Dr. Innaiah Narisetti

Dr. Innaiah Narisetti (born October 31, 1937) is a writer and humanist from India. A longtime journalist and translator, he served as the chair of the Indian branch of the Center for Inquiry, a secular non-profit organization "dedicated to promoting and defending science, reason, and free inquiry in all aspects of human interest." Dr. Innaiah Narisetti was born in Patha Reddi Palem village in Chebrolu Panchayat, Tenali Taluq, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He went to Roman Catholic school at the village and later in Chebrolu, and then to Surya Devara Narasaiah High School in Chebrolu, where he graduated in 1952. From 1953 to 1958 he went to college at Andhra Christian College, Guntur 1953-58, then from 1958 to 1960 at Andhra University, Waltair, to study philosophy. He received his MA in philosophy from Osmania University in 1964. He is an atheist.