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23-Year-Old Village Sarpanch From Andhra Pradesh Bags Gold Medal In MTech!

Shamik Banerjee

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23-Year-Old Village Sarpanch From Andhra Pradesh Bags Gold Medal In MTech!

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A Tough Journey For A Young Aspirant
A Desire For Public-Service

23-year-old V Mounica from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, achieved the seemingly impossible task of scoring a distinction in M.Tech while at the same time, serving as a village sarpanch. She has been serving as the sarpanch of Pedda Marriveedu village of Gonegandla mandal in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh while simultaneously pursuing M.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.

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Due to her inspiring feat, the honorable governor of Andhra Pradesh Biswa Bhusan Harichandan awarded Mounica a gold medal at a convocation held in Anantapur on Saturday.

A Tough Journey For A Young Aspirant

Mounica had a strong will to serve the common people. Instead of pursuing internships or additional courses, she contested in the panchayat elections last year and emerged victorious, while also studying for the final year of her M.Tech.

She expressed her happiness and celebrated the victory - “It is a big honour for me to get elected as panchayat sarpanch of my native village Pedda Marriveedu. Securing the gold medal at convocation has furthered my joy.”

She shared the difficulties she had faced because of the Covid-19 pandemic, like all of us. Due to her college being closed amidst the pandemic lockdown, she had to complete the remaining semesters and examinations without going to college. It became all the more difficult as she was also preparing to contest the panchayat elections amidst everything else.

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Mounica completed her post-graduation as an engineer in Electrical Power Systems with a grade of 89.92%. Due to her outstanding achievement, she was awarded the professor MS Nayudu memorial gold medal.

A Desire For Public-Service

Mounica expressed her long-term ambition of serving the public. She talked about her aim to develop the village and positively transform the livelihoods of the villagers and how local ministers, district officials, and legislators came forward to help her achieve the goal. She also spoke about the ongoing task of providing drinking water to each and every household with the support of local legislator Chenna Kesava Reddy.

With the backing of local elders and her father Narasanna to take the political plunge, Mounica contested the elections in her village with success. Prior to her engineering degree, she completed a diploma in polytechnic. Besides, she was also a topper in SSC, intermediate, and now in engineering as well!