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Anumolu Ramakrishna (1939–2013) was an Indian civil and structural engineer, corporate executive and the deputy managing director of Larsen & Toubro Construction, the largest construction company in India as per 2013 statistics. He was credited with the introduction of system
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technologies in Indian construction industry, procedures which helped increase productivity, and was a co-founder of the India chapter of ''FSL - Global Forum on Structural Longevity''. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
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, posthumously in 2014, for his contributions to science and technology.


Biography

Born on 20 December 1939 in Punadipadu, a small village near
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in
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, in the south Indian state of
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, Ramakrishna graduated in Civil Engineering from
Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...
and secured a master's degree (MSc) in Structural Engineering from the
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of
Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...
. His career started at the construction division of
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, then known as ''Engineering Construction Corporation Limited'', in 1962 but continued his education by undergoing advanced training in structural engineering in the former
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in 1966, after obtaining a sponsorship from the Government of India. He served L&T for 42 years during which time, he held various positions such as that of a member of the Board of Directors (1962), President (Operations) of ECC Construction Division (1995) and the Deputy Managing Director (2000). By the time he retired from L&T service in 2004, the revenue of the construction division reportedly grew from 4.5 billion to over 55 billion (2004), registering a 40 percent growth in volume of business. Ramakrishna, who oversaw the construction of several major projects in India such as cement and steel plants, refineries and petrochemical complexes, seaports, airports and nuclear power plants, served as a director board member of many corporate entities; Ramco Industries, TAJGVK Hotels & Resorts, Ramco Cements, Andhra Petrochemicals, Andhra Sugars, Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway, Mumbai International Airport Limited,
UltraTech Cement UltraTech Cement Limited is an Indian cement company based in Mumbai, and a part of Aditya Birla Group. UltraTech is the largest manufacturer of grey cement, ready-mix concrete Ready-mix concrete (RMC) is concrete that is manufactured i ...
and
Brigade Group Brigade Enterprises Limited is a real estate and property development company that is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The Brigade Group also has operations in Mangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chikmagalur, Ahmedabad and a repr ...
are some of the notable ones among them. Among the honors he received, ICI-
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Award for Outstanding Concrete Technologist (1993),
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Prestressed Concrete Design Award (1995), Eminent Engineering Personality award (1998) and
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Hassib Sabbagh Award (2007) were for technological excellence and Outstanding Contribution to Construction Industry Award of Builders’ Association of India (1993), Davidson Frame Award (1997),
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Outstanding efforts in Business Ethics award (2000) and Rotary International For the Sake of Honour’ Award (2001) were for excellence in corporate management. His alma mater, Andhra University, conferred the
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degree of Doctor of Science on him in 1997 and he received another honorary degree, Doctor of Philosophy, from
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in 2004. He died on 20 August 2013, succumbing to a cardiac arrest, at the age of 73. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor 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 ...
posthumously in 2014.


See also

* Satya N. Atluri


References


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Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramakrishna, Anumolu Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering 1939 births 2013 deaths People from Krishna district Andhra University alumni University of Madras alumni College of Engineering, Guindy alumni Indian civil engineers Indian structural engineers Indian corporate directors 20th-century Indian engineers Engineers from Andhra Pradesh