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Rajagopal Lagadapati (1980-84 batch)

Rajagopal Lagadapati, after the graduation, has started off with state and central government infrastructure development projects. Under his leadership, the LANCO group has started several industries such as pig iron plant in Chittoor, Power plant at Kondapalli, castings unit, software division, bio mass unit and construction companies. As an industrialist, Rajagopal he not only brought to life several industries, but created job opportunities to thousands of people both directly & indirectly.

In the year 2003, he joined politics and elected as Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Vijayawada Constituency.

Ram Gopal Varma (1977-83 batch)	Ram Gopal Varma, before taking up a career initially as the owner of a video shop and then became one of India's leading film directors. He was known more as a big movie buff during his college days and used to analytically watch both American and Indian films through repeat viewings. He and his uncle were crazy about movies and would often skip classes to watch them in spite of beatings from his mother. He has his own style, and doesn’t have any influences. He does not bother much about reviewers and film awards

Veeramachaneni Ram Babu (1977-81 batch)	Veeramachaneni Ram Babu joined M/s. ACC Limited in January 1995 working since last 12 years in various capacities as Superintending Engineer, Manager & presently as Sr. Manager in Project Management of Environment Equipment Group - Technical Support Services located at Thane (Mumbai). It gave him profound professional satisfaction to be associated with the field of Air Pollution Control especially in the present scenario where the global warming and air pollution is reaching unmanageable proportions. He was the Mess Secretary in the College Hostel during the Ist Year & President of Students’ Union in the III year. Thereafter, he worked for 12 years with M/s. A.P. Heavy Machinery & Engineering Ltd., Kondapalli, Vijayawada from September 1982 to December 1984, as Engineer Trainee, Engineer, Dy. Manager & Manager, in Design & Project Management of Air Pollution Control Equipment.

R. A. R. Prakasa Rao (1977-81 batch)	R.A.R.Prakasa Rao, joined in Praga Tools Ltd in 1985, worked till 1995 and then shifted to Tata Cummins Ltd as a Senior General Manager-Mfg. Engg. After completing his B.E. in 1981, he finished M.E in 1984 from PSG College of Technology, TPM Instructor in 1999 from JIPM, Japan, Six Sigma Master Black Belt in 2003 from Cummins Inc., USA, and One Year Business Leaders Programme in 2005 from IIMC. He got good experience in Process Planning, Production & Maintenance, Project Planning, Co-ordination & Execution, Tooling and Programming on CNC machines. He got Professional Life Membership in The Institute of Engineers( India) and also represented the country at INDIA INWARD MISSION to U.K Organized by British Deputy High Commission and MTTA.