he was born on 4 august 1933 in munganda, east godavari district of andhra pradesh in a patriotic family. his father mahidhara rammohan rao was a noted novelist, journalist and freedom fighter. having grown up in a house of literary movement, he began writing poetry at the age of 15 years. he later turned to be a science writer. he completed his masters in physics from osmania university in 1955 and got his ph.d from moscow university in 1963.