Turaga Janaki Rani

She joined All India Radio in 1974 as producer and retired as Assistant Station Director at Hyderabad in 1994. She handled the planning, production, and presentation of programs for women, children, senior citizens and working women. In collaboration with Department of Education, Panchayati raj, Osmania University and UNICEF she has created many programs focusing on universal primary education (andariki chaduvu). She has designed a unique IEC campaign on child rights and child labour, Bala Jagriti, produced audio cassettes for UNICEF.

She did her post graduation in Indian History, Telugu, and Economics from Andhra University. She also did her post graduation degree in Economics from Nizam College in Hyderabad. She was married to Krishna Mohan Rao in 1959. They have two daughters, Usha Ramani and Vasantha Shobha.

Janaki Rani started her career in Central Social Welfare Board in 1958 as Welfare Officer, a central government voluntary organization for the welfare of disadvantaged sections of the society. She secured orientation certificate from Madras School of Social Work. During her service in the organization, she has initiated family and child welfare projects in tribal areas like Ashwaraopeta, Wankhidi and Addateegala. During her tenure, she also edited the official magazine of the board, ‘Subhashini’.

Turaga Janaki Rani (31 August 1936 – 15 October 2014) was a broadcaster, social activist and a writer worked with All India Radio for two decades. Popularly known as Radio Akkayya (Telugu: రేడియో అక్కయ్య Radio Sister).

Turaga Janaki Rani was born in August 1936 in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. She did her schooling from Lady Ampthill school and school final from Hindu College, Machilipatnam.