Dr. Chellapilla Surya Lakshmi

   Academic Brilliance and Administrative Excellence are the words that best describe Dr. Chellapilla Surya Lakshmi, a 218th rank Indian Civil Services Officer, of the 2000 batch. Born to Prof. C.Somasundara Rao and Smt.C.Ratna Durga, Dr. Surya Lakshmi has been a consistent topper in her academics with National Merit Scholarships in the Post 10th, Intermediate and Graduate stages, and persevered to complete the full formal cycle of education, with a Ph.D. in "Zamindari Economy- Life in Bobbili (1803-1949)", in 1999.

  
   Starting her career in the Indian Civil Services as an Officer on probation allotted to Indian Railway Accounts Service, in the year 2000, she has risen, as on date, to the level of Deputy Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, Construction, Southern Railway, Egmore, Chennai. Dr. Lakshmi, proved once again that staying at the top is like her second nature by winning the Director General's Gold Medal for Induction and the "Best Lady Probationer for 2002", at the Railway Staff College, Vadodara and a Silver Medal at the National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad. Her decade of service at the Indian Railways is studded with worth emulating precious milestones in Railway Accounting, Audit and Finance, receiving the honour of best practices many a time.

   
    She was the topper in BA History, English and Politics, at BVK Degree College, Visakhapatnam, during the year 1986-89. Sneha Bharati is proud to introduce this outstanding alumnus, and wishes her a very successful and fulfilling career, with much more significant contributions to India.