Vadapalli Anandarau was born on August 25th, 1941 at Berhampur (Ganjam Dt.) Odisha and joined the Andhra Pradesh Cadre of the Indian Administrative Service in 1964 as an outsider. In a career spanning more than 37 years, he held the usual posts under the State and Central Governments including the post of Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. After retirement he is devothing his time for doing Gurubhakti (of the Snat Sad Guru of the Radhaoami Faith, Dayalbagh, Agra, UP) and for doing Abhyas of Surat sabda Yoga(or Anhad Sabda Yoga). He has two sons and a daughter and all of them are well settled in life. He graduated from the Utkal University in 1960 and obtained a Master’s degree in Nuclear Physics from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1962. He was on the faculty of BHU for two years before joining the IAS in 1964. He obtained a diploma in Industrial Management in 1975 from RVB, delft, The Netherlands.