B.R.K. Raju
Bhupathiraju Rama Krishna Raju (also called B.R.K. Raju or B.R.K) is of the intellectual, political and educational personalities in India. He was born to Subbaraju and Chandramma in Kumudavalli, a popular village near to Bhimavaram Town of West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh state. He started his political career by establishing Non-Tamilian Association in Tamil Nadu during 1978 or so. During 1983 he had joined in Youth Congress in Andhra Pradesh. After marrying Gadiraju Vijaya Lakshmi, he successfully achieved his triple post-graduation in M.A - English Literature, Public Administration and Politics.
He entered in to educational field in 1983 by establishing Sarada Coaching Center. Sarada Residential School established by him in 1984 at Prakruti Ashram of Rural-Bhimavaram, was the first English medium school run with Anglo Indians in both Godavari districts. In this school He introduced professional oriented system of education. In the later years He established several schools such as St.Peter's Public School, Wordsworth Public School and Murthy Raju Residential School. In these schools He introduced Target Oriented System of Education. Nevertheless, his political adversaries made him to demolish the schools by 1997.
He played dominant roles as a political advisor for former Indian prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and tollywood actor NT Rama Rao in the past. He also acted as a political advisor to his close friend Dr.Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, he was elected as a member of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)by Rameshwar Thakur, governor of the state. As a member of APPSC board, he is the first person to bring the most notable reforms in Group 1 and Group 2 examination schemes, for the first time after Indian Independence. Fathered to Suresh Raju, an agriculturist, Ramesh Raju, English-movie script writer, and Venu, computer expert, and being the first Kshatriya to become a member of APPSC, B.R.K Raju is one of the remarkable intellectuals in the Indian history.