The Barpali Days

This blog is the Facebook of Barpali which picturise its "life" and "culture". It was a "palli" or a village a century back where the all time great Oriya poet swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher had taken birth. Now this bustling little town is renowned world-over for the weaving of Sambalpuri ikat handloom fabrics. Agriculture is its prime economy. And when you happen to visit this little town don't miss to taste Chaul bara.

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Jan 13, 2022

11:05 AM

Dr.E.R.Rao (MD, Pediatrics) : Touch of Healing

In rural India the doctor to population ratio is 1:1700. Imagine there is just one qualified doctor for as many as 1,700 people. Dr.E.Raghavendra Rao(MD) of Barpali is someone who served the public under the Odisha State Government for thirty long years. during his state government service career he has worked in the remote tribal areas of Odisha be it Chitrakonda, Koraput, Khalikote, Balangir or Titilagarh before settling down at Barpali.

During the 80’s of the last Century there was no immunisation programme by the Odisha state government. Thousands of children happened to be affected by polio. Dr.Rao has innovated a technique to cure the children affected with this dreaded disease. He toned and stimulated the muscular metabolism of the affected limbs with electric current called Faradic Treatment. This treatment involves a month long hard work, but yields results.  While working at Balangir and titilagarh during 80’s of the last century he treated hundreads of such patients sucessfully.  

It was the year 1998 while he was serving at Community Health Centre(CHC), Barpali his son fell terminally sick. He took leave inorder to attend to his son. In the meanwhile he was transferred to Kantabanji by the involvement of a local politician. Overnight he was kicked out from the house where he was residing on a rental. He was helpless. He went to take shelter at the house of the barber who was serving him every weekend, of course on a rental. He could have returned to his hometown Berhampur at Ganjam Dist., Odisha, where he got landed property to lead a retired life. But, “No”. He was too stubborn to surrender to the given circumstances of life. He resigned from the job and stayed back at home. But the needy people pour from far and wide distances to get the cure from the ailments. 

Though working for the society, but he is poor in socialising, because he lacks time. He is a workaholic and never got any Sundays or religious holidays while at Barpali. Only when he steps out of the base camp, he avails un-disturbed sleep at night hours. Apart from work he is passionate about few other things in life, be it watching cricket or solving the cross-words in the daily news paper till late night.

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E. Kiran Mohan(the writer)      c/o.Dr.E.R.Rao (M.D)

Main Road, Near SBI,

At/PO : Barpali-768029

Dist. Bargarh, Odisha, India


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Jan 1, 2021

2:24 PM

Dr Susmita Dash(MD, Gynic) : A touch of humanity while diagnosing the sick

Way back 1973 one night Late Gunanidhi Dash of Bargarh had seen a dream of an angel coming to his home. Seven months after occurance of that event Susmita took birth as a granddaughter in his family. Her father Sh.  Mr Krushna Prasad Dash was working as an Asst. Engineer with PHED(Public Health and Engineering Department), Odisha. His job was to execute the civil works of local authority. He was commanding respect in the society not because he was an engineer, but for the reason he was a government servant. 



Her entire family members are well educated. That is why since her childhood she was endowed with a clear conscience to study hard, apart from playing games. When her father was transferred to Bijepur it was her mamu(maternal uncle) who took the responsibility to look after her schooling because then Bijepur happened to be a backward area having no modern amenities and a proper school. At Burla she attended Government Girls High School and passed tenth. Likewise passed 12th with First Division from NAC College, Burla. Afterward she got united with her parents at Sambalpur that was where she intensely prepared for the Odisha’s medical entrance examination. It was in the year 1991 she qualified the exams and joined the MBBS course at VIMSAR, Burla. Then it was the lone medical college in the entire west and northern parts of Odisha. On qualifying with the degree for a year she did housemanship, afterwards she was allotted a seat to enrol herself for specialisation. And Susmita got the subject which was her first choice. She did PG in obstetrics and gynecology(O&G). In the year 2011 she completed her PG and joined Sai Krupa Nursing Home as a gynecologist. This nursing home was set up by her husband Dr Rajesh Tripathy(MD, Anesthesia).


They had observed all the nursing homes at Bargarh were purely operating with a profit motive. They thought why can’t they provide the best medical facilities at an affordable price? Wayback 2012 she was charging 100 INR for a patient and you would dumbstruck to know even after 8 years they are charging just 150 INR. Whereas the quakes or the unqualified practising physicians charges 200 INR for the consultancy. They dispense medicine without even writing a prescription.


Over the period Susmita and her husband were able to establish themselves as formidable doctors of not only Bargarh, but of entire western parts of Odisha. The  vulnerable persons from the neighbouring state Chhattisgarh as well started flucking everyday to get the most advanced medical services at a relatively affordable price. 

It was the year 2003 one couple of Khuntpali of Bijepur block reached her clinic for consultation. Due to infertility the lady was unable to conceive a baby. When this doctor diagnosed her that lady conceived and delivered a baby girl. The parents of the newly born baby were so overwhelmed that they named the baby as “Susmita” so as to acknowledge their gratitude. Because that girl carries the name of Susmita she became a mita or saheli of this doctor and her parents became mit-ma and mit-bapa of this doctor.

 


Once a kid of 9 years was brought to their nursing home from as far as Baunsuni of Boudh district for the treatment of bladder stone. She has undergone an operation in their nursing home conducted by a visiting urosurgeon who came from Sambalpur. But after the operation there was internal bleeding from the wound site. He hailed from a poor farming family. Dr Susmita and her husband kept that patient in their nursing home for a long one and half month. The male attendants of their nursing home donated three files of blood. So long they stayed the nurses of their nursing home took the responsibility to cook the food in their mess and to provide it free of cost to that kid and her parents thrice a day. On recovering her health when  they returned to their village, Dr Susmita and her husband chalked out the plan to carry the philanthropic work on a broader scale. 


First of all they have to keep their business entity afloat, because a lot many employees are dependent on it for their livelihood. So they decided to devote Sunday of each week for the greater cause of society. Further  they thought instead of providing free health care to people of Bargarh they should provide services to the rural mass who are otherwise unable to afford the basic health care. With the help of different organisations and individuals Dr Susmita reached far off places to provide health solutions to the rural poor.


When the Helping Hearts organisation of Barpali approached her, without giving even a second thought she agreed to the proposal. She was coming to Barpali to do health camps for the rural women folk. She was reaching here all at her own cost along with her staff and all the medicines and sanitary pads. The rural womenfolk of Odisha observe menstruation as a closely guarded ritual. Dr Susmita reached out to the villages to awaken the adolescent girls and females about the cause of puberty and how to take good care of hygiene during the time of menstruation. She was bringing sanitary pads and distributing them free of cost to those poor females who otherwise can't afford to buy them. In every camp somewhere around 50 to 100 women used to congregate. But because of the ongoing Covid19 pandemic ever since March 2020 she withheld conducting anymore health camps for the greater safety of people.



Apart from that on the 2nd Saturday of every month this doctor couple were traveling 100 kms one way to as far as Baunsuni of Boudh district of Odisha. They were conducting health camp from morning 10.00AM till evening 6.00PM. They were carrying needed medicines along with them and dispensing to the poor patients. Now they are eagerly waiting for the pandemic to over so as to resume their mission. 



During 2012 one girl by the name Arnapurna Rana of Chandipali village under post office Padampur reached her in search of a job. But when Dr Susmita got to know she is an orphan, even without giving a second thought she kept that girl at her home.  Dr Susmita raised Arnapurna as if her daughter. She made the admission of Arnapurna in Melchamunda College. Every weekday Arnapurna was riding the scooty of Dr Susmita and going to  Melchamunda Junior College which is at a distance of 45 kms one way. With utmost sincerity she studied and even passed 12th in the very first attempt itself. Now that girl turned 30 and has taken complete charge of managing the home, while Dr Susmita is busy managing the helm of her clinic and the social activities. 


Wayback 2013 she along with her husband and son was travelling to Vishakapatnam in their car. After driving for around 250 kms their chauffeur felt tired. That was when her husband Dr Rajesh Tripathy took the command of the steering of the car. While the car was passing through the mountainous forest range somewhere in between Bisamkatak and Rayagada at a sharp turn their car skidded and tumbled three times and fell in a gorge almost 50 meters down. As per the poor Indian habits none of them were wearing the seat belts. A bus while crossing that place at that very moment halted. When most of the passengers were clicking the photographs with their cell phones, four brave youngmen went down to do the rescue operations. They broke open the car doors and as if angels  evacuated all safely one after another. But it was only her son who was brutally injured. He was unable to stand, because the thigh bone of his right leg (femur) was broken. After reaching the road those angels halted one vehicle. It was the Sub-Collector of a District who lifted and ferried them to the famous Christian Hospital (Missionary) located at Bisam Katak. After  getting the first aid treatment they went to Vishakapatnam to do the femur bone surgery of her son. This incident brought an impeccable change in the life of Susmita. She thought there was a divine intervention, because of which all of them survived. There might be a great meaning to survive and she should lead a meaningful life. She was determined to dedicate her remaining life for the welfare of people so long she survives. 


Bargarh district is not only the rice bowl of Odisha, but also a hotbed for the cancerous diseases. Because of the extensive use of pesticide and fertiliser in cultivation of paddy and farming of all other allied vegetables people are afflicted with numerous types of cancers for example lung, pancreatic, bowel(colon and rectal), prostate and bladder cancers.



Dr Susmita Dash was one among the formidable activists to set up a cancer hospital at Bargarh itself instead at Bhubaneswar. The Govt. of Odisha has agreed to the appeal of the people. A Category-II type of cancer hospital most likely to be set up at Khedapali Govt. Hospital itself, instead of delaying the project until the completion of the infrastructure.

 


18th May is the Birthday of her son. One year on 18th May a lady delivered a baby girl. At the time of birth the baby didn't cry, but this doctor made the safe delivery of the baby. Later that day  when the father of the new born baby got to know it is the auspicious birth day of Dr Susmita’s son, he decided to name the baby as Sidhi coinciding with her son’s name Sidharth. 



Once the sister-in-law of Dr.Susmita told her about a  fatherless boy by the name Shiv Shankar Prusti. That boy of Balangir was raised in an orphanage. He was a sincere and brilliant student who passed 10th all together with the first division. As per the rule of that orphanage the boy had to vacate the shelter on passing 10th. That kid wanted to study further. When Dr Susmita got to know that the boy wanted to pursue the career of ITI she asked him to join polytechnic instead. The boy said he didn't even know what it was. She said if he qualifies polytechnic then while doing graduation he will get two years relaxation on the basis of lateral entry. And this doctor has made his admission altogether in polytechnic at Balangir Government Polytechnic College. 


Once the inmates of Samleipadar oldage home expressed their wish to visit the Rath Yatra of Bargarh. Dr Susmita sent one vehicle to bring those old people to Bargarh. They came and touched the wooden rath and prostrated before the trinity. Likewise the inmates of San-Sahajbahal expressed their wish to visit the famous Dhanu Yatra of Bargarh. This doctor sent the vehicle and all the inmates came. They had their lunch in her nursing home and then went to witness the festival. By age they might be  old,  but they enjoyed  the Meena Bazaar  of Dhanu Jatra  with full fun and frolic as if children. Their nurshing home and this doctor couple are so famous that even Kansa Maharaj once visited their nursing home while doing sahar parikrama. 



She laughs while recounting an incident of her life. When she was a student of 12th she went to see Dhanu Jatra at Bargarh. She was standing along with her relatives near mini-stadium, that was when  Kansa Maharaj reached there on nagar parikrama. The king of Mathura was riding an elephant along with the battalion of armed forces. Susmita was astounded looking at the grandeur of the giant beast and the king sitting on top of it. But at the nick of the hour she was dumbstruck when Maharaja Kansa throwed a rose flower on Susmita. The flower dropped on the shoulder of that pretty looking Susmita. She was overwhelmed. All the people gathered over there complimented her saying how lucky she is, because lacs of people throng to Bargarh to see the Maharaja Kansa who rules Bargarh for long 10 days but here the King himself greeted her with a rose. 


Every year this doctor couple celebrates Diwali with the children of differently abled School of Bargarh. Along with them they carry sweets and firecrackers. That night they host the dinner for the children. 

During the second quarter of 2020 Dr Susmita and her husband got to know about a tribe of Hindi speaking nomads of Uttar Pradesh who were held up due to Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Unlike you and me they don’t have a shelter anywhere  on earth. They make a living by doing iron smelting work. Most of you might have spotted such kind of people in the open spaces of the street where you live. Near Tora railway tracks there were around 70 people and another 30 persons were living at Bhatli Chak by digging tents. Lot of women folk and their children were also there in those groups. On a weekly basis for a long three months Dr Susmita undertook the initiative to supply rice, dal, poha, potatoes, oil, salt and trays of eggs. All that she could not provide was fresh vegetables. Apart from that she was doing the health checkup of the children and pregnant ladies of that community. Since those mothers were malnourished there was poor lactation so this doctor duo were dispensing iron, calcium, vitamin tablets; protein powder and even skimmed milk powder for babies. She took care of those tribes until their vehicle was allowed to move out of Bargarh. 



Once her husband Dr Tripathy went to attend a function  of the high school from where he passed 10th at Baunsuni. Over there he met Padmashree Haldhar Nag who was invited as the Chief Guest of that meeting. Over the conversation Shri Nag invited them to his place. When Susmita and her family were returning from Narsingnath, they made it a point to meet the pride of Koshal region Haldhar Nag at his village Ghens. On reaching Kabi Kutir  the poet received the doctor duo with utmost respect. On looking at the sorry state of infrastructure  at the poet’s cottage Dr Susmita felt pitty. She thought to refurbish the house of lok kabi Haldhar Nag whose poetic works have won the hearts of lacs of people across the length and breadth of north-west Odisha and Chhattisgarh. She thought to convert the Cottage of Lok Kabi Haldhar Nag into a museum instead.  They found that poet Haldhar has stacked his books in cardboard boxes and gunny bags and kept them underneath his bed, as he didn't have a cupboard to store them safely. 



Finally on 25th  September 2020 Kabi Kutir museum has been inaugurated by Sushant Singh (Labour and Rural Development Minister, Government of Odisha) as Chief Guest, in the very presence of MLA of Bargarh Debesh Acharya and lot many dignitaries and inteligencia of Koshal region, Odisha.  


There are several instances of philenthropic works which this doctor duo has undertaken in their individual capacity. For instance when they got to know a lot many kids of Rang-ghar pada UP School are falling sick with waterborne diseases. They donated one water purifier along with a water cooler.



Dr Susmita thought to contribute her share to Mo School Abhijan project of Govt. of Odisha. Accordingly she contributed 50,000 INR to Rangghar Pada Upper Primary School of Bargarh. It is the same school which she had attended during her childhood. Accordingly, the Govt. of Odisha also contributed 50,000 matching the donation made by this doctor for the infrastructure development of this school. She was called to attend a meeting organised by the District Education Officer at Town Hall, Bargarh. The meeting was presided over by the District Collector. 


[Writer of this blog E Kiran Mohan could be seen while interviewing Dr Susmita Dash(MD)]


Mobile # +918249314972
E. Kiran Mohan(the writer)
C/o. Dr.E.R.Rao (M.D)
Main Road, Near SBI,
At/PO : Barpali-768029
Dist. Bargarh, Odisha, India
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Jun 4, 2020

3:38 PM

Dr Abhisekh kumar Sanyal: Charity at Heart


Dr Abhishek Sanyal was Born and brought up at Digras, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharastra. His father was a pass out from IIT Khadagpur in mechanical engineering. He was a professor of an agricultural university. But while Abhisekh was barely 11 years old his father expired.


 At such an young age Abhisekh and his elder sister took the responsibility of their home. Since they did not had a house of their own, they had to sift to the outskirt of Gondia city to get a cheaper accommodation. Every weekend Abhisekh and his sister were collecting the money from the neighbours in the colony. While carrying the cloth bags they were riding their cycles and going to vegetables market of Gondia located at a distance of three and half kilometres. The two siblings were bringing the fresh vegetables and delivering them in their locality. Whatever surplus vegetables they were left with was their profit and were handing over to their mother to cook at home. This was how the two youngsters were helping their mother to manage their shattered home.


Even though Abhisekh was the youngest of the family but while he was a student of Standard 8th he tried every possible way to earn money so as to support his mother and elder sister. Every winter there used to be a fair in their village for long four months where different shopping stalls were setup. That apart circus, magic, mouth ka kuan, ram jhula, bhul bhulaia were also conducting shows. After returning from school that kid was going to the fair along with his friends for fun and frolic. But the intention of Abhisekh was to get some temporary assignment. From evening 5.00PM till 9.30PM that kid was managing the ticket counter of the circus show. On a day basis Abhisekh was getting a pay of around 35 INR, which would be less than half US$ as on this date. But that boy was getting free entry to watch these shows, which otherwise he could never get the opportunity. By the time he was returning home it was too late at night though by than his sister was sleeping, but his mother was waiting for her son. Abhisekh was handing over 35 INR to his mother so that she will buy the grocery next day morning. Only after serving dinner to him his mother was partaking food. So this doctor realises the value of each single Rupee that he earns as on this day. He says it is not only important how honestly you earn money, but even more important is to be vigilant how wisely this money is used for the end use. Since his mother was not a qualified lady, it was his elder sister who was overseeing his studies. No Abhisekh did not had the privilege to attend any private tutorials. He was just grasping whatever that was taught by his teachers in the classroom. As he can’t afford to buy any study books he was borrowing them from his batch mates. But he had to write extensive notes as his friends can’t lend their text books during the time of half yearly and yearly exams. Abhisekh had inculcated the habit of collecting the unused white papers from the old note books of his batch mates. His sister was stitching those white papers and making the fresh note books for use. Despite keep on breathing in the neck deep water that stoic and sturdy fellow not only passed the 10th in the very first attempt, but with a first division. It boosted the moral of his mother and his sister who were raising that kid. On joining college he set his eyes to pursue the career of medicine. Abhisekh have got a technical bent of mind. At home on his own he was repairing the water pipes or different electrical equipment. The neighbours in the vicinity knew that boy possessing such skills. Whosoever in need was shouting the help of that boy. Abhisekh was rushing as a plumber to resolve their problems. But in return instead of getting cash, that kid was getting his fee in kind like a cup of tea and breakfast or tiffin box of curry to take home.


 His sister qualified in the engineering entrance test and joined India’s premier engineering college i.e. Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Roorkee. She opted to pursue civil engineering. Three years later that boy qualified in the medical entrance test and joined medical college. In the year 2005 Abhisekh qualified as a doctor with MBBS degree from Yavatmal.


Afterwards he left for Christian Medical College(CMC), Vellore to pursue Post Graduation in Physical Medicine and Reheblitation(PMR). CMC, Vellore ranked to be one of the best institution in the world for PMR. On passing out MBBS most of his batch mates opted for the lucrative opportunities and went abroad. But the heart and soul Dr Abhisekh Sanyal was crying for the marginal people of India. One of his professor suggested instead of returning to his home state Maharastra, he should move to any other backword regions of India and serve the underprivileged people. Since he hail from the western parts of India he thought to shift altogether to the other part of this subcontinent. Even though Dr Abhisekh Sanyal had no antecedent to Odisha he thought to serve the people of this eastern state of India which is emerging as an economic power. In fact Odisha is one of the hostile regions of India because its 39.31% of the geographic area comprising 61,204.17 sq. kms is of forest area. Over here as many as 62 different primitive tribes live. And the rate of illiteracy is as high as 27%. And it would be wise not to talk about the poverty ratio. He joined Kalinga Hospital at Bhubaneswar and from there he went to work at Som Hospital. One day while he was working one old sick person came to get the treatment. On interacting with that person Dr.Abhisekh got know he didn’t had any money either to pay the consultancy fee or to buy the medicine or to return to his abode. This doctor asked where does he stay? That helpless old man politely replied Missionary of Charity which is located at Jalana 14 kms away in Khurda district. Just on hearing it, the benevolent face of Mother Teresa appeared in the mind of Dr. Abhisekh Sanyal. The heart of Dr. Abhisekh Sanyal filled with nectar of love. This godly doctor took out the stethoscope from his shoulder and dropped that on his table and stood up. He said to his patient “lets go”. He made the old man sit on the back seat and drive his bike to drop him at the Missionary of Charity. On reaching there he found a world altogether different from the commercial hospital where he was working. Dr Abhisekh keep on visiting every week to render free service to the patients of Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation, Ulatpur. But once it so happened while riding a bike in Bhubaneswar this doctor met with an accident. He was in comma and was bed ridden for a considerable time. Then he thought he might have given a new lease of life by the almighty to serve a greater cause. Instead of working in a commercial hospital he set to serve the neglected people who belongs to the lower rungs of the society.


 In the year 2015 he registered THEE Trust at Pipli of which he is one of the founding members. They purchased three acres of land and constructed 5,000 sq. feet built-up area. His sister returned from England to join this mission. She was working as a faculty at Oxford University. It is ranked as the 4th top Unversity in the world. She not only left this lucrative but a glorious job altogether to return her country India to serve the mankind.


In June 2018 he took the drastic step to leave Som Hospital and joined as a Senior Resident at Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation (SVNIR), Ulatpur. Dr. Abhisekh left a lucrative corporate job and joined this hospital which is operated by Ministry of Social Welfare and Justice. It is worth noting this doctor has downgraded his career graph at the prime time of his life. As a consequence his income fell sharply fell below 50 percent. His father resisted for the abrupt step that was taken by this visionary, but his wife stood by him. She said she will sacrifice her personal comforts for the greater cause of the society.



Under the umbrella of Thee Trust
which he is running until now they have procured 40 advanced wheel chairs that are manufactured by Motivation India, a company of UK. Those were funded by Ganga Trust of Bangalore. Its run by Mr.Vaidyanathan who himself is a member of Spinal Foundation of India. He was the Finance Director of The Hindu Group of publications. But destiny had something else written for him. In the year 1992 that noble man met with an accident and had spinal injury. He thought to dedicate his rest of his life for a good cause. Ever since that man is doing whatever possible for the welfare and to rehabilitate people with spinal cord injury.

 In the past three and half years they have conducted around 200 major surgeries of leprosy, gangrene with diabetes foot, osteomyelitis, pendon transfer and so on. Every father and mother in India wants their children to be doctors, so that they can be able to lead a dignified life with rich life style. But rendering services to the mankind is the motive of this doctor. Though Maharastra has reared him, but he is serving a distance state Odisha altogether.

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E.Kiran Mohan(the writer)
C/o.Dr.E.R.Rao(M.D)
Main Road, Near SBI,
At/PO: Barpali-768029 Dist.Bargarh,Odisha, India
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Dec 2, 2019

5:38 PM

Dasari Murali Krishna: Carrying the beacon of Education and Health for the Society


Most of those who are carrying the beacons in metropolis were either brought up or got antecedent to the grassroots of this vast subcontinent called India. In Bargarh we also have a few entrepreneurs who built successful businesses from the scratch. But often the motive behind building such mega businesses is not only to make profits or build the capital, but to return a pie of the share to the society to which they are bequeathed.  

D.Murali Krishna is a prominent figure not only in Bargarh, but is in entire Western parts of Odisha. He is the one who is trying to answer to the apathy of the much neglected education and health care of Odisha. In the entire Western Odisha none other than him were able to visualise or even materialize the project of this magnitude in a span of just two decades. 

Murali Krishna was born and brought
up in a humble Telugu family of Khandhata village of Bargarh block. Somewhere in the year 1963 in search of greener pasture his father D Veer Raju migrated from Kesavaram of East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. His father was working hard as a labourer in the agricultural field owned by Mr G. Anand Rao. Though his father was illiterate, yet he was aware that education was the key to success and he made sure to impart his children with the best education available at that time, when neither the Govt. of India nor any of its provinces had formulated elaborate plans to eradicate illiteracy. Veer Raju has realised it is not money, but education that could only liberate any individual and in turn the society as a whole.


In the year 1979, one day while Murali was playing on the streets of his village, the landlord Sri G. Anand Rao asked Murali if he wants to study in the boarding school of their community. The eyes of Murali glittered, but he was knowing his parents can never afford to pay the hefty fee of a boarding school. Murali nodded his head innocently. Sri Anand Rao told Murali’s mother that he will rear her kid.  He asked Murali to sit in the car and  took him to Kosala  School located at village Nua Khairpali. It’s a CBSE affiliated English medium Residential which was started by their community people. Anand Rao was a very rich man, yet he was a philanthropist on his own accord.  Murali babu passed 10th with as much as 53 percent of marks from that school. On passing out 10th Murali wanted to pursue engineering. His father tried hard to enrol his name in Diploma Engineering, but luck does not favour the poor and he has to give up his dream to be an engineer. Instead Murali joined at Panchayat College of Bargarh to pursue Science.

The father of Murali was rearing around 32 cows and buffalos. His main source of livelihood was selling milk.  At the tender age of four or five, Murali used to fearlessly enter the cowsheds, while her mother would be busy with her household chores. He was keep on playing with the cows that were double of his height. Many times his mother used to search for him in hither and thither. But she was taking a long breath of solace on locating Krishna sleeping along with calves in the cow shed itself. She used to lift Murali from there and place him on the cot. That kid stood as a testimony to his name. He was playing around with the cows and calves the way Lord Krishna was playing during the Dwaparayug at Mathura. As Murali grew up he started spending most of his time while cleaning the cowshed, collecting the dung, preparing fuel supplements with the dung, milking the cows and even delivering milk in canes loaded in a bicycle to different homes at Bargarh.

At a tender age that kid had the ability to trace out the socio needs of his village. There used to be an irrigation canal crossing the road and over a period of time as the water was flowing throughout the year, a long stretch on either sides of the road was completely damaged, the villagers were facing hindrance as the bullock carts were unable to cross through the stream of water. As a result they had to unload the stuff from the carts and lift them manually to the other side and to reload the stuff once again on the other edge of the stream of water. In those decades there was no public administration to answer the local needs of such a remote village. Nor the elderly people of the village  had the wisdom how to resolve such an issue. During vacations Murali used to observe very closely problems that were faced by the villagers.

When Murali was a student of Class 7th,  during summer vacations he took the initiative to answer to such an issue. That kid along with his friends approached all the elders of his village and raised a lump sum 7,000 INR. During 80’s of the last Century it happened to be a huge sum on the part of children to mobilise that much money. They bought a culvert(cement pipe) admeasuring 20 feet’s and laid it underneath the road. The initiative which was taken by Krishna at such a tender age solved a major hindrance which his villagers were encountering. But none of his villagers would have ever imagined in decades to follow the same kid would take the huge responsibility of providing qualitative Education to the children and health care to the mass of this underdeveloped, yet a major geographical area of Odisha. 

Murali recalls when he was a kid he too had done his share of mischiefs. While he was a hosteller at Koshal School, Nua Khairpali he too did couple of mischiefs. As on this date while occupying the responsible position as the Chairman of Vikash Group of Educational Institutions he smiles at his own self for carrying all such mischievous activities.  

Pranks and truancy are common with children of school age. None of us were exempted, neither Murali was. He recalls his own experience. When he was a student, how he had done his own bit and share of mischiefs. And he shares this despite occupying the dignified position of Chairman of Vikash Group of Educational Institutions.

While smiling at his own self he narrates one of his abnormal behaviour of his school days. It was the year 1983 then when Murali was a student of Class 7th. He was a hosteller in the Koshal School, Nua Khairpali. Even then this school used to have a very strict administration. Students were groomed in the hostel under an eagle’s eye. In those days except outdoor games,  there used to be no electronic gadgets for the entertainment of children. Once during the time of Shiv Ratri friends told Murali about a VCR show of the movie “Challenge” that will be conducted on the neighbourhood. Then it was newly released Telugu cinema of the Super Star Chiranjeevi. His friend told Murali about lot of fighting that movie casts and couple of melodious songs to whose tune the heroine Vijayashanti dances.   It was an open air theatre free show at the temple premises for the general public to watch. Murali too had the urge to view the movie. 
At night after taking dinner when all the hostellers slept, Murali and his friends got up and went to the back side of his hostel and jumped out of compound wall of the hostel. When they landed on the other side of the wall, his mind started fluttering as if a butterfly. On reaching the venue all placed their footwear and sat on it. During the show, someone bashed on Murali’s back. With a shock Murali turned back. It was none other than his day scholar mate G. Ammana Choudhary. His friend asked how did they escape from the hostel of the school at night hour? Fear started hovering in his mind as a consequence he unable to relish the joy of watching the movie and at interval returned to his hostel on the same path. He along with his other friends jumped back across the hostel compound wall. In the pitch dark he went to his bed and slept while wrapping his body with a bedsheet to get rid of the mosquitoes. But Murali unable to catch the sleep, thinking what would be consequences if Ammana reports to their class teacher next morning.

Next morning in the first period his friend Ammana mischievously asked Murali why your eyes are red? Did you not sleep last night? Were you studying all the night? When the class teacher came Ammana reported about serious offence that Murali had done. When class teacher asked Murali he lowered his head to confess the crime that he did. The teacher asked Murali to lift his hands. With a stick he started bashing ruthlessly on his hands, back and thighs. Murali started crying with remorse as he unable to bear the pain. His teacher asked Murali to stand on the bench. When Murali took the elevated position all his friends looked at him ridiculously. While recalling that event, even as on this date Murali laughs at his own self.

In the year 1988 when Murali was in the second year of +2(i.e. 12th) Science one evening while his father was cutting the grass in the paddy field with an axe a cobra bite his thumb finger. Struck with fear he rode his bicycle for two kilometres to return home. Because of cycling the venom spread even rapidly in his body. When his father reached the street where they were residing, one snake charmer volunteered to cure his father by uttering few mantras and blowing air with his mouth on the thumb of his father. He uttered some mantras but nothing yield any result. Murali rushed in a Scooty to the clinic of Dr Bhimsen Piplani and brought him home. The doctor checked the pulse of his father and said “Sorry”. This is why India has got the ill reputation of being a country of snake charmers.

Entire family was in a state of grief, because of that unforeseen jolt. One night the mother and her four sons set to chart the plan how to repay the family debts which his father had borrowed to do farming. His eldest brother stepped into the shoes of his father carrying the paddy cultivation, while Murali and his elder brother Nagesh assisted. They asked their younger brother Pratap to continue his studies who was attending school. After his father demise everyday twice Murali was carrying milk in his bicycle to Bargarh. In the day hours Murali was hesitant to carry milk in his bicycle through the main road of Panchayat College of Bargarh, because he did not want to be a subject matter of mockery by the girls of his batch. He is hesitant to tell how he was bifurcating from the main road to the lanes when he used to spot any of his female batch mates coming from the opposite side.

Every day Murali worked vehemently
in their dairy farm and paddy fields from the wee hours till the sunset. Murali also wanted to try something on his own. Independently in a plot of 30 decimals he cultivated a small variant of white brinjals. In the summer it yielded a good crop. He carried the vegetables in his bicycle and sold them in the weekly vegetables market of neighbouring village Tora. He recalls he was selling them for as little as Rs.2/- a kilogram. The entire family members slogged tirelessly for five years. That apart they lead a marginal life while curtailing the little luxuries of life. And finally they paid back all the debts of his father and got free from the uncertainties of life. 
  
At that time life was very tough and Murali  unable to concentrate on his studies as a result that young man failed miserably in +2 exams by getting abysmal marks. In the year 1992 Murali applied for engineering at ITI at National Council for Vocational Training(NCVT), Burla. But instead of his preferred subject of mechanical engineering he was allotted with a seat in stenography. That fellow took admission without knowing what would be the career options of stenography. There was no one at his home to give him any career guidance. Proudly Krishna enrolled his name and procured a certificate of diploma in stenography.

After completion of his course in ITI every morning Krishna used to take a bath and was wearing a pair of tidy pant and shirt and was heading for either Sambalpur or Burla in search of a job. But this is not a commercial area, seldom there were any office complexes where Murali could have got the job of a stenographer. The thick certificate was getting mutilated in his file. His friends suggested him to get his diploma certificate framed with a mirror and to hang it at home. But Krishna thought he has not earned a Rupee carrying that certificate until then and why should he at all invest another Rs.50/- to frame that. Finally in the year 1993 he got a breakthrough. He was recruited as a Personal Secretary to the Manging Director of Shri Ganesh Rice Mill, Bargarh. Readers please don’t ask at how much salary. Because in this area where a majority of the population are unemployed remuneration could never be negotiated by the job seeker. It is the employer who always decides how much he is going to pay. There was no Letter of Appointment, may be because until then that rice mill did not had a stenographer to prepare a letter in a typewriter. That flourishing rice mill had as many as two Zenith type writers on their office desk. Then desktop computers were yet alien to this land. Krishna was told that he will be paid Rs.700/-(yes it was only seven hundred and not seven thousand). Krishna was in a state of ecstasy to get the first ever job of his life. That fellow counted in an average he will earn a little over Rs.20/- every day. He thought at least he will able to take a belly full of one breakfast everyday by paying Three Rupees. Krishna had the opinion he need not worry for the lunch because rice would be available free of cost, as he will be working in the rice mill itself. Krishna borrowed a red tie from his friend and wore it on a white shirt and went to report in the rice mill.

After working in the rice mill for one and half years that young man went to Bhawanipatna to try his luck in to sales. He joined as a salesman with a dealer of Swaraj Tractors. The irony was that he went to sell shoes to those who did not had the limbs. Kalahandi district is a famine tormented area. There are no irrigation projects in that region. Cultivation of paddy was solely depends upon the grace of monsoon rains.

Murali paid Rs.21 to the conductor and boarded the bus with a renewed vigour. After travelling for eight hours he landed in a region where yet aboriginals were living. Farmers were using bullocks to do the basic farming activities. Only the mighty rich chosen few were possessing tractors, which they were using for transporting the construction materials. It was a big challenge for that young salesman Murali to endorse people to buy tractors by investing couple of lakhs of Rupees. In fact the same work could have done by employing cheap labour. Krishna made people aware that they have to invest money, but at the same time their job would be accomplished speedily as compared to the manual work.


Though Murali sold many tractors across different town and villages of Kalhandi and Balangir district, but the bottleneck was in the after sales service. In less than six months most of the buyers returned with different complaints. In the entire Odisha and Chatisgarh there was neither a single after sales service point of Swaraj tractors, nor the spare parts were available. Because of it the customers were forced to wait for days together for the repairing of vehicles in the garage/fields.  So to keep the customers happy thrice Krishna went to Chandigarh while boarding in the general boggy of the train for exchanging axle of the tractors. It used to be a herculean task for travelling two and half days one way in the hot weather. Finally after lobbying for couple of years it was in 1995 Murali thought of quitting the job and start a retail spare parts shop so that he can provide after sales service to those customers who purchased Swaraj Tractors by believing him. It was his first business start-up as well.  He set up a spare parts shop of Swaraj Tractors at Bargarh by the name of M/s Vijay Enterprises. In the following year he started selling the spare parts of Mahindra Tractors as well. Over the years seeing his commitment and dedication, Swaraj itself offered him the authorised Distributorship of original spare parts. Now it’s an final destination for all the customers of Swaraj Tractors in the state of Odisha. That business is now being looked after by his younger brother Pratap. 

Starting as a sales man and then taking care of interest of customers impressed the management of both Swaraj and Mahindra dealers. The company officials  offered him C&F agency to sell their vehicles. Their business outfit supplied vehicles of the companies in the entire length and breadth of Odisha. 

In the year 2002 his son Vivek joined one English medium school at Bargarh. Even after attending the school in LKG for one year his son could not learn the basic alphabets of English. One day Murali shared his deep remorse with one of his school friend Bhaskar. In return his friend suggested why not start an English medium school by providing quality infrastructure and appointing quality teachers.


Murali along with his management team of Bhaskar, Nagesh and Srinivas called the very first press meet at Swastik Hotel, Bargarh to brief about setting up of a private school. In the press meet most of the reporters of Bargarh attended. When the meeting was over while having the refreshments one of the outspoken journalist of an English newspaper taunted Murali while saying “How could a dibawala of milk could ever run a school?” It deeply hurt Murali. But instead of retaliating Murali kept quiet. He wanted to prove his worth instead of arguing with that journo. That remark keep on haunting Murali as he was not having either the education nor the working experience to manage an educational institution. 

Two of those friends travelled extensively to Andhra Pradesh where lot many public schools are flourishing. They interacted with the management of a school at Vishakapatnam. They worked out the arithmetic and the modality on how to setup a residential school and to run it. They initially started running in a rented complex in Shakti Nagar. Afterwards they purchased a plot of land admeasuring 2 acres 18 decimal at  Barahaguda. But with the purchase of the land the treasury of the school became empty.

Murali and Bhaskar ran from pillar to post of different banks at Bargarh and Sambalpur. But none of the banks listen to their appeal. They even approached State Bank Of India(SBI) the largest money lending public sector bank of India, but their project was not approved. But both Murali and Bhaskar are such stoic persons who are not someone to give up their dreams. Instead they approached the Head Office of Balangir Anchalik Gramya Bank(now Utkala Bank) for a working capital of One Crore Rupees. But the bank approved a term loan of thirty lakhs. With this they built the building. It was a solace as they started operating with the minimum needed capital.
Today let whatever success he has achieved Murali bestows it to every teacher, school staff and even the attenders. During the initial period of inception of the school at Barahaguda when the total hostel strength was a meagre 200 students it was his maternal grandmother of 70 years old who had taken the sole responsibility to cook the food in the kitchen with her own hands in the kitchen of the hostel. Even at such grand old age she was taking the physical and mental strain to feed healthy and hygienic food to the wards. Before going to sleep it was a habit of Murali to invigilate the entire school premises. When Murali was entering the kitchen he was finding his granny yet engrossed in the work. Couple of times Murali shouted at her why at all she is working so late. One night she made Murali sit near her and served rice, sambar and curry. While embracing the back of her grandson as if he was a kid she politely told no great cause can ever be accomplished unless and until many people or the community as a whole itself is involved in it. She made her grandson believe it is not he himself who is building an institution, unless and until a family and the entire society is involved no great cause could ever be accomplished. She taught him to give due weightage not only to the parents who are paying the fee of the students, but to give equal respect to the drivers who are not only bringing students to school, but dropping them back safely at their homes every day. During the early years of initial ten years the entire need of rice and milk of the school was fulfilled from the farmhouse of Bhaskar and Murali. 
      
All those ornaments that are now glittering in any gold shop were once burned in the furnace and were ruthlessly   hammered time and again by the goldsmith. Likewise the hardships of his life made Dasari Murali Krishna a  gentle and humble person for which he is now recognised in the society.

In the very first year the student strength was 216. But in these 17 years the figure has outgrown to 6,500 students out of which 3,300 students are boarders housed in a lush green campus spread across 55 acres. So it won’t be wrong to term Barahaguda, Bargarh as a mini township in itself, which could be equivalent to the population of a Notified Area Council(NAC) with its own independent public administration. 

On 25th August 2007 Murali and Bhasker formed a trust in memory of their respective fathers. Its name is “DASARI VEERAJU & GUNNAM RAM CHANDRA RAO MEMORIAL TRUST”. It happens to be the death anniversary of his father Late Veeraju. This Trust started its first undergraduate course B.Tech in the year 2009, and now it is having B.Sc, B.Com, BA, BBA, BCA, BALLB, Diploma courses. The total strength is  more than 1,200 in all these courses. Under the same trust a CBSE School and CHSE College was started in the year 2010 and now it’s having a strength of more than 2,500 in two different  campuses housed in an area of 20 acres.

In the year 2009 they started a School at Bhubaneswar in a rented premises with a strength of around 150. But as on this date the school is running in two campuses with a student strength of 2,500 out of which around 1,300 students are in the boarding. Srinivas is looking after the day to day operations of this campus.

Looking at the efficacy of Team Vikash on managing the educational institutions, way back in the year 2006 ACC Cement expressed their wish to handover the operations of their Cement Nagar English Medium School, Bardol to the management of Vikash Group of Institutions. It is that school where the children of their plant workers are attending. For these past 14 years Murali along with his committed management team are overseeing the academic, faculty and the day to day operations of that school which is having a strength of around 1,000 day scholars. 

In the year 2018 they have taken over a group of Institutions at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi District which was having a strength of around 800 students from schooling to under graduate courses. After taking over the total set up has been given a new face by acquiring 20 acres of land and at present the group of Institutions is having strength of 1,600 in all the courses. 

In 2016 they set up Vikash Institute of Social Welfare for the underprivileged children from the poorest of the poor families who cannot afford even the basic education. They are teaching the courses under   Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE)  pattern. That apart they are providing vocational courses i.e. ITI in Electrical and Fitter for 10th pass students.  Every year they are enrolling 75 students in Standard 1 (CBSE Circular) and around 75 in Vocational courses.  Until now in these four years as many as five hundred children have taken admission. The school provides free admission, free boarding, free food, free books and free uniforms as well.  In the following years they ought to get the affiliation of CBSE. These kids will reach up to Class 12th without paying a single Paisa all free of cost. 

In India observing Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) is not an obligation for any Educational Institution. Yet the philanthropic mind of Vikash Educational Institutions have got the vision to provide free education to 2,000 unprivileged children in next five years. For self-sustaining of this project the management of Vikash Educational Institutions has planned to donate     2 percent of its revenue for this project. They are even shouting help the vendors and stake holders of Vikash to come forward and support this noble cause. 


In order to be self-sustained, on their
own accord Vikash campus has installed solar panels to generate electricity. Apart from consuming the self-generated solar energy they are selling the surplus to WESCO. They are generating biogas from the food waste of the hostel canteen. Every day as much as 50 kgs of biogas is generated by recycling food waste. This is equivalent to as many as four cylinders of LPG gas.

They have installed one sewage water treatment plant. Every day they are recycling as much as 5 lakh litres of sewage water. The recycled water is used solely to water the plants that are being beautifully groomed in their campus. The filtered water is even used in the flushes of all the toilets in their campus. 

Vikash Multispecialty Hospital


All the man made tangible things that you are seeing either on the surface of the earth, or hidden in the depths of the oceans or in the space technology are the mere result of a thought of few visionaries. Likewise two decades back Murali had foreseen the lacuna in the education system in this eastern state of Odisha and he attempted to answer it by building mega educational Insitutions  spread across the four corners of Odisha. Likewise for nearly thirty years he was observing the poor infrastructure in public health system of Odisha. In the rural and tribal belt of Odisha people are basically dependent upon the dilapidated health care that is provided by the State Government. In Odisha people just rush to the Primary Health Centres(PHC), Community Health Centres(CHC) or the District Head Quarter Hospitals to get the cure for any ailments. But only those complicated cases which could not be cured in the local hospitals are being referred to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science(VIMSAR) which is located at Burla. Like any other PHC or CHC across western parts of Odisha the lone medical college of this area i.e. VIMSAR is also a mere referral hospital. But only the wealthy class of the society able to  get advanced health care from the private hospitals that are operating either at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Raipur or Vishakapatnam. Murali and his team of professionals attempted to answer to that burning issue that was prevalent at that hour.  

They made intensive survey of Western Odisha. They prepared the elaborate project report to setup a multispecialty hospital at Bargarh itself. They mediated with couple of banks to get the requisite working capital. Their proposal was approved by non-other than the  State Bank of India(SBI) itself as they had a good track record of paying back all the loan amounts that they had borrowed to fund  different schools and colleges that they have built. In the summer of 2016 they started construction of the five floor hospital building at Barahaguda. But the project completed six months ahead of the gestation period, solely because of the enthusiasm with which they slugged. The OPD of Vikash Multi Speciality Hospital started functioning on 22nd October 2017. As on this date Vikash Hospitals ranked among one of the five best private hospitals of Odisha.

The total bed capacity of Vikash Multi Speciality Hospital is 150 units, out of which as many as 57 beds are in ICU. This hospital has got 32 super speciality consulting doctors be it cardiac, neuro, nephrology, urology or neonatology. In last one year this hospital did 180 angiograms and 170 angioplasty surgeries. It is worth an accreditation since in the last one year 800 patients have been admitted in ICU with a health restoration rate of 86%. Whereas the success rate in NICU is 98% and the success rate in cardiac angioplasty is cent percent.  As per the JCI benchmarks this success rate is very high. This hospital has got the unique feat of conducting the first ever open heart bypass surgery in western part of Odisha. Murali Krishna able to brake the orthodox mind-set to be a visionary to accomplish such mega projects.

While looking at his success and the magnetism most people  address him  as  Dr. Murali for the  prefix “D” which he carries in his name. Whereas the letter “D” stands for Dasari which in fact is the surname of his family. As per the norms the South Indians use the title of their family at the beginning, where as in the rest of India family title follows the name of the person.  His close friends at times lovingly tease him while calling him as “Munna Bhai MBBS”, which is a famous character from a Bollywood movie casted by hero Sanjay Dutt. 

In the present scenario illiteracy is the root cause of all the social evils let it be unemployment, poverty, hunger deaths or juvenile crimes. But 50 years back D Veer Raju the father of Murali Krishna who himself was a labourer able to realise it is only the education which could liberate an individual. If an individual would be self-sufficient then he would be able to raise his family properly. Neither the society, nor the state or the nation would prosper unless and until every family comes out of the shadow of illiteracy. Because of the wisdom of that marginalised farmer today such an advanced educational and health institution able to groom in this forbidden area, which is always at the apathy of State as well as Centre. DasariMurali Krishna despite being son of an illiterate father was able to build such a successful health and educational institutions. So it is obvious his upspring would gallop a long way in life. His son Dasari Vivek went to Pennsylvania State University, in the United States to do his BSc in management and marketing. Whereas  his younger son is pursuing his MBBS at Sri Ram Chandra Medical College, Chennai.

Even if you are managing a micro family with just one kid at home every day you would be confronting different short of troubles to manage your home. Either as a father or mother you know how difficult it is to rear your very own kids. So just imagine what would be the plight of the management of Vikash when they have undertaken the responsibility to up bring 14,000 students out of which 7,000 students are hostellers.

His elder brother, Dasari Nageswar Rao, Director of Vikash Group is a very strict administrator. He is always vigilant to address different issues of the school and colleges they are running. In his presence, the kids and the staff become alert to be disciplined. Whereas Murali Krishna seldom interfere with the play around activities of the kids. He is of the view, every kid should be brought up in a blissful environment. When the school is over the day scholars return to their home. They got every freedom to play with their friends on the street. So at their hostel campus the kids are given the freedom to have a friend and frolic life but within the norms. This is so as to ensure the safety and security of the children. 

Vikash Group of Institutions is completely a self-sustained model and has not got any monetary help nor land from government the way other educational groups have capitalised on the prelude of public welfare. 

It is worth appraising how a school dropout, has now became the most successful entrepreneur in western part of Odisha. He says he never take himself for granted. Apart from imparting education through his teachers to thousands of students Murali is on a constant drive to update his own self with the vast changing business environment. He focused himself to develop the leadership skills so as he could manage the vast number of professionals in the years that followed. He thinks there is no end to the learning process. Now that school dropout he himself sits in the academic review meetings of his schools and colleges where teachers, lecturers, principals and deans of his different institutions attend. 

During the past two decades he gradually keeps on learning. To command the qualified professionals be it the academicians or the teachers he need to update his own self in the ever changing times. In these long 17 years of his enterprising life as many as 35,000 students have enrolled in his different educational institutions that he is running. As on this date his educational institutions is giving livelihood to 1,000+ faculty members who are being led by  18 principals.

On the other hand his hospital is employing 32 specialised doctors. He is also a national trainer and a motivational speaker for various organizations and NGO’s be it Junior Chamber of International (JCI) and Lions Club. Every year he conducts three day workshops for the employees of his Group of Institutions so as to impart the soft skills that are needed to run the business smoothly and successfully in an unorganised market like that of Bargarh. 


Initially Murali started his business ventures with a motive to build capital, but over the time on reaching the pinnacles in his chosen field his material ambitions took a back stage. He thinks he is earning more than the minimum that is needed to feed and raise his two sons. His eldest son Vivek returned India after studying B.Sc in Business Management from Pennsylvania State University, USA. Now he is overseeing the operations of the Vikash Hospitals, Bargarh under the strict vigil of his father. His Younger son Lokesh is pursuing is MBBS in SRMC, Chennai.

Despite achieving more than his share of success he is always very humble with every human being whoever comes his way. He always tried to put his legs in the shoes of others so as to understand under what difficulty his employees are working. He got a countable few turncoats as well who get envy for all the achievements that Murali has accomplished in his lifetime.

 
Murali is an active person in the society. He always came forward for any cause of the society. He is an active member and President  of Andhra Cultural Association, Attabira. They have built a Kalyan Mandap  by spending 2.5 Crores INR. Murali rejuvenated Lions Eye Hospital, Bargarh. Every year they are conducting eye camps in different villages of Bargarh District. The doctors go to different villages and conducts eye check-ups of persons afflicted with cataract. On scheduled dates they pick the persons from their homes in ambulances and takes them to Lions Hospital at Bargarh. On doing the surgery they drop back each patient at their respective homes. In an average they are doing 600 cataract operations every year.

His contributions has been recognised at different times by many organisations and hope many more still to follow:
  • He has been awarded with Rashtra Bhasha Sevak Samman by Chattisgarh Govt. in the year 2006.
  • He was awarded with Outstanding Young Indian Award by JCI for his successful entrepreneur abilities at such an young age.  
  • A case study on him was presented in a International Management Conference titled “D. Murali Krishna: A case Study of Social Entrepreneurship” at IIM Ghaziabad on 3rd of December, 2008. 
  • He was adjudged as the Outstanding JCI of zone-IX for the year 2008.
  • He has been awarded with “PAKURTI MITRA” by Govt. of Odisha on the occasion of Environment Day for maintaining such environment friendly campuses.
  • He has been Awarded with ‘RAJATA FALAKA SAMMANAM 2018’  for his committed contribution to the Social Momentum by KACA, Attabira.

Entire life Murali has taken a leadership position in everything that he did. Since his college days he was a great admirer of the iron man of Odisha i.e. Late Biju Pattnaik and Atal Bihari Vajpayee as well. He was inspired by Late Dr. Abdul Kalam who used to say that good people should enter politics.   Six years back when Narendra Modi took the nation on a storm Murali was immensely influenced by his leadership quality. Murali found our Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a new hope for India. As a consequence he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He thought while without taking support of Government machinery if he can build a Institute of this magnitude, definitely he would able to serve the society even better by actively participating in politics and be the representative of people. During this period party recognised his organisational and the leadership qualities. He has been delegated with the responsibility of all the programmes when our Honb’le Prime Ministers Narendra Modi visited to Bargarh in 2017. He also played a key role in the Panchayat elections and was instrumental in BJP forming the zilla parishad of Bargarh. People of the Bargarh were expecting him to be their MP candidate for 2019 Lok Sabha General elections. But it was the misfortune of Bargarh District as his party did not allot a ticket to him. He is least bothered even while looking at the delicate political situation of Bargarh. He says his job is to serve the society and he will continue to do with the same zeal and the conviction. 


This man called Dasari Murali Krishna who has got the passion to achieve, attain any height is a diehard believer of anything is possible. His hobbies include getting involved in social work especially in his immediate environment. He also likes reading books and watching local news in television so as to know and understand the challenges that his people are facing.

He calls on the youth to be hard working. They should crave to be job givers instead of job seekers.  He also advises them to dream and strive to achieve the seemingly impossible. ’’Yes everything is possible’’ he enthuses. 
This enigma called Dasari Murali Krishna wants to be remembered for decades to follow as a humble and down to earth person of the society. Murali is a great achiever of dreams. Be it you or me, all of us has got one or two regrets in life. This astute colossal, gigantic and staunch business man, Murali the enigma, Murali the dreamer, Murali the achiever, Murali the trailblazer has one regret as well. Ironically its lack of holding an educational degree from a University.

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