Dallas, TX: Dr. Chandra Sekhar Vavilala, 36, post-doctoral fellow in Chemistry, a native of Ongole town in Andhra Pradesh struck by car and killed in New Orleans city in Louisiana State on Thursday, February 19th at 6:30 PM. He was struck by a car from the behind while he was going to University on a bicycle. He died on the spot with multiple injuries.
Dr. Vavilala earned a Ph. D in Chemistry at a University in Germany and moved to Princeton University, New Jersey, USA in 2007. He relocated to New Orleans in January 2009 to work as a research scholar in the Dept. of Chemistry with Prof. Robert Pascal at Tulane University.
Dr. Vavilala is survived by his wife Anasuya Kolavennu, Ph. D and a four years old daughter.
“We convey our deepest condolences to Dr. Vavilala family. TANA Executive Vice President, Prasad Thotakura, TANA Secretary Mohan Nannapaneni, TANA South West Regional Director Murali Vennam and a team of TEAM Square volunteers are working on all logistics to send the deceased to Ongole as soon as possible”. Jayaram Komati, TANA President said.
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