Srikanth Bolla bags Ramoji Excellence Youth Icon award

Srikanth Bolla, Founder and Chairman of Bollant Industries

Srikanth Bolla, Founder and Chairman of Bollant Industries and an MIT alumnus, has obtained the Ramoji Excellence Award within the Youth Icon class. (By the way, Bolla was the winner of the 2018 Younger Changemaker Award, instituted by thehindubusinessline.)

“Bolla has grow to be a nationwide image of resilience and inclusive management. His enterprise empowers folks with disabilities whereas advancing sustainable manufacturing,” the organisers stated.

The Eenadu group instituted the awards in reminiscence of Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, its founder, who handed away in June 2024. The award operate was attended by Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan, Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, and N Chandrababu Naidu and A Revanth Reddy, the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, respectively. 

Sathupati Prasanna Sree (Vice-Chancellor of Adikavi Nannayya College, AP) has received the Excellence in Artwork and Tradition Award for preserving the indigenous literary heritage. She created scripts for 19 tribal languages.

The opposite award winners embrace ‘Water Mom’ Amla Ashok Ruia (Rural Growth); Akash Tandon (Service to Mankind); Pallabi Ghosh (Girls Achiever Award); Madhavi Latha Gali (Science & Expertise); and Jaideep Hardikar (Journalism).

Revealed on November 16, 2025