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’

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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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• 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

Other members of the founding committee

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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 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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• 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

Among the early beneficiaries (Contd.)

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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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

Of the two objectives set for the Sangham…

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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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• 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

Education, the key initiative

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Applications received for Scholarships from 2001-02 to 2007-08Year Number of

Applications received2001-02 3002002-03 7152003-04 8302004-05 9182005-06 9762006-07 10202007-08 10502008-09 10702009-10 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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• The growth of the Corpus Fund has been slow and does not reflect the recent prosperity of the community

Education…

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Scholarships Sanctioned & Corpus Fund from 2001-02 to 2008-09 Year No. of Amount Corpus fund

Scholarships given disbursed Rs. in Rs.

2001-2002 114 5,89,100 50,13,023

2002-2003 115 5,80,000 1,06,46,1252003-2004 82 4,25,000 1,15,56,1252004-2005 141 7,26,000 1,25,56,1252005-2006 194 10,05,000 1,52,27,1992006-2007 245 12,84,000 1,69,69,4912007-2008 277 15,15,000 1,95,02,389

2008-2009 300 16,89,000 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

•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)

• 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

2001-02Rs.3,47,538/-

2002-03Rs.1,84,688/-

2003-04Rs.3,67,751/-

2004-05Rs.1,97,389/-

2005-06Rs.2,19,818/-

2006-07Rs.3,04,610/-

2007-08Rs.3,03,487/-

2008-09 Rs.3,36,502/-

2009-10 Rs.2,32,042/-

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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 land-holding 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 & aboveMaharajaposhakaRs.25000 or US$1000 and aboveRajaposhaka Rs.10,000 or US$250PoshakaRs.5000 or US$100MemberRs.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 youfor your attention and patience