Rangaraya Medical College (RMCANA) Alumni of North America

India witnessed unprecedented enthusiasm among people in 1947 when the country was liberated from domination of over three centuries. There was an ardent desire to develop our mother land in all fields and see that it had an honorable place in the community of Nations.

In our state too, leaders of all walks of life strove hard for its all sided development. Prominent among them in the Medical field were Col. D.S. Raju, valiant freedom fighter and a close associate of Netaji and Dr. M.V. Krishna Rao a man of great vision. These two stalwarts who had been dreaming of starting a private Medical College to cater to the needs of the students of Coastal Andhra in general, and East and West Godvari districts in particular, founded and registered the Medical Education Society on 16th April 1958 with the triple object of promoting Medical Education, Medical research and Medical relief through voluntary effort.

On this occasion it is but appropriate to recollect with gratitude the immediate response of the State Govt. headed by Sri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy in according permission to start the Medical college.

While Col. Raju was engaged in the task of collecting donations to the proposed Medical college, Dr. M.V. Krishna Rao did all the spade work for the starting of the institution. Eminent doctors like I.V. Joga Rao, P.V.N. Raju, K. ChandraRao, A. Perisastry, B. VenkataRaju and P.R. Hari extended a helping hand. The then Municipal Chairman Sri Dantu Bhaskara Rao heartily co-operated with the endeavor, with the result the starting of a Medical College, which till then an ambition became a reality.

Sri Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, an Industrialist of Tanuku came forward with a magnificent donation of Rs. 5 lakhs on behalf of the Venkatarayudu Memorial Educational Trust and the College was named "The Rangaraya Memorial Medical College" after the late Zaminder of Dommeru Sri P. Rangarao, brother-in-law of Sri Harischandra Prasad. Sri Kotamarti Venkanna, a prominent businessman of Kakinada gifted a site of 6-1/2 acres to locate the hostel buildings. During the same time Sri Pyda Satyanarayana Murthy of the Draksharam Choultry trust donated an amount of Rs 50,000/ - with which a lecture hall was constructed.