The Ramineni Foundation Awards are counted among the prestigious awards in India and is presented by the Ramineni Foundation. The Foundation was established in the year 1995 by the children of the late Ramineni Ayyanna Choudary in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The main objective behind its foundation was to protect and promote the monumental heritage of Indian culture and the ideals of Hinduism. The foundation is in a mission to facilitate the valiant, relentless and altruistic efforts of all those high priests drawn from a cross-spectrum of fields in arts, science and humanities. The Foundation was officially inaugurated in India for the first time on 12th October, 1999 at Hyderabad.

There are two divisions in the Ramineni Foundation Awards and the divisions are named as the Visishta Puraskaram and the Viseesha Puraskaram.





















The list of the Ramineni Foundation Awardees is given below:

Year	Visishta Puraskaram	Viseesha Puraskaram
1999	Dr. G. N. Rao, Director, L V, Prasad Eye Institute	Bapu (Artist), Ramana, Dr. Nanduri Rama Mohana Rao, Veteran journalist & Writer; Kalipatnam Rama Rao, Custodian of Telugu Story
2000	Dr. K. Varaprasad Reddy, MD Shantha Biotechnics	Dr. Lalji Singh, Director, CCMB; Dr. K. Viswanath, Cine Director; Kaloji Narayana Rao, Veteran Writer
2001	Prof. Chinchode Devender Reddi, Vice Chancellor, Osmania University	Volga, Popular Writer, M. A. Subhan,Founder, Kalasaagar; G. Nirmalmma, Veteran Artist
2002	Prof. Shantha Sinha, Secretary –Trustee, M. V. Foundation	Dr. Chukka Ramaiah (IIT); Dr. N. Koteswara Rao, Popular Writer; Syed MD. Arif, National Chief, Badminton Coach
2003	Dr. K. Anji Reddy, Chairman, Reddy Labs	C, Raghavachari; Rao Balasaraswathi Devi, Popular Singer; C. V. Krishna Rao, Social Worker & Writer
2004	Prof. Yarlagadda Nayudamma, Pediatric Surgeon, Guntur	T. L. Kanta Rao, Veteran Artist; Buddiga Subbarayan, Popular Writer; Hemalatha Lavanam, Secretary - SAMSKAR
2005	Dr. D. Nageswar Reddy, Gastroenterologist, Director, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology	Dr. Boyi Bhimanna, Veteran Writer; K. Sugunamani, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Navodaya Rama Mohana Rao, Navodaya Publishers, Vijayawada
2006	Padma Bhushan Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, Professor and Head of the Dept of Cardiology, AIIMS	Dr. Umar Alisha, Renowned Philanthropist; Prof. I. V. Chalapathi Rao, Eminent Academician; Smt Anjali Devi, Veteran Artist
2007	P. Ramachandra Rao, Director, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	Nerella Venu Madhav, Cine Artist; P. Susheela, Playback singer; Reddi Raghavaiah, Author of children’s literature
2008	Dr. Kota Harinarayana (Raja Ramana Fellow), Former VC, University of Hyderabad	KVV Mallikarjuna Rao (Founder and promoter of Vetapalem Library), CV Rajagopala Rao (Veteran journalist), Smt. Ramaprabha (Senior actress)