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Shyamala Maheswaran
Shyamala or Syamala may refer to: People Surname * Gogu Shyamala, Indian Telugu-language writer and women's activist * Pavala Syamala, Indian actress * P. R. Shyamala (1931–1990), Indian Malayalam-language novelist and short story writer * R. Shyamala, Indian politician from Tamil Nadu Given name * Shyamala Goli, Indian endurance swimmer * Shyamala Gopalan (1938–2009), Indian-American cancer researcher and civil rights activist * Shyamala Gopinath (born 1949), Indian bank executive * Syamala Kumari, Indian temple painter * Shyamala Pappu (1933–2016), Indian lawyer * Shyamala Rajender, plaintiff in the 1973 lawsuit ''Rajender v. University of Minnesota'' Other uses * Shyamala (film), ''Shyamala'' (film), a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film * Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, a city that rejected a name-change to Shyamala in 2018 See also * * {{disambiguation, surname, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogu Shyamala
Gogu Shyamala is a Telugu-language writer and women's activist and a prominent Dalit. Biography Gogu Shyamala was born in 1969 in Peddemul village in Ranga Reddy district (now part of Telangana). Her parents are agricultural workers. She was also the leader of a vetti (unpaid labour) team that worked for the local landlord. She has stated that her brother Ramachandra was forced into agricultural labour, but she was the only one of her three siblings who obtained higher education. Financial constraints initially prevented her from enrolling in college, however she eventually obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University. Around that time, she became an activist with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), but insists that she never let the politics overshadow the education. Activism In an interview in 2016, Gogu Shyamala described her awakening consciousness to casteism and discrimination in India as an adult, noting "I never realized that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavala Syamala
Pavala Syamala is an Indian actress from Andhra Pradesh. She has been playing supporting roles in Telugu films since 1984. She made her debut as an actress with the film Babai Abbai. Personal life She was born in a Brahmin family. She lost her mother as a child. She studied till her 10th standard. She lost her husband after her daughter is born. She was in financial distress and sought help from the donors. Pawan Kalyan reportedly helped her with a sum of Rs.1 Lakh. Telangana Chief minister K. Chandra Sekhar Rao also helped her with an amount of Rs.20,000 immediately and a monthly pension of Rs.10000. He also promised a two bedroom house from the government side. Filmography * Challenge (1984) * Babai Abbai (1985) *Mogudu Pellalu (1985) *Swarnakamalam (1988) * Kartavyam (1990) *Babai Hotel (1992) * Suswagatham (1998) *Kodanda Ramudu (2000) *Manasantha Nuvve (2001) *Allari Ramudu (2002) *Indra (2002) *Khadgam (2002) *Ninne Istapaddanu (2003) *Andhrawala (2004) * Varsham (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala Goli
Shyamala Goli also referred to as Goli Shyamala is an Indian endurance swimmer, Producer, Creative Director and Writer to the Animation Series and Movies. In March 2021, she became the second Indian woman and second woman in the world after Bhula Chaudhary to have crossed the Palk Strait. She completed the feat at the age of 47. Career She holds a postgraduate degree in sociology and initially pursued her career as an animation film producer and director after starting up an animation company in Hyderabad. After running the animation company for over ten years, she decided to quit it due to financial constraints. Shyamala also runs a play school in Hyderabad, Telangana. She pursued her interest in swimming at the age of 44 and joined a summer camp in 2016. She began her career in swimming in order to overcome from aquaphobia. She was trained and guided by senior IPS officer Rajiv Trivedi. She began her rollercoaster career in swimming by crossing Ganga Open Water in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala Gopalan
Gopalan Shyamala (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology. She was the mother of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator. Early life and education Shyamala was born on December 7, 1938, in Madras, Madras Province, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) to Rajam Gopalan and P. V. Gopalan, a civil servant. Her parents were from two villages near the town of Mannargudi in Madras Province. According to ''The Los Angeles Times'', "Gopalan was a Tamil Brahmin, part of a privileged elite in Hinduism’s ancient caste hierarchy". According to Shyamala's brother, Balachandran, their parents were broad-minded in raising the children, all of whom led somewhat unconventional lives. Gopalan began his pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala Gopinath
Shyamala Gopinath (born 20 June 1949) is Chairperson of HDFC Bank, India's largest lender by market capitalization. Ms. Gopinath is a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a position she served for seven years. She was actively involved in managing India's balance of payments crisis in 1991 that led to the first round of economic liberalization. Making the returns of small saving schemes market-linked was one of most significant recommendations made by the Shyamala Gopinath panel, constituted on July 8, 2010. Finally, the Government of India in February 2016 notified that instead of annual resetting of interest rates for the next financial year, the interest rates from now on will be reset every quarter based on the G-Sec yields of the previous quarter. She had earlier assisted the second Narasimhan committee on banking sector reforms. A Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (1974), she has completed master's degree in com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syamala Kumari
K. Syamalakumari aka Syamala Kumari is an Indian temple painter. This was an occupation traditionally carried out by men. Her work includes painting at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala. She has been awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar. Life She was the first woman known to have been a Mural Artist in temples in Kerala. She gained an interest in mural paintings at the turn of the millennium. She has not just painted in the temples but she has helped to restore and preserve the traditional mural art present on the temple walls in Kerala. Syamalakumari has created documentaries. She has created paintings at Navarathri Mandapam and at Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple aided by her husband G. Azhicode. She has sold her work outside of her work in the temples. People who want her murals specify a subject and a size. Given the height and width, Syamalakumari would sketch the design and then the colours are applied which gradually build up the completed mural. The work is carried out by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala Pappu
Shyamala Pappu (21 May 1933 – 7 September 2016) was an Indian lawyer and one of the senior counsels practicing in the Supreme Court of India. She was a member of the Law Commission of India and had participated in several conferences, delivering keynote addresses. An alumnus of the Miranda House of the University of Delhi, she was a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) is an Indian bar association, comprising the practising lawyers of the Supreme Court of India. Vikas Singh(Senior Advocate) is the current president of the association, Pradeep Rai(Senior Advocate) is ... and a former member of the ''Independent Commission on Development and Health in India'' (ICDHI). She had also served as a member of the Governing Council of her alma mater, Miranda House, during 1973–74. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for her contributions to society. She died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala Rajender
''Rajender v. University of Minnesota'' was a landmark class action lawsuit dealing with sexual discrimination at an American university. The case was filed on September 5, 1973, by Shyamala Rajender, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Minnesota. Rajender accused the university of engaging in employment discrimination on the basis of sex and national origin after she was turned down for a tenure-track position despite being recommended for the position by several university committees. The suit was certified as a class action by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on February 13, 1978. After eleven weeks of trial, the suit was settled in 1980 by a consent decree. Rajender received $100,000 and Judge Miles Lord enjoined the university from discriminating against women on the basis of sex. Rajender's attorneys were awarded approximately $2 million in fees. The suit had a lasting impact on US colleges and universities. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamala (film)
''Shyamala'' is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film directed by B. A. Subba Rao. The film stars M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and S. Varalakshmi. It was released on 29 November 1952. Cast The cast adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and from the film credits. ;Male * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar * Relangi *Stunt Somu *Nandaram *Vallinayagam *M. A. Ganapathi Bhat *K. Ramamoorthi *B. Seetharam *P. Suribabu ;Female * S. Varalakshmi *T. Thilakam *T. Kanakam *S. Ashalatha *C. N. Padma *P. S. Lakshmi *Kantha S. Lal *A. Veenavathi * Baby Saraswathi Production The film was simultaneously produced in Telugu with the title ''Tingu Ranga''. Soundtrack Music was composed by G. Ramanathan, T. V. Raju Thotakura Venkata Raju (Telugu: తోటకూర వెంకట రాజు), better known as T. V. Raju (1921 - 20 February 1973), was an Indian music composer who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He worked as an assistant composer to ... and S. B. Dinakar R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
