Suryadevara Ramachandra Rao

Suryadevara Ramachandra Rao
Born India
Other names S. R. Rao
Occupation Civil servant
Known for Development of Surat city
Awards Padma Shri
Tirupathi Raju Memorial Award

Suryadevara Ramachandra Rao is an Indian civil servant and the former Municipal Commissioner of the Surat, a large metropolitan city in the Indian state of Gujarat.[1] He is best known for his developmental efforts during the 1994 epidemic of plague and for transforming it from a dirty city into one of the cleanest in India, with the city being rated as the second cleanest in India, after Chandigarh, in a survey conducted by the Indian National Trust for Arts and Culture.[2] Later he became the chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust and during his tenure there, the port is reported to have become a major port in India.[3] He also served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.[4] He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri by the Government of India, in 1998,[5] making him one of the few civil servants to be awarded Padma honours while in service.[3] He is also a recipient of the Tirupathi Raju Memorial Award.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cleaning Up The Plague City". Outlook. 27 November 1996. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Not the same Surat". Himal. March 1998. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "His was a purposeful life". The Hindu. 14 April 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "SR Rao named Union commerce secretary". Kammas World. 30 May 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.


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