Anumolu Ramakrishna

Anumolu Ramakrishna (20 December 1939 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian civil and structural engineer, corporate executive and the deputy managing director of Larsen & Toubro Construction,[1] the largest construction company in India as per 2013 statistics.

[2] He was credited with the introduction of system formwork[3] and precast and prestressed concrete technologies[4] in Indian construction industry, procedures which helped increase productivity,[5] and was a co-founder of the India chapter of FSL - Global Forum on Structural Longevity.

[6] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, posthumously in 2014, for his contributions to science and technology.

[10] His career started at the construction division of Larsen & Toubro, then known as Engineering Construction Corporation Limited, in 1962 but continued his education by undergoing advanced training in structural engineering in the former German Democratic Republic in 1966, after obtaining a sponsorship from the Government of India.

[3] Ramakrishna, who oversaw the construction of several major projects in India such as cement and steel plants, refineries and petrochemical complexes, seaports, airports and nuclear power plants, served as a director board member of many corporate entities; Ramco Industries, TAJGVK Hotels & Resorts, Ramco Cements, Andhra Petrochemicals, Andhra Sugars, Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway, Mumbai International Airport Limited, UltraTech Cement and Brigade Group are some of the notable ones among them.