Ravi Vadlamani

Ravi Vadlamani (born 21 July 1956) is a chartered accountant, and elected as Director on the Board of Rotary International. He is past District Governor Rotary International (Dist.3150).

Education and personal life
He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from TJPS College, Andhra University. He also did his Chartered Accountancy, A.C.S., F.C.A. Fund Managers Course Conducted by Unit Trust of India.

Career
He started his career as a Chartered Accountant in M/s Umamaheswara Rao & Co.

Professional affiliation
He represented five Southern States as the Regional Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for three years from 1988 to 1991. He was also the chairman, Professional Development Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in the year 1989, Company Law Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - 1988. He was also Member, Taxation and Corporate Laws Sub-Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi from 1998 to 2002. He was the chairman, Public Relations Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1991. Ravi Vadlamani worked as vice-chairman, Guntur Branch of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - 1998.

Service to the society
Ravi has participated in social service programmes of Rotary International. Over the years, he served in different capacities and was elected as the Director of Rotary International. He is the first from Telugu States (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) in India to have been elected to the coveted post of International director in Rotary in its history. Ravi defeated two rivals in a three-cornered contest. He would join the board of directors of Rotary International in July, 2021 and serve in the role for two years. The results of the two-month-long process of online polling were declared on March 4, 2020. As many as 1405 members from 824 clubs in 9 rotary districts spread over the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra exercised their franchise. Earlier, he served as the District Governor of RI district 3150.

Overhead Reservoirs were built for serving protected drinking water through the distribution networks under the "Water for Life" program in Kothagudem, Katarivaripalem, Nizampatnam and Piduguralla Areas. He participated in the project that provided more than 300 Reverse Osmosis Water Plants in Guntur, Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh and many Telangana Districts, where people are affected by Endemic Skeletal Fluorosis, at a cost of Rs. 5 crores (INR 50 million).

He conceived and implemented a program called ‘School on Wheels’, to promote education by drawing child labour and children of wage earners to the process of learning. He provided a bus as part of 'School on Wheels' through ‘Child and Police’ Programme at Guntur at a cost of Rs.12.50 lakhs (INR 1.25 mn) as part of an effort to eradicate child labour. Ravi took to launch a project "Raise hand to save our schools,’’ to convert schools without basic amenities into happy schools. Under this program, he took initiation to construct new school buildings, separate toilets for boys and girls. He took it upon himself to distribute five lakh benches free of cost to schools in Telangana. Over the last six years, he has managed to distribute 1.2 lakh benches worth Rs 30 crore.  Various school blocks and toilet blocks were built in different schools across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India.

Under the ‘SHARE’ (Sanitation, Health and Rural Empowerment) project by The Rotary International, he participated in identifying beneficiaries and provided 10,000 sewing machines and thousands of milch cattle to women in Guntur, Prakasam Districts ("End of Poverty" program) and sanitation facilities in 50 villages.

Ravi was chairman of the Indian Red Cross, Guntur branch.

Ravi, in his capacity of convener of Tsunami Relief Cell of Rotary International, could prevail upon the global corporation GE Capital the need to help the tsuniami victims under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. A number of fishermen who had lost their boats, nets and their houses were given seven motorised fibre boats and 30 fishing nets to begin with at a cost of Rs. 14 lakhs. Project HEAL (Health for All), a Rotary program, was leveraged to distribute more than 5,000 tricycles to the physically-challenged persons, help organise 10,000 cataract operations, provide medical equipment and ambulances to hospitals. Under the Home for Humanity, more than 500 houses, and over 3,000 toilets were constructed.

He is currently the Endowments/Major Gift Advisor, Audit committee member and chairman for Happy schools of the Literacy Mission and Zonal Coordinator for Wash in Schools.

He moderated Breakout Sessions at Rotary International Conventions on "Water for Life" at Salt Lake City, "Water for Life and End of Poverty is Possible" at Los Angeles Convention, "Doing Good in the World to make Dreams real" at Birmingham Convention, "Target One Billion by 2017" at Sao Pualo Convention. He was also a Guest speaker at District Conference of Dist 5470 at Colorado Springs, District 1100 United Kingdom and District 9640 Australia. Ravi is a member of the Directors Nominating Committee 2009 and 2015 and he is also a representative on Council on Representative 2007 and 2016.

Ravi was closely followed by his wife, Raaji, in his endeavour. Raaji also served as the District Governor of RI District 3150. Their work for Polio eradication was recognized and were awarded regional polio free award.

Ravi and Raaji Vadlamani have achieved Level-4 Major Donor status with the Rotary Foundation. They have also created Named Endowment Funds, including the "Dr. Ravi Vadlamani & Rajyalakshmi Endowment Fund," the "Late V. Bhaskara Lakshmi Endowment Fund," and the "Late V. Umamaheswara Rao Endowment Fund."

Awards

 * He has been awarded the Honorary Doctorate - "Doctor of Letters" Honoris Causa by Acharya Nagarjuna University for his Service to the Society as a Social Worker.