Srinivasa Rao Sambangi is a management postgraduate working for a pharma company in Hyderabad. He is well-known as a haiku writer in India and abroad . he has won several awards, which include the winner in VCBF haiku contest in the international category in 2022 and first place in the Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2023. His debut book forget-me-nots was published in December 2022.