Kolakaluri Enoch is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice
Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.[1] He was
honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions
to the field of literature.[2]Kolakaluri Enoch was born in a family
with meagre financial resources, on 1 July 1939, to Ramaiah and
Veeramma, in the small village of Vejandla, in Guntur district, in the
present day Andhra Pradesh state of India.[3][4] His higher education
was at the Andhra University from where he secured BA (Hons) in 1959.
During his college days, he received the first prize for short story,
poem, and play in the annual competitions for three years
consecutively, from 1957 to 1959. Subsequently, he joined Sri
Venkateswara University, in the temple town of Tirupati, and obtained
a PhD.Kolakaluri Enoch started his career by joining Andhra University
as a faculty member.[4] He had a notable career which took him to the
post of the Vice Chancellor of the Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati, the institution from where he secured his doctoral
degree.[5]
Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.[1] He was
honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions
to the field of literature.[2]Kolakaluri Enoch was born in a family
with meagre financial resources, on 1 July 1939, to Ramaiah and
Veeramma, in the small village of Vejandla, in Guntur district, in the
present day Andhra Pradesh state of India.[3][4] His higher education
was at the Andhra University from where he secured BA (Hons) in 1959.
During his college days, he received the first prize for short story,
poem, and play in the annual competitions for three years
consecutively, from 1957 to 1959. Subsequently, he joined Sri
Venkateswara University, in the temple town of Tirupati, and obtained
a PhD.Kolakaluri Enoch started his career by joining Andhra University
as a faculty member.[4] He had a notable career which took him to the
post of the Vice Chancellor of the Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati, the institution from where he secured his doctoral
degree.[5]
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