PV Satheesh, founder of Deccan Development Society, fondly called as the Telangana Millet Man passed away in Hyderabad.

Sangareddy: Founder of Zaheerabad-based Deccan Development Society (DDS) PV Satheesh (77) passed away in a private hospital in Hyderabad while undergoing treatment for health issues in the early hours of Sunday. He was fondly called as the Telangana Millet Man.

Satheesh founded the DDS in 1983 in Zaheerabad to conserve traditional crops besides improving the lives of women from  backward sections of Zaheerabad area. During the last four decades, the DDS has won several awards for its work. The DDS women had won the Equator prize presented by United National Development Programme. 

As the news of the demise of Satheesh spread in the Zaheerabad area, the people associated with DDS turned emotional.