With all my accumulated grief I would like to inform the CTU community that Dr. V.S. Vedam, who was involved in a major car accident, finally succumbed to the sudden demise on Tue, 30th August, 2022, leaving behind, his wife Hyma, daughter Vani, and sons Hari and Ram. He was a great scholar in the Telugu community and remained a very orthodox person with no compromises to any of the daily rituals.
CTU as an organization could not have existed without a set of families like that of Dr. Vedam where every member of the family would put in their heart and soul into CTU’s success. They have never dropped out with excuses. It could be in the form of hosting, culinary help, hall management, kitchen management, airport pickups, continued monetary support to CTU at their highest levels as Annadhatas and Patrons. He instilled in his children that every one of them must commit to be part of the organization as both genuine volunteers and also as generous donors.
In the new world of proud parents with self-promoting youths as their children, he was a true exception who meticulously instilled in his children, the notion of “kainkaryam” as the way to reach higher goals in life.
His children continue to live for the higher values and this family sets a solid example for what young volunteer parents should strive for as ultimate goals in their own lives.
In grief,
Dr. T.E.S Raghavan