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	==Family==		==Family==
	Ramakrishna was born in a Telugu-speaking zamindari landowning family to Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem ([[Nagaram, Guntur district\|Nagaram mandal]], near [[Repalle]]) in the [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Damodaran\|first=H.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ~~&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover~~&pg=PA99\|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|date=2008-06-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-0-230-59412-8\|pages=99–100\|language=en}}</ref> He studied at [[The University of Edinburgh]] and acquired [[Bachelor of Science\|B.Sc.]] and [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin)\|M.A.]] degrees. He further was affiliated with the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=":0" /> His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from [[Tellapadu]], [[Maddipadu]] Mandal, in [[Prakasam District]].<ref>{{cite book\| last = Chalichema\| first = Venkataramaiah\| title = Guntur Jilla Kammavaaru\| year = 1964\| pages = 176–177}}</ref>		Ramakrishna was born in a Telugu-speaking zamindari landowning family to Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem ([[Nagaram, Guntur district\|Nagaram mandal]], near [[Repalle]]) in the [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Damodaran\|first=H.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99\|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|date=2008-06-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-0-230-59412-8\|pages=99–100\|language=en}}</ref> He studied at [[The University of Edinburgh]] and acquired [[Bachelor of Science\|B.Sc.]] and [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin)\|M.A.]] degrees. He further was affiliated with the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=":0" /> His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from [[Tellapadu]], [[Maddipadu]] Mandal, in [[Prakasam District]].<ref>{{cite book\| last = Chalichema\| first = Venkataramaiah\| title = Guntur Jilla Kammavaaru\| year = 1964\| pages = 176–177}}</ref>

	Ramakrishna died in 1968 and was survived by two sons and a daughter: V. Maruthi Rao, V. Lakshmana Dutt, and Rajeshwari Ramakrishnan.~~<ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004083006950400.htm&date=2004/08/30/&prd=th&</ref>~~		Ramakrishna died in 1968 and was survived by two sons and a daughter: V. Maruthi Rao, V. Lakshmana Dutt, and Rajeshwari Ramakrishnan.

	Ramakrishna's second son, V. L. Dutt, a past chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ([[FICCI]]),<ref>http://envfor.nic.in/cc/cop8/chennai/vldutt.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.ficci.com/media-room/speeches-presentations/2002/july/july13-climate-dutt.htm</ref><ref>http://www.iccindiaonline.org/events/oct27_04.htm</ref><ref>http://www.natcomindia.org/chennai.pdf</ref> was the [[chairman]] and [[managing director]] of KCP Limited.<ref>http://www.kcp.co.in/html/Chairman's%20Speech.pdf</ref> His wife, Indira Dutt, is a daughter of the [[Raja of Muktyala]] and the President of the World [[Telugu people\|Telugu]] Federation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308111329/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030615960200.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : KCP's Indira Dutt is now looking to new horizons<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ramakrishna's daughter, Smt. Rajeswari Ramakrishnan, is the [[managing director]] of Jeypore Sugar Company Limited. Her son R. Prabhu is the Congress [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] from [[Nilgiris district\|the Nilgiris]] ([[Ootacamund\|Ooty]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], a five-term [[Member of Parliament]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2846 Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and a former [[Council of Ministers, India\|Union minister]] in [[India]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />		Ramakrishna's second son, V. L. Dutt, a past chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ([[FICCI]]),<ref>http://envfor.nic.in/cc/cop8/chennai/vldutt.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.ficci.com/media-room/speeches-presentations/2002/july/july13-climate-dutt.htm</ref><ref>http://www.iccindiaonline.org/events/oct27_04.htm</ref><ref>http://www.natcomindia.org/chennai.pdf</ref> was the [[chairman]] and [[managing director]] of KCP Limited.<ref>http://www.kcp.co.in/html/Chairman's%20Speech.pdf</ref> His wife, Indira Dutt, is a daughter of the [[Raja of Muktyala]] and the President of the World [[Telugu people\|Telugu]] Federation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308111329/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030615960200.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : KCP's Indira Dutt is now looking to new horizons<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ramakrishna's daughter, Smt. Rajeswari Ramakrishnan, is the [[managing director]] of Jeypore Sugar Company Limited. Her son R. Prabhu is the Congress [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] from [[Nilgiris district\|the Nilgiris]] ([[Ootacamund\|Ooty]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], a five-term [[Member of Parliament]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2846 Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and a former [[Council of Ministers, India\|Union minister]] in [[India]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />
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	* The [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College]], near [[Vijayawada]] has been posthumously named after him.<ref>[http://www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in/ Welcome, V R Siddhartha Engineering College<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>		* The [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College]], near [[Vijayawada]] has been posthumously named after him.<ref>[http://www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in/ Welcome, V R Siddhartha Engineering College<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
	* He also funded the VSR & NVR College<ref>http://gist.ap.nic.in/cgi-bin/edn/ednshow.cgi/?en=9403</ref> in [[Tenali]] and the Sri Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College<ref>[http://naacindia.org/Colleges.asp Accredited Colleges<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in Nagaram, [[Guntur district]].		* He also funded the VSR & NVR College<ref>http://gist.ap.nic.in/cgi-bin/edn/ednshow.cgi/?en=9403</ref> in [[Tenali]] and the Sri Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College<ref>[http://naacindia.org/Colleges.asp Accredited Colleges<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in Nagaram, [[Guntur district]].
	* The Andhra Chamber of [[Commerce]] building in [[Chennai]]<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/29/stories/2004082910920300.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : In Chennai Today<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> has also been named after Velagapudi Ramakrishna.		* The Andhra Chamber of [[Commerce]] building in [[Chennai]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308114844/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/29/stories/2004082910920300.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : In Chennai Today<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> has also been named after Velagapudi Ramakrishna.
	* V Ramakrishna Polytechnic in Thiruvottiyur, Near Chennai is an institution within KCP campus and is named in memory of Velagapudi Ramakrishna.		* V Ramakrishna Polytechnic in Thiruvottiyur, Near Chennai is an institution within KCP campus and is named in memory of Velagapudi Ramakrishna.

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{{Infobox person
| name = Velagapudi Ramakrishna
| birth_date = {{birth year|1896}}
| birth_place = [[Nagaram, East Godavari district|Nagaram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death year and age|1968|1896}}
| nationality = [[India]]n
| father = Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary
}}

'''Velagapudi Ramakrishna''' (1896-1968) was an [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) officer, [[industrialist]], and [[philanthropist]]. He started the KCP (Krishna Commercial Products) group of companies in 1941 with a [[Cooperative|co-operative]] [[sugar]] factory in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://kcp.co.in/aboutus.htm KCP Web site]</ref> He was a pioneering [[Industrialisation|industrialist]] in the [[wikt:erstwhile|erstwhile]] [[Madras State]].

==Family==
Ramakrishna was born in a Telugu-speaking zamindari landowning family to Velagapudi Venkata Subbayya Chowdary in 1896 in the village Bellamvaripalem ([[Nagaram, Guntur district|Nagaram mandal]], near [[Repalle]]) in the [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA99|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=2008-06-25|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-59412-8|pages=99–100|language=en}}</ref> He studied at [[The University of Edinburgh]] and acquired [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] and [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] degrees. He further was affiliated with the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=":0" /> His father (pre-adoption surname: Katragadda) originally came from [[Tellapadu]], [[Maddipadu]] Mandal, in [[Prakasam District]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Chalichema| first = Venkataramaiah| title = Guntur Jilla Kammavaaru| year = 1964| pages = 176–177}}</ref>

Ramakrishna died in 1968 and was survived by two sons and a daughter: V. Maruthi Rao, V. Lakshmana Dutt, and Rajeshwari Ramakrishnan.<ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004083006950400.htm&date=2004/08/30/&prd=th&</ref>

Ramakrishna's second son, V. L. Dutt, a past chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ([[FICCI]]),<ref>http://envfor.nic.in/cc/cop8/chennai/vldutt.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.ficci.com/media-room/speeches-presentations/2002/july/july13-climate-dutt.htm</ref><ref>http://www.iccindiaonline.org/events/oct27_04.htm</ref><ref>http://www.natcomindia.org/chennai.pdf</ref> was the [[chairman]] and [[managing director]] of KCP Limited.<ref>http://www.kcp.co.in/html/Chairman's%20Speech.pdf</ref> His wife, Indira Dutt, is a daughter of the [[Raja of Muktyala]] and the President of the World [[Telugu people|Telugu]] Federation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308111329/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030615960200.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : KCP's Indira Dutt is now looking to new horizons]</ref> Ramakrishna's daughter, Smt. Rajeswari Ramakrishnan, is the [[managing director]] of Jeypore Sugar Company Limited. Her son R. Prabhu is the Congress [[Member of Parliament|MP]] from [[Nilgiris district|the Nilgiris]] ([[Ootacamund|Ooty]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], a five-term [[Member of Parliament]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2846 Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch]</ref> and a former [[Council of Ministers, India|Union minister]] in [[India]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Positions held==
* [[District Collector]]
* [[managing director|Director]], Department of Industries
* [[Commissioner]], Labour
* Development Commissioner, [[Madras Presidency|Government of Madras]]
* [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]]

==Memorial institutions==
* The [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College]], near [[Vijayawada]] has been posthumously named after him.<ref>[http://www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in/ Welcome, V R Siddhartha Engineering College]</ref>
* He also funded the VSR & NVR College<ref>http://gist.ap.nic.in/cgi-bin/edn/ednshow.cgi/?en=9403</ref> in [[Tenali]] and the Sri Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College<ref>[http://naacindia.org/Colleges.asp Accredited Colleges]</ref> in Nagaram, [[Guntur district]].
* The Andhra Chamber of [[Commerce]] building in [[Chennai]]<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/29/stories/2004082910920300.htm The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : In Chennai Today]</ref> has also been named after Velagapudi Ramakrishna.
* V Ramakrishna Polytechnic in Thiruvottiyur, Near Chennai is an institution within KCP campus and is named in memory of Velagapudi Ramakrishna.

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kcp.co.in KCP group]

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