Dr.Karri Rama Reddy, a leading psychiatrist, has set a rare record in the world by keeping busy in the medical profession and earning different degreesMBBS, MD (Psychiatry), PhD (Education), MBA, MCA, MTech (CSE), LLM (Torts & Crimes), LLM (Cyber & Int Prop), LLM (Const & Admin), LLM (Labour Laws), LLM (Corporate & securities), MEd, MJ, M.Com, MA (Pol Sci), MA (Litt), MS (Psychotherapy), MLISc, MSW, PGDFE, DCE, PGDFM, PGDY, CCY, FIPS, FIASP, MAPA are his degrees.
Dr.Karri Rama Reddy is a psychiatrist in private practice in India. He have his own hospital called Manasa at Rajahmundry. This is the first private psychiatric hospital for the neighboring four districts, established in 1980.He treated more than 1,33,000 new psychiatric cases and 10 times that number old or follow-up cases during these 38 years. His hospital is a Janatha hospital meant for treating middle class people. On an average, he treats 10 new cases and 90 old cases per day as out patients, in addition to the in-patients of his hospital licensed for 50 beds. He is in limelight for his versatile interests. He is a bibliophile. This brought him laurels. His name was entered into Limca book of records in 2009 for most varied educational qualifications.In a nut shell, he is not only a medical doctor with specialization in psychiatry and additional qualification in psychotherapy and counselling but also a computer engineer, an academic lawyer, a management professional, a journalist, a teacher, an educationist, a writer and linguist, a professional social worker, a Yoga master, a professional librarian too.Even today he study for 5 hours everyday, usually between 8 P.M. and 1 A.M.
After a stint in a government elementary school, Rama Reddy was given training for two months to appear for an entrance examination for direct admission into 6th class. That was at the age of 7 years and 6 months. To a pleasant surprise, living up to the expectations of his brother (Dr.) Bapi Reddy and his teacher Sri Pulagam Veerreddy he passed the test. He then joined 6th class when he was just 7 years and 9 months old and for official records, his age was raised by two and half years. He holds an MBA from the Indira Gandhi National Open University(67%). Completed M.S.A. from Madras University 76.3%. Passed M.Tech with 81.9% marks in Computer Science and Engineering from Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University. Passed a Master of Journalism (70.25%) from Tripura Iqfai University. M.A.(Political Science) from Kamaraj University, Madurai. M.A.(English Literature) from Nagarjuna University. Master of Science (Psychotherapy and Counseling) from Chittoor Behavior and Management Sciences. LL.B. from Law College. He is the only student with 24 academic prizes and medals of a regular law college. He has earned five LLM degrees. LLM (Torts and Crimes) from Acharya Nagarjuna University; LLM (Consistory Tuition and Administrative Law) LLM. (Labor Laws); LLM (Corporate and Securities Law); LLM (Cyber Law and Intellectual Property Rights) from Dehradun Iqfai University. He is the Best Outgoing Student of a Regular B.Ed. College and University Topper of M.Ed. course.
He has earned a PhD from Bharathiyar University for research on behavioral deficits in schoolchildren. He obtained a Library Science Degree (66.67% marks) from Sri Venkateswara University. Raghavreddy, retired director of AP Public Libraries, received the Gold Medal as a University Topper. Diploma in Functional English PG from Andhra University. Diploma in Creative Writing in English (80% marks) and Diploma in Financial Management (71.4% marks) from Indira Gandhi National Open University.He completed a Master of Library Science from Acharya Nagarjuna University Kakinada Aditya College. Master of Social Work (MSW) from Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) passed with 71.2% marks. Yoga Instructor Certificate from Swami Vivekananda Yoga Affiliate. M.Com from Andhra University.
Karri Rama Reddy has been awarded Dr B.C. Roy National Award, the hightest, prestigious and the most coveted award for medical professionals for the year 2014. This award is administered by Medical Council of India and presented by President of India at Rashtrapathi Bhavan. In the 40 years history of this award, only 5 psychiatrists received this award. He have been honoured with Dr. DLN Murthy Oration Award (2017) and Dr. J.K. Trivedi Life Time Achievement Award (2018), the highest and the most prestigious Awards given by the 7000-membered Indian Psychiatric Society. He is the first psychiatrist from Telugu speaking States to receive these awards in the 70 years history of Indian Psychiatric Society. He has been awarded University Law Gold medal for a Medical doctor in his late sixties. Acharya Nagarjuna University LLM topper gold medal has been awarded to this psychiatrist in late sixties. This Gold Medal was presented by Sri Biswa Bhushan Hari Chandan, the Governor of the State of Andhra Pradesh. He is the first & the only medical doctor in the world to acquire two university masters degrees in Computer Science & Engineering. It is a proud for us to say that the name Karri Rama Reddy is in Limca book of records, Wonder book of records, Genius book of records, Bharat world record, Golden star world records forum, Telugu book of records. And he is also known as records creator. Not only these he recieved many and many and many more awards.He is a columnist for more than a decade with no interruption for 3 daily news papers and a monthly magazine. On recieveing these many awards he is a person who is down to earth and alaways says study is not for any records and is to enjoy the beauty of it and to rejuvenate the life. Apart from records he also does many activities like writing books and novels. Manishi-manasu, Manalo-okaru, Manalo-manam are some of his works. He also did many social activities. What not he did everything and how much we say about Rama Reddy there are still many unspoken words. His wife is Suseela. He has two daughters and a son.