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Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | |
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| Minister of Irrigation and Power | |
| In office 19 July 1963[1] – 9 November 1973[2] | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
| Constituency | Vijayawada |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1962–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. Komarraju Atchamamba |
| Succeeded by | Godey Murahari |
| Constituency | Vijayawada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1902-07-15)15 July 1902 |
| Died | 18 May 1986(1986-05-18) (aged 83)[3] |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian Civilengineer and aPadma Bhushan awardee[4] who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977.
Rao was born in a TeluguNiyogibrahmin family inKankipadu,Krishna district,Andhra Pradesh. His father was a village attorney. He lost his father when he was nine years old. His High school studies went well in SKPVV HINDU HIGH SCHOOL, VIJAYAWADA. He lost vision in one eye due to injury during childhood days while playing at school. He studied Intermediate (+2) atPresidency College, Madras. He took hisB.E. degree in Civil Engineering fromCollege of Engineering, Guindy[5] and he was the first student fromCollege of Engineering, Guindy to obtain a master's degree in engineering. Later he took hisPhD in 1939 from theUniversity of Birmingham in theUnited Kingdom.
In 1963, Rao was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the spheres of irrigation and power.[citation needed] He had been president of theCentral Board of Irrigation and Power[citation needed] and of theAll India Engineers Association in 1958–59 and 1959–1960.[6] He was vice-president of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Asia) in 1957–61 and in 1961–65.[7] He was awarded a doctorate in science byAndhra University in 1960. He was also awarded adoctorate byRoorkee University in engineering in 1968.
He worked as a professor inRangoon,Burma. After completing his PhD he worked as assistant professor in the United Kingdom. He wrote a book calledStructural Engineering and Reinforced Concrete. After returning to India, he worked as a design engineer for the Madras government. He held the post of director (designs) in Vidyut Commission-New Delhi in 1950. He was promoted as chief engineer in 1954.[8]
He wrote autobiography titledThe Cusecs Candidate.[9]
He was elected as a member of parliament fromVijayawada constituency for the first time in 1961. He was elected as member of parliament three times from the Vijayawada constituency. On 20 July 1963, Rao was sworn in as a minister for Irrigation and Electricity in the union government. Under his regime as union minister for water resources, Rao designed many irrigation and hydro-electric projects.Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the world's longestmasonry dam on River Krishna inGuntur district ofAndhra Pradesh and Nalgonda District ofTelangana, also theSrisailam Dam i.e constructed across the Krishna River on the border ofMahabubnagar(presentlyJogulamba Gadwal) District, Telangana and Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh nearSrisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country is to his credit. Rao worked as union minister in Jawahar Lal Nehru,Lal Bahadur Shastri andIndira Gandhi's cabinet.[citation needed]
In 2006, the Pulichintala project, at Bellamkonda of Guntur district, has been named as K. L. Rao Sagar project.[10]
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