An able administrator, poet and writer and a good public speaker all rolled into one person that is Dr. P. Seshadri, Additional Joint Collector, who has many awards and rewards to his credit for public service and poetic compilations.
Calm and composed, he was considered a great asset in administration as he solved several critical public issues in different designations right from Deputy Tahsildar to the present level spanning over 35 years of service.
A think tank
Therefore, his senior colleagues, superior officers, his peer group and friends described him as an able administrator whose heart always longs for the poor and downtrodden and also a good poet who writes poetry with brevity, preciseness and accuracy basing on socio economic and political issues.
Born in a middle-class farmers’ family to Patnam Narsappa and Paguntamma in a remote village of Mahaboobnagar district in 1957, Seshadri pursued his education against all the odds.
He did his Ph.D. in Botany and Law from Osmania University and get Diploma in Chemistry from All India Institute of Chemistry, Kolkata.
As he was interested in direct public service, he resigned to chemist post in the AP Pollution Control Board and joined as Deputy Tahsildar after being selected through the APPSC. Since then, he rendered untiring service in public career.
However, he could not afford to give up his love for poetry and therefore continued to write.
Adult literacy programmes
Seeing his enthusiasm, senior IAS officers Latha Krishna Rao and P. Dayachary and senior colleague Enugu Narsimha Reddy encouraged him in writing.
His penchant for literature enabled him to take part very actively in adult education programmes and promotion of Telugu as an official language directing cultural activities in backward Medak district.
His oratorical skills and speeches which generally are laced with anecdotes and witty remarks in literary meetings earned him laurels and literary friends. The same also made him one of compulsory guests in almost every literary meeting.
Endeared by one and all with his humility, Dr. Seshadri made rural problems and the common man’s life as substance for his poetry.
In spite of being busy in public service, he could publish several short stories, poems and also the books “Aksara Dalalu” and “Kavitha Sumalu”.
Though his literary works less in quantity they are best quality.
Dr. Seshadri is going to retire from public service this month-end, but not from his literary cultivation.
