Folsom city councillor makes SVU proud
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Alumnus Y.K. Chalamcherla is now a public servant in California
Sri Venkateswara University campus is agog with loud cheers with its alumnus Chalamcherla Yedukondalu (now Y.K. Chalamcherla) getting elected to the Folsom city council in California, USA.
Born in Vidavalur of Nellore district, Mr. Chalamcherla did his laptop science engineering at SVU within the early nineties. Hailing from a household with meagre revenue, he stayed in State-funded hostels and gave tuitions to fund his schooling. With nice grit, he went on to change into a Group-A gazetted officer within the Income Tax Department, labored on PAN quantity structure and growth in New Delhi.
After quitting his job in 1998, Mr. Chalamcherla shifted to Singapore and later to the U.S. in 2000 to work on the Y2K bug. “My parents had a small shop in our hamlet of 150 houses. When I was working in the fields and grazing cattle, they taught me the importance of education and altruism,” Mr. Chalamcherla informed The Puucho in a telephonic interview. He additionally recalled how his father-in-law T. Venkateswarlu, an IAS officer, impressed him to work tougher.
Passion for service
Mr. Chalamcherla says public service is his ardour. “I have been a public servant for 23 years, first with the Indian government, then Singapore and now in California,” he mentioned. Representing the Asian group, he was actively concerned in tree plantation, little one security and visitors management programmes in faculties and parks. He has performed California State job consciousness workshops for seven years, serving to tons of of youth get State positions. He additionally provides assist to homeless individuals and kids of imprisoned dad and mom, who he feels should be embraced.
During his faculty days, Mr. Chalamcherla was once related to social and student-centric actions. “He is involved in ‘IGNITE’, the university’s ‘entrepreneurial club’, even recently. Going by his high ambitions, he has the ability to become a senator in California,” mentioned Suresh Perugu, a senior member of SVU Alumni Association, who had taught Mr. Chalamcherla within the early nineties.
Campaign fashion
Braving COVID, Mr. Chalamcherla reached out to his voters by standing at a busy junctions and waving fingers to attract their consideration. He used social media probably the most, as a part of his technique to achieve out to extra Americans. “I spent a mere $8,000 as compared to some of my rivals who spent $1,50,000,” he mentioned. Having misplaced the 2018 elections for need of time, Mr. Chalamcherla give up his senior government job and began specializing in buildjng ties with the group, thus rising profitable this time.
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