Dr. V.V.B. Rama Rao (b. 1938) is a retired English Language Teaching professional. Educated in Maharajah College Vizianagaram, Banaras Hindu University and Central Institute of English, he has a Ph.D. in English literature. He worked in his alma mater and UGC, USEFI and British Council Summer Institutes in ELT. He has published more than fifty books and scores of articles and reviews both in English and his mother tongue Telugu. Besides translations he wrote short and long fiction, poetry, biography and hagiography. Retired from active service in Dec. 1995, he lives in Noida with his son. He can be accessed on vadapalli.ramarao@gmail.com
