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Established in 1920 AC at Madras as a not-for-profit organization for
social and educational advancement of the community
‘Every community has a responsibility to its poor first’
The Founders
The Initiative was taken by
• Shri Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao Bahadur,
Rajasaheb of Munagala
• Cuttamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, famous as
Sir CR Reddy
• Kotireddigari Kotireddy of Cuddapah
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Other members of the founding
committee
• Rai Bahadur S. Venkat Reddy of Bollaram
• K. Adinarayan Reddy of Allur, Nellore district
• Bezawada Chandrasekhara Reddy of Nellore
District
• Malladi Sathi Reddy of East Godavari District
• E.V. Sundar Reddy of Madras
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Among its illustrious members..
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former CM of AP and
Speaker, Loksabha
• Bezawada Gopal Reddy, former CM and
Union Minister
• Raja Rameshwar Rao of Wanaparthy
• Pingali Venkata Rama Reddy of Warangal
• Valivedu Narasimha Reddy of Chittoor
• BP Sesha Reddy of Kurnool
• Many other Reddys of some social standing
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Twin Objectives
• To integrate different sects into one
community (there were 10 major and several
sub sects in those days)
• To make available financial assistance by way
of scholarships to the poor and needy
students of the Community
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Early History
• Since inception in 1920, the Sangham had
functioned from Madras till 1956 when the Hqrs.
was moved to Hyderabad
• Hundreds of poor and deserving boys and girls
were awarded scholarships over the years
• The beneficiaries were from all parts of the
State - Telengana, Rayalaseema & Coastal
Andhra; Tamilnadu and Karnataka
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Among the early beneficiaries
• O Pulla Reddy of the ICS who served in the Madras
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Presidency and finally became the first Chief
Secretary of Andhra Pradesh
A. Guruva Reddy of Medak district, Communist leader
and former MLA
Late M. Balwanth Reddy, Professor in Economics who
served as Director/Principal, Administrative Staff
College of India
Late M. Ramagopal Reddy, Trade Union Leader and
Member Parliament from Nizamabad District
Late Dr. D. Bapu Reddy, Internationally known
Agricultural Scientist of Medak District
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Among the early beneficiaries
(Contd.)
• Sri V. Malakonda Reddy, Engineer and Educationist
• Dr. D. Bhaskar Reddy, former Director, Medical Services
• Dr. L. Bhasker Reddy, former Supdt., Osmania General
Hospital
• Smt. Dr. P. Mahalakshmi, President of the Reddy Jana
Sangham, former Commissioner of A.P. Vaidya Vidhana
Parishan & formerly Physician to Prime Minister of India
• Dr. J. Bapu Reddy, IAS (Retd.) and Telugu Poet
• Sri O. Bhaskar Reddy, IPS (Retd.) and
scores of distinguished professionals both inside and outside
the country many of whom now help the Sangham with
contributions in gratitude
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Centenary not faraway
• The Sangham is shortly (10 years from
now) to complete a century of service
to the community
• Time to take stock of its activities and
redefine the priorities for the second
century
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Of the two objectives set for
the Sangham…
The Sangham succeeded in integrating
different sects among Reddys into one
strong community; this has enabled the
community to make an impact in various
fields, particularly in politics
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Reaching out to the poor and
needy …
Though the Sangham has helped
many poor and needy students, what
has been done falls far short of what
needs to be done!
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Reaching out …
• Many poor and deserving students are
not given scholarships for want of funds
• Lucky ones who secure scholarships are
to be content with modest amounts
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Education, the key initiative
• Only education can empower the poor
• The poor Reddy boys and girls look up to the
Sangham for support
• Number of applications has been increasing from
year to year
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Applications received for Scholarships
from 2001-02 to 2007-08
Year
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Number of
Applications received
300
715
830
918
976
1020
1050
1070
1127
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Education…
• Substantial Corpus Fund is required to
meet the requirements
• To make some impact the Sangham has
to have at its disposal at least Rs.100 m
by 2010
• Presently, the Sangham has only
Rs.20m at its disposal
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Education…
• The growth of the Corpus Fund has been
slow and does not reflect the recent
prosperity of the community
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Scholarships Sanctioned & Corpus Fund
from 2001-02 to 2008-09
Year
No. of
Scholarships given
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
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114
115
82
141
194
245
277
300
Amount
disbursed Rs.
5,89,100
5,80,000
4,25,000
7,26,000
10,05,000
12,84,000
15,15,000
16,89,000
Corpus fund
in Rs.
50,13,023
1,06,46,125
1,15,56,125
1,25,56,125
1,52,27,199
1,69,69,491
1,95,02,389
2,19,31,801
Perceptible growth is seen only during the past 6 years. This is the
period headed by two women presidents, Dr. C. Vasundhara Devi
and Dr. P. Mahalakshmi and their team of Committee Members.
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Scholarship Schemes an overview
• Scholarships are presently given only to
students pursuing professional courses
• For want of funds bright youngsters pursuing
careers in sports, arts etc are left out
• We can disburse only 250 to 300 scholarships
though the number of applicants is more than
1000
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Scholarships …
Scholarship Assistance
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Medical Students
: Rs.8000/- p.a.
Engineering Students : Rs.6000/- p.a.
Others
: Rs.4000/- p.a.
Many deserving students are not
given scholarships for want of funds
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Sponsorship
• RJS has Sponsorship scheme also in addition to
raising the corpus through lump sum donations.
• Individuals can sponsor one or more students at
the rate of Rs.8000/- for a Medical student and
Rs.6000/- for an Engineering student for a period
of four years.
• As of now about 35 students are helped under
Sponsorship program over the past three years.
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Reddy Jana Sangha Foundation (USA)
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Non-profit Tax exemp organisation in the USA
It is an extension and expansion of Reddy Jana Sangham,
Hyderabad, India created outside India to carry forward the
Philosophy of founding fathers by Dr. K. Narasimha Reddy
Mission: To bring social change and promote well being of the
community
To dedicate itself to provide education with dignity & honour and
enlighten the impoverished youth of the community
Vision: To build an endowment to fulfill its mission of promoting
academic excellence of the impoverished and deserving youth of
the community.
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The RJS Foundation USA contributed the
following funds to RJS, Hyderabad during the
past seven years for sanction of scholarships
2001-02
Rs.3,47,538/-
2002-03
Rs.1,84,688/-
2003-04
Rs.3,67,751/-
2004-05
Rs.1,97,389/-
2005-06
Rs.2,19,818/-
2006-07
Rs.3,04,610/-
2007-08
Rs.3,03,487/-
2008-09
Rs.3,36,502/-
2009-10
Rs.2,32,042/22
Winners and Losers
• Though the Community has apparently prospered,
for every one that has moved forward, at least
three are left behind
• Those who have advanced in life have a
responsibility to those left behind.
• We have to aim at a win-win situation
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New Challenges
• Reddys are no longer a predominantly landholding community
• Various legislations affecting rural landholdings
have compelled large scale migration to the
urban areas
• The youth of the community have now to
compete for new professions
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New Challenges…
• Rural youth have to be enabled to acquire skills
required for urban professions
• Counselling the youth about the new
opportunities and supporting them to acquire the
necessary skills is an urgent necessity
• The Sangham could not take the initiative for
want of funds
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A wider charter for the second
century
• To establish affiliate centers of RJS in every district
• To provide scholarships for all the deserving and
needy students
• To substantially increase the scholarship assistance
(suggestions welcome)
• To establish community facilities like Senior Citizen
Homes and Working Women's Hostels
• To commission studies and publish literature of
interest to the community
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Empower the Sangham to do it
all and more…
• The Sangham looks forward to your
participation and help in a big way.
• We are not moving forward fast enough. At this
pace, we will certainly be left behind!
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How can you help?
By your association and generous help in one of these
categories
Benefactor
Rs.5 lakhs or US$15,000 & above
Patron
Rs.1 lakh or US$ 3000 & above
Maharajaposhaka
Rs.25000 or US$1000 and above
Rajaposhaka
Rs.10,000 or US$250
Poshaka
Rs.5000 or US$100
Member
Rs.3000 or US$100
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Let us join hands to help the poor
among us!
• Many extremists are Reddy boys and their
victims are also Reddys. This sense of
alienation has come about because we have
not taken care of the poor among us!
• Surely we shall not allow the situation to
continue
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• Let us keep this century old institution
going for the good of the community!
• Let us associate ourselves with it and
strengthen it!
Thank you
for your attention and patience
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