Hall of Fame
Those who shaped us
The visionaries who gave their might and lent their strength. Visvodaya grew into what it is today because of their untiring efforts.
“Love and Service is the message of Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean — and DR made it his mission to urge the Visvodaya family to practise it with devotion and in a selfless spirit.”Dodla Ramachandra Reddy — Founder
Founder
Dodla Ramachandra Reddy (DR)
Visvodaya and DR have grown synonymous over the years. A young graduate of twenty, he established Kavali College in 1951 with the conviction that education is the only weapon that can eradicate poverty.
After Intermediate at Loyola College and a Bachelor’s at Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras, DR founded the college that would become Jawahar Bharati. His second dream — Visvodaya — became one of the leading educational centres in Nellore district. He lived by one hope: to live and spread the message of Jean Valjean. “Visvodaya is my whole world, and the whole world is Visvodaya to me.”
PHR & PVR
Brothers in service
Builder of dreams
Pucchalapalli Harishchandra Reddy (PHR)
A zealous crusader for the cause he believed in, PHR was the energy that sustained efforts to make the institution a reality. He literally begged for every brick that went into its construction. The birth of Kavali College was, in a way, the story of his sweat and toil. The Open Air Theatre and the Junior College bear his name.
People’s doctor
Pucchalapalli Ramachandra Reddy (PVR)
Ram was a multi-faceted genius — devoted friend, volcanic source of energy, and social scientist. A surgeon of excellence and a committed Marxist like his brother Sundaraiah, he trained barefoot doctors and started a people’s polyclinic. He inspired the founding of Visvodaya and shared campus life with students and teachers (1963–64). His memory lives through Dr. Ram’s Centre for Social Work and Culture.
Founder-fathers
Men of vision we honour
Sri Pakala Venkata Rajamannar
Former Chief Justice of Madras Presidency.
Sri Devi Prasad Roy Chowdary
The great sculptor.
Sri Dileep Kumar Roy
Singer, writer, and philosopher.
Sri A. McG. C. Tampoe
M.A. (Cantab), Retired ICS.
Sri Kandukuru Mallikarjunam
Author.
Sri Dodla Venkatarama Reddy
Author of Ramayana and Bhagavatha.
Sri Bejawada Gopala Reddy
Poet and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
Sri Bejawada Ramachandra Reddy
Former President, Madras Legislative Council.
Sri Tikkavarapu Rami Reddy
Philanthropist.
Sri Motupalli Ramanuja Rao Naidu
Retired Registrar of S.V. University.
Sri Sriram Venkata Bhujangaraya Sarma
Poet, literary critic, and playwright — guiding spirit of campus culture for three decades.
Legacy
Honorary life members & principals
Visvodaya conferred honorary life membership on poets, scholars, musicians, cinema personalities, social workers, and people of high reputation. Eminent principals endowed the college with a system, discipline, and stature that most colleges could envy.