SV University Vice-Chancellor Avula Damodaram initiated the celebration to mark the 70th birth anniversary of philanthropist Sadhu Janardhan, an alumnus who passed out with distinction in the year 1964. His family immortalised his memory by making munificent contribution to his alma mater, in the form of a men’s hostel and women’s hostel building for the physically challenged, after his demise in 2001. Prof. Damodaram celebrated the event by cutting a cake and offering it to a differently-abled students.