Dr. Chukka Ramaiah (born 20 November 1925) popularly known as IIT Ramaiah is an Indian educationist and MLC of Telangana. He is an acclaimed expert in IIT coaching in mathematics.[1][2] He is famously known for IIT Study Circle, an IIT JEE coaching centre at Nallakunta, Hyderabad. He is a leading Telangana activist. He taught Mathematics at various schools across the Telangana region before retiring as the principal of the AP Residential School, Nagarjuna Sagar in 1983. Chukka Ramaiah, after retiring in 1983, could not get his pension and other benefits approved by the government.[citation needed] This made him to look for means for livelihood. He went to Basar's Saraswati temple and stayed there for a week to contemplate his future.