Early Career
He was born in Kunkuduru village of Ramachandrapuram taluq in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to Venkata Ratnam and Mangamamba. He studied in Tailor High School and influenced by Bipin Chandra Pal entered public service.
Shri Iyyanki entered public life in the year 1907 at the age of 19 and was instrumental in establishing the First State Library Association in Indian - Andhra Desa Library Association (1914), Bengal Library Association (1925). He contributed to the foundation of the Madras Library Association (1928), Punjab Library Association (1929) at state level and All India Public Library Association (1919) at the national level.
Between 1934-1948 he toured the coastal districts and organized library tours in large scale by the district secretaries. As a result hundreds of libraries are opened and many are reopened. He organized training camps for the library secretarires in 1920 and 1934. It is not exaggeration if one can say he toured almost all villages in Andhra Pradesh.
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