Ravi Vadlamani

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Ravi Vadlamani
Born21 July 1956
Guntur
Alma materAndhra University[1]
OccupationChartered accountant[2]
SpouseRajyaLakshmi
Children2

Ravi Vadlamani (born 21 July 1956) is a chartered accountant,[2] and elected as Director on the Board of Rotary International. He is past District Governor Rotary International (Dist.3150).[3]

Education and personal life[edit]

He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from TJPS College, Andhra University. He also did his Chartered Accountancy, A.C.S., F.C.A. Fund Managers Course Conducted by Unit Trust of India.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

He started his career as a Chartered Accountant in M/s Umamaheswara Rao & Co.[4]

Professional affiliation[edit]

He represented five Southern States as the Regional Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for three years from 1988 to 1991."ICAI - Ravi Vadlamani". medium. He was also the chairman, Professional Development Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in the year 1989,[citation needed] Company Law Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - 1988. He was also Member, Taxation and Corporate Laws Sub-Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi from 1998 to 2002. He was the chairman, Public Relations Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)[5] in 1991. Ravi Vadlamani worked as vice-chairman, Guntur Branch of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - 1998.[citation needed]

Service to the society[edit]

Ravi has participated in social service programmes of Rotary International. Over the years, he served in different capacities and was elected as the Director of Rotary International. He is the first from Telugu States (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) in India to have been elected to the coveted post of International director in Rotary in its history. Ravi defeated two rivals in a three-cornered contest. He would join the board of directors of Rotary International in July, 2021 and serve in the role for two years. The results of the two-month-long process of online polling were declared on March 4, 2020. As many as 1405 members from 824 clubs in 9 rotary districts spread over the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra exercised their franchise.[6] Earlier, he served as the District Governor of RI district 3150.[7]

Overhead Reservoirs were built for serving protected drinking water through the distribution networks under the "Water for Life" program in Kothagudem, Katarivaripalem, Nizampatnam and Piduguralla Areas.[8] He participated in the project that provided more than 300 Reverse Osmosis Water Plants in Guntur, Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh and many Telangana Districts, where people are affected by Endemic Skeletal Fluorosis, at a cost of Rs. 5 crores (INR 50 million).[9]

He conceived and implemented a program called ‘School on Wheels’, to promote education by drawing child labour and children of wage earners to the process of learning. He provided a bus as part of 'School on Wheels' through ‘Child and Police’ Programme at Guntur at a cost of Rs.12.50 lakhs (INR 1.25 mn) as part of an effort to eradicate child labour.[10] Ravi took to launch a project "Raise hand to save our schools,’’ to convert schools without basic amenities into happy schools. Under this program, he took initiation to construct new school buildings, separate toilets for boys and girls.[11] He took it upon himself to distribute five lakh benches free of cost to schools in Telangana. Over the last six years, he has managed to distribute 1.2 lakh benches worth Rs 30 crore.[12] Various school blocks and toilet blocks were built in different schools across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India.[13][14]

Under the ‘SHARE’ (Sanitation, Health and Rural Empowerment) project by The Rotary International, he participated in identifying beneficiaries and provided 10,000 sewing machines and thousands of milch cattle to women in Guntur, Prakasam Districts ("End of Poverty" program) and sanitation facilities in 50 villages.[15]

Ravi was chairman of the Indian Red Cross, Guntur branch.[16]

Ravi, in his capacity of convener of Tsunami Relief Cell of Rotary International, could prevail upon the global corporation GE Capital the need to help the tsuniami victims under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. A number of fishermen who had lost their boats, nets and their houses were given seven motorised fibre boats and 30 fishing nets to begin with at a cost of Rs. 14 lakhs.[17] Project HEAL (Health for All), a Rotary program, was leveraged to distribute more than 5,000 tricycles to the physically-challenged persons, help organise 10,000 cataract operations, provide medical equipment and ambulances to hospitals. Under the Home for Humanity, more than 500 houses, and over 3,000 toilets were constructed.

He is currently the Endowments/Major Gift Advisor, Audit committee member and chairman for Happy schools of the Literacy Mission and Zonal Coordinator for Wash in Schools.

He moderated Breakout Sessions at Rotary International Conventions on "Water for Life" at Salt Lake City, "Water for Life and End of Poverty is Possible" at Los Angeles Convention, "Doing Good in the World to make Dreams real" at Birmingham Convention, "Target One Billion by 2017" at Sao Pualo Convention. He was also a Guest speaker at District Conference of Dist 5470 at Colorado Springs, District 1100 United Kingdom and District 9640 Australia.[18] Ravi is a member of the Directors Nominating Committee 2009 and 2015 and he is also a representative on Council on Representative 2007 and 2016.[19]

Ravi was closely followed by his wife, Raaji, in his endeavour.[20] Raaji also served as the District Governor of RI District 3150. Their work for Polio eradication was recognized and were awarded regional polio free award.[21]

Ravi and Raaji Vadlamani have achieved Level-4 Major Donor status with the Rotary Foundation.[22] They have also created Named Endowment Funds, including the "Dr. Ravi Vadlamani & Rajyalakshmi Endowment Fund," the "Late V. Bhaskara Lakshmi Endowment Fund," and the "Late V. Umamaheswara Rao Endowment Fund."

Awards[edit]

  • He has been awarded the Honorary Doctorate - "Doctor of Letters" Honoris Causa by Acharya Nagarjuna University for his Service to the Society as a Social Worker.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Andhra University".
  2. ^ a b "Umamaheswara Rao & Co". Umrcas.com.
  3. ^ "Pass the virtual tapas please". October 2002.
  4. ^ "About Us | Umamaheswara Rao & Co".
  5. ^ "ICAI - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India". ICAI.
  6. ^ "Vadlamani Ravi, first Telugu man to be International Director of Rotary". The Times of India. 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Pass the virtual tapas please". October 2002.
  8. ^ "Rotary provides potable water in Piduguralla slums". The Hindu. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  9. ^ Virginian, The News. "newsvirginian.com". The News Virginian.
  10. ^ "Drive against child labour". The Times of India.
  11. ^ Jonathan, P. Samuel (5 August 2016). "Joy of learning in 'Happy Schools'". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  12. ^ "Ravi Vadlamani, the Bench Man of Hyderabad". Telangana Today.
  13. ^ Staff Reporter (2 July 2016). "Rotary Foundation distributes 2,900 school desks". The Hindu.
  14. ^ Staff Reporter (11 September 2013). "'Save our Schools' programme gains momentum". The Hindu.
  15. ^ ADKISON, LINDSEY (7 June 2017). "Rotary Club of St. Simons aids Indian programs". The Brunswick News.
  16. ^ "Cheque presented for Red Cross building". The Hindu. 8 December 2016.
  17. ^ "GE Capital joins Rotary in tsunami relief". The Hindu. March 2005.[dead link]
  18. ^ Tregurtha, Ravi Vadlamani, Benjamin Franklin, Kofi Annan, Water, Rtn Maragaret Hayes, John. "Water for life Dr. Ravi Vadlamani At Rotary International District 9640 Conference Water for life. - ppt download". slideplayer.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Loehle, Lucy (5 July 2017). "Rotary welcomes speaker from India". The Brunswick News.
  20. ^ "A couple with many facets". The Hindu. 5 July 2004.[dead link]
  21. ^ "Rotary spent Rs 5000crore for Polio eradication in thrid [sic] world countries". Apnnews.com.
  22. ^ "Donor spotlight - centennial.rotary.org". Centennial.rotary.org.
  23. ^ "Honorary doctorate for Veturi, two others". The Hindu. 26 July 2007.
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