Andal Venkatasubba Rao (1894–1969), popularly known as Aandaalamma, was an Indian social worker, educationist and the co-founder of ''Madras Seva Sadan'', a

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

-based charitable organization working for the welfare of women and children. Born in 1894 in Chennai, the capital city of the south Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

, she did her early schooling at

Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School or Holy Angels' AI Hr. Sec School is an all-girls Roman Catholic, private, convent school located in Chennai, India, which offers education from nursery level to higher secondary (XII) level. The ...

and the Presidency Girls' High School, Madras. In 1928, she married M. Venkatasubba Rao, a judge at

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

who would later be knighted by the British Queen, The couple founded ''Madras Seva Sadan'', a charitable organization, the same year. The organization was started with a capital of 10,000. With the help of 8 orphan girls, the organization has grown over the years to a large welfare organization attending to the needs of around many women and children. The Sadan also run a higher secondary school, Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation Higher Secondary School, and a concert hall by name, ''Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall''. The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, in 1957, for her contributions to society. She died in 1969, at the age of 75.

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* Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work 1894 births 1969 deaths Scholars from Chennai 20th-century Indian educational theorists 20th-century Indian women educational theorists Women educators from Tamil Nadu Educators from Tamil Nadu Social workers from Tamil Nadu {{India-bio-stub