About Dr A S Rao
Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao (1914-2003), was the founding Managing Director of Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad.
Born in a poor family, Shri Rao evolved into a man of simplicity and humility, with a fune human touch. He is recognised as a man, not merely of strong beliefs, but of action in philosophy of technological self-reliance.
Shri Rao was a physicist by training, but studied later Electrical Engineering in Stanford University. He was associated with Dr Homi Bhabha, the well-known nuclear scientist. Shri Rao was closely involved in formulating policies for development of electronics in he country.
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The growth and performance of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) stand as a testimony to the vision of the Bhabha Committee. Dr A S Rao, an illustrious member of this Committee, translated this philosophy of self-reliance in Electronics into action, the unique success of which has now been universally acknowledged. Under the stewardship of Dr A S Rao, ECIL grew into a major electronics complex supplying to the nation a wide range of electronic systems, instruments and components for diverse applications like nuclear power, defence, communications, agriculture, medicine and scientific research, demonstrating the possibility of a very high degree of self-reliance in the field of electronics in the country.