Bulusu Jaganadha Sastry
Bulusu Jaganadha Sastry or B. J. Sastry (Telugu: బులుసు జగన్నాథ శాస్త్రి, IAST: Bulusu Jagannātha Śāstri) was an electrical engineer and philanthropist from Yanam before Independence of French India.
Bulusu Jaganadha Sastry | |
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| Born | c. 1912 |
| Died | 1 March 1985 Yanam, Puducherry, India |
| Nationality | French (Until 1962) Indian (Since 1962) |
| Occupation | Assistant engineer at damodar valley corporation |
| Spouse(s) | Annapurna (née Mangipudi) |
| Children | None |
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| Relatives | Kala Venkata Rao (Uncle) Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry (Uncle) Kalluri Visalakshi (cousin) Bouloussou Satyanarayanamourty (Brother) Bulusu Krishna Chaitanya (grand-nephew) |
| Family | See Bouloussou family |
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Birth
He was born around c.1912 to Bouloussou Soubramaniom Sastroulou (సుబ్రహ్మణ్య శాస్త్రులు, Subrahmaṇyaśāstrulu) and Souryapracasamma (సూర్యప్రకాశమ్మ Sūryaprakāśamma) as their eldest son . He belongs to Bouloussou family of Yanam and his father being a prominent politician during French colonial rule in Yanam in the early 20th century. He was named after his paternal grandfather Zagannadha Sastroulou. His maternal uncle was Kala Venkata Rao, a freedom fighter, and former minister of Madras state and Andhra Pradesh. B. J. Sastry is influenced by Indian nationalism due to his uncle and Bengali Renaissance due his stay at Bengal for many decades. So, he didn't retake his French nationality when such an option was given after 1962 Independence of French India. He was a polyglot and could speak around 8 languages (Telugu, French, English, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, and Sanskrit).
Education
Owing to political disturbances in French Yanam in early 20th century, he had his primary and secondary education at nearby Amalapuram town in Konaseema region with the support of his uncle Kala Venkata Rao. Later, he pursued his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.) at The National Council of Education, Bengal, now known as Jadavpur University. During that time he obtained accommodation at Nalam choultry (నాళం వారి సత్రం) on recommendation of his father Soubramanion Sastroulou. That choultry established by Nalam Krishna Rao at Calcutta.
Marriage
He married Annapurna (née Mangipudi), daughter of a Mangipudi Zamindar at Peddapuram during circa 1942 at Muramalla within the Veereswaraswamy temple. It was a 5-day marriage (అయిదు రోజుల పెళ్ళి ayidu rojula peṇḍli ) as per Hindu tradition. However, the couple had no children.
Career
It so happened that he lost his degree. So, instead for asking for a duplicate degree, he had obtained an equivalent degree, i.e. Associate member (AMIE) on 29 December 1950 at Institution of Engineers (India).[1] He was among one the earliest life members of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) (at least since 1952).[2] ISCA is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. He worked at Damodar Valley Corporation,[3] where he was an Assistant Engineer at that corporation's C.E.S. division, Maithon P.O., Dhanbad in 1962[4] and later at Indian Railways.[5] During that time, in the memory of his wife, he denoted around 50,000 rupees to Jadavpur University as Annapurna Prize, which was meant to be scholarship to poor students.
Death
He died at Yanam on 1 March 1985 at Government General Hospital.[6] His wife predeceased him in 1960s.
See also
References
- "Directory – The Institution of Engineers (India)". B. T. Nagrani. Institution of Engineers (India). 1972. p. 599.
- http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/pdf/life_members/LM_2019_2020.zip
- "Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, 1952 – Science". Indian Science Congress Association. 1952. p. 50.
- "Part-IV, Proceedings of Forty-Ninth Session, Indian Science Congress". Indian Science Congress Association. Cuttack. 1962. p. 94.
- Archives of Survey Department, Yanam (1982)
- 1985 Death Certificate, Yanam Municipality, Yanam