Durga Madiraju

Durga Madiraju (born November 17, 1968) is an Indian Software Engineer and a critically acclaimed poet. Her pen name is Jane Summers. She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Madiraju is the CEO and owns the Summers Market Place store.
Early Life and Education
Madiraju was born in Hyderabad, India to Chinta Chidananda Rao and Chinta Visalakshi. Her father was a doctor, who retired as a chief medical officer in South Central Railway, and her mother, a housewife. She has four sisters and one brother. Madirajus's father always wanted her to enroll in a medical school but her mother motivated her to be where she is today.
Madiraju holds an MA degree in Economics from the University Of Hyderabad, India and an MBA degree from Eastern Michigan University, USA. She has also earned an MS in Information Systems from Eastern Michigan University. Her certifications include Six Sigma Greenbelt and Growth, Lean, HTML 5, and Scrum Master (CSM).
Madiraju is working on her Ph.D. in business management and plans to complete it by the end of 2020.
Career
Madiraju works as a Senior Software Engineer for a Fortune 500 company. She carries an industry experience of more than 20 years. Her current role includes developing applications systems and utilizing the Agile SAFE Framework. She works up close with SMEs to identify and analyze core requirements and key features for web portal projects, interact with development teams, customers and project managers to prioritize and validate requirements, and coordinate weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates for varying projects.
Madiraju has been accepted by the POWER group of Women - Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized. She endorses a number of societies, including, American Children cancer society, Hope Clothing house, Salvation army. She also donated a silver leaf at Saibaba Temple, Alpharetta, GA
She is a member of Toastmasters club, Poetry Society of America and a member of the Honor Society.
Madiraju has written and composed a song Seasonal Summers. She is currently working on her new music album "Summer's Way" with Piano lyrics, it will be composed of 5 songs.
Publications
Madiraju has completed six books of poetry including collections of poems; also, a collection of short stories and a business book.4 Her best-known poem collection is Seasonal Woods: A Collection of Poems.4 Others books authored by Madiraju are An Artsy Life: Collection of Short Stories: a Classic and Scrum Art Hand Book: Effective Tips & Techniques. In 2018, she published Autumn Woods: Collection of Poems; A Classic Volume 3. Another book named "Woods a Weave" is expected to be published in October 2019.
Madiraju is releasing a new book Woods, A Summer Weave. The book contains a hundred poems and is divided into seven sections. It will be showcased in the Miami Book International Festival in November 2019.
Book Review
Autumn Woods by Jane Summers (Durga Madiraju) is a heartfelt poetry collection that captures the charm of autumn and other seasons in life. Using beautiful imagery as her backdrop, Summers describes circumstances that evoke different emotions as each season passes. In the poem, "Autumn Wishes" the poet describes days that are never empty since they are filled with opportunities to be kind to others. In another wonderful poem, "An Autumn Forest" she describes the enchantment of nature and how it changes during the season of autumn. The collection contains underlying themes of kindness, family, friendship, and love for nature in the midst of changing emotions and seasons.
Recognition
Madiraju has been included in Marquis Who's Who. She has been accepted by POWER (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized). This group has honored and conferred “Woman of Empowerment 2018”.
Durga Madiraju received Presidential Voluntary Service Award for committing and volunteering 250 hours per year of voluntary service for the years 2014-2016.
Personal life
Madiraju is married to Srinivas Madiraju and has one daughter, Anika.

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