Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Rural Telangana Women Win Journalism Gold Medals Despite Adversity
Three young women from rural Telangana won gold medals in journalism and mass communication.
They studied in the journalism department at Osmania University Post Graduate College in Siddipet.
Katla Kavya earned the highest marks in her class during the 2024-25 examinations.
She grew up in Anantaram village and studied in government institutions.
Gollapalli Chamanthi won a gold medal in 2017 for her marks in Development and Rural Communication.
She later worked with Nava Telangana and a YouTube channel.
Kadasi Chiruhasini won a gold medal in 2023 after facing several serious difficulties.
She went to classes while working and took examinations in a wheelchair after breaking her leg.
Their achievements show how determination and support can help students overcome difficult circumstances.
Katla Kavya won the late Major SM Hussain and Amina Begum gold medal for the highest first-division aggregate in the 2024-25 MA Journalism and Mass Communication examinations.
Gollapalli Chamanthi became the Siddipet journalism department’s first gold medallist in 2017, winning the Yudhvir Memorial Gold Medal in Development and Rural Communication.
Kadasi Chiruhasini won the Yudhvir Memorial Gold Medal in 2023 despite bereavement, depression, financial hardship and a leg fracture.
Chiruhasini attended classes while working and wrote examinations from a wheelchair after fracturing her leg.
The three women studied at Osmania University Post Graduate College, Siddipet, and were presented as examples of perseverance for rural students, especially girls.
- Who
- Katla Kavya, Gollapalli Chamanthi and Kadasi Chiruhasini.
- What
- The three women won gold medals in Journalism and Mass Communication at Osmania University.
- When
- Kavya won for the 2024-25 academic year; Chamanthi won in 2017; Chiruhasini won in 2023.
- Where
- Osmania University Post Graduate College, Siddipet, Telangana; the women come from rural areas including Anantaram and Komuravelli.
- Why
- They achieved the medals through academic performance and perseverance despite social, personal and financial difficulties.
- Institution
- Osmania University Post Graduate College, Siddipet
- Course
- MA Journalism and Mass Communication
- Kavya’s achievement
- Highest aggregate marks in the first division in the 2024-25 examinations
- Chamanthi’s medal
- Yudhvir Memorial Gold Medal for Development and Rural Communication, awarded in 2017
- Chiruhasini’s medal
- Yudhvir Memorial Gold Medal, awarded in 2023
- Kavya’s current work
- HR professional with a private financial company in Karimnagar
- Department milestone
- Kavya was the third student from the Siddipet journalism department to win a gold medal since the course began in 2013