Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Child activist B Hari Venkata Ramana appointed Visakhapatnam CWC chairman
There is a group in Visakhapatnam called the Child Welfare Committee that works to keep children safe and happy.
A man named B Hari Venkata Ramana has been chosen to be the leader of this group.
He is a child activist, which means he works to help children.
He has been helping children for 20 years.
He works with groups in India and other countries.
In 2012, he won a special prize called the National Youth Award.
He has written books about stopping human trafficking and about children who move to new places.
He has also taught children in North Andhra about staying safe and avoiding child marriage.
He will be the leader of the committee for three years.
Three other people will join him to help children in Visakhapatnam.
Child activist B Hari Venkata Ramana was appointed chairman of the Visakhapatnam district Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
The appointment order was issued by Suryakumari, Principal Secretary of the Women and Child Welfare department.
Hari Venkata Ramana will serve as CWC chairman for three years.
He has worked on children's issues for 20 years with national and international organisations and received the National Youth Award in 2012.
D Uday Kumar, S Shyam Kumar and P Rajeshwari were appointed as members of the committee.
- Who
- B Hari Venkata Ramana, a city-based child activist from Visakhapatnam.
- What
- He was appointed chairman of the Visakhapatnam district Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
- When
- The appointment was announced through an order issued by the Women and Child Welfare department; no specific date was mentioned in the article.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam district.
- Why
- To lead the district's Child Welfare Committee, given his 20 years of experience working on children's issues.
- Appointee
- B Hari Venkata Ramana
- New Role
- Chairman, Visakhapatnam district Child Welfare Committee (CWC)
- Term
- Three years
- Order Issued By
- Suryakumari, Principal Secretary, Women and Child Welfare department
- Experience
- 20 years working on children's issues
- Award
- National Youth Award, received in 2012
- New Members
- D Uday Kumar, S Shyam Kumar and P Rajeshwari