures for all the activities of the school. She spearheads the Annual Pedagogical Planning under leading learning in education.             
Her focus is to lead and inspire the next generation of students, creating a culture hospitable to education and learning.