I had the youngsters in mind when I launched Gayatrivantillu. My target group were students, bachelors, forced bachelors, newly married etc., who were far away from home and didn’t have enough time to discuss culinary topics with their mothers and wives back at home. 

To my surprise I found that my target group have spinned off new viewership coming from their friends, mothers, and grandparents too!! When I shared this information with my father-in-law he jocularly remarked “Oh…. It has come of age!!!”. Over the period this website has also become very popular  and I’m happy to note that it has become a cooking aid mounted on the laptops in some kitchens.

I acknowledge the following who influenced me in my life. Their contribution is either direct or indirect in terms of ideas, thoughts, technical support etc. The list is prepared and appended as when I recollect their contribution.  It should not be treated as a ranking order. 

• Shri Sanjay Thumma, the Chef of  www.vahrehvah.com from whom I have been benifitted with  lots of tips and recipes. As a token of acknowledgement, I named a Paneer dish "Paneer Vahrehvah" in my recipe collection.
• Smt. Manjula Jain for Rasagulla in her www.manjulaskitchen.com and many more of her dishes
• Smt Sudha Kulkarni for Micro-wave cooking esp the Modaks video is too good
•  The Talkative Sanjeev Kapoor for his TV show on preparation of Shrikhand
• Tarala Dalal the prolific Recipe writer for her books
• Nirmala Tilak, Vasanta Murthy, Joyti Nikunj Parekh, Malati Chandoor, Aneri  are few names to be taken with regard.
• Dr. Shikha Sharma for her book on less oil cooking menus
• My friends Vidya W/O Shri MR Gopal for Molakuttal & Avial, Devi W/o Shri DK Routray for Paneer Dish, Deepa  Bhabhi  W/O Shri PK Pandey & Pandeys' Late "Maaji" for Rotis, Manju Bhabhi W/O Shri Harish Jawa for Gobi Paraantha, Anuradha W/O Shri K Mohan for Ice-cream.
• Master Sandeep S/O Shri BGK Acharyulu for getting the web address www.gayatrivantillu.com
• Dr. SS Rao, my uncle who inspires me for keeping myself busy
• Master M Srikanth (BoBBo) having inspired me for video making
• My Mother and Mother-in-law who have been giving tips on cooking
• Smt Tulasi should find a place here because she has given me the Tati pallu and similarly Smt Prabha and her in-laws who have given me Farm Roasted Tegalu in the bonfire. There are my friendly neighbors at Vizianagaram.
  
• Many many other resources on the internet, media etc