JAGTIAL, OCTOBER 31, 2026: M. Venu Madhav received the prestigious T.N. Chaturvedi national award for the best research paper. He was awarded the prize for his dissertation titled ‘Catalysing Water Governance: Empowering Communities for Sustainable Water Management’.
The award was received from Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State and Chairman, IIPA at the 72nd Annual General Meeting of IIPA held in New Delhi on October 31.
After dropping out of school in the eighth grade due to financial difficulties, he worked as a hotel worker, construction worker, painter, and small businessman to support his family. However, he continued to pursue his education and reached great heights.
He completed his schooling in Korutla and completed his graduation in 2004 from Dr B.R Ambedkar University. He secured the seventh rank in the Osmania University entrance exam. Through UNICEF Fellowship, he completed his M Phil and through ICSSR fellowship completed PhD from CESS in Hyderabad.
Significantly, he is currently teaching video lessons as a resource person at the Ambedkar Open University, where he once studied. Many academicians and researchers have congratulated him for overcoming poverty and achieving national recognition in the field of education and research.
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