SRI RAJA-LAKSHMI FOUNDATION

Raja-Lakshmi Award : The Raja-Lakshmi Award is an annual award that was instituted by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in the year 1979 to encourage intellectual pursuits in social service, literature, arts, sciences, journalism,humanities and other fields and to honour distinguished personalities in these fields. The award is announced on the 15th of August and presented on the 19th of November at a function every year. The Award consists of Rs.1,00,000/-, a citation and a plaque. The recipient of this award also receives the Dr.K.V.Rao & Dr.Jyoti Rao Award of US$ 2000 in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey.

              Year   Person                                                        Area

1979 : Sri Sri                                                       Literature                
                                      

1980 : M.Balamurali Krishna                                Music

 
1981 : Vempati Chinna Satyam                          Dance  

1981 : Nerella Venumadhav                                Art (Mimicry)

1982 : Bapu                                                        Art (Graphic Art)

1983 : Y.Nayudamma                                          Science 

1984 : Tanguturu Suryakumari                          Music and Dance

1985 : Mandolin U.Srinivas                                Music                                                             

1986 : G.K.Reddy                                             Journalism

1987 : Dr.B.Ramamurthi                                   Medicine                                                                                                   Smt.Mahalakshmi Raja presenting the 1985

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Raja-Lakshmi Award to Mandolin Srinivas

1988 : Dr.C.Narayana Reddy                            Literature  

1989 : Dr.Bezawada Gopal Reddy                   Politics

1990 : Lata Mangeshkar                                  Music

1991 : 'Nataraja' Ramakrishna                          Dance

1992 : Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu            Music

          Memorial Trust

1993 : P.Sainath                                              Journalism

1994 : G.Ram Reddy                                       Education

1995 : Dr.Ambati Balamurali Krishna             Medicine

1996 : Dr.Abid Hussain                                  Administration

 1997 : Dr.Chennagantamma Krishna Rao      Social Service

1998 : Dr.Banumathi Ramakrishna                Cinema 

1999 : A.S.Raman & S.V.Rama Rao                 Journalism / Art

2000 : Sadguru Sri K.Sivananda Murty           Social Service

2001 : Dr.G.Venkataswamy                            Medicine

2002 : Nedunuri Krishnamurthy                    Music

2003 : Biruduraju Ramaraju                            Literature

2004 : Sudha Murthy                                      Philanthropy                          

2005 : Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry             Vedic Studies  

2006 : S.P.Balasubrahmanyam                       Music

                  2007 : Dr.Ch.Gnaneswar Memorial                  Medicine 

                            Trust      

2008 : Koneru Humpy                                    Sports   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Raja-Lakshmi Awards-2008, L to R: R.Sekar IPS, N.Murali, Pappu Venugopala Rao,

                                                                                                                                                                                           R.Venkatraman Ghanapaati, Koneru Humpy, Balakrishna Prasad, B.S.R.Krishna, Janani Krishna