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A Road named after Vajendla Venkateswara Rao in Mumbai

V V Rao Marg, Nariman Point, 400021 street is located in the Mumbai City, Mumbai District, Maharashtra state, India was named after Late. Vagendla Venkateswara Rao.   Venkateshwara Rao Vajendla also known as "V V Rao"  (October 12, 1941 - October 21, 1999) was born in  Pamulapadu Village, Guntur District. He served as Chief Fire Officer Mumbai Fire Brigade was awarded President’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service in 26th January, 1997. V V Rao has worked in the fire brigade for 42 years.   For the first time a chief fire officer was given the guard of honour after his death was in 1999, when the chief fire officer was V V Rao. His body was taken in a truck to Shivaji Park crematorium. In October 1999, then CFO VV Rao had died following a cardiac arrest in the civic headquarters. His son Ananda Rao Vegendla married BJP leader Late.Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam Mahajan alias Poonam Vajendla Rao (MP from Mumbai North Central) 

Sreekanth Chalasani granted $1 million to harness sound to control brain cells

LA JOLLA--Salk Institute for Biological Studies Associate Professor Sreekanth Chalasani has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative for developing a way to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle and other cells using ultrasonic waves, which could be a boon to neuroscience research as well as medicine. Chalasani will receive over $1 million for the first year of the award to expand his groundbreaking technology into mammalian cells. If it works in humans, such a technology could be used for deep brain stimulation--a common treatment in Parkinson's and depression. It could also be used outside of the brain to act as a pacemaker for a heart or to produce insulin from pancreatic cells. "The Chalasani lab developed a revolutionary way to precisely target specific cells in a living organism using sound waves," says Salk President Elizabeth Blackburn. "

Australia-based Venkat Suhas Atluri donates gold crown to Saibaba shrine

Shirdi: An Australia-based Saibaba devotee, Venkat Suhas Atluri , today donated a gold crown, weighing 748 grams, to the Shirdi shrine here, officials said. The crown, adorned with multi-coloured gems, is estimated to be worth over Rs 21.77 lakhs, officials of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust said. Atluri visited the shrine in the morning on the occasion of Dussehra and took part in the 'aarti', they added. "I am visiting Shirdi since I was one-year-old. I hail from Andhra Pradesh and due to Saibaba's blessings, I have settled in Australia," he said.

Tech CEO acquires 2nd firm

Avani Technology Solutions Inc.’s founder President and CEO  Sameer Penakalapati has agreed to acquire Poughkeepsie-based Indotronix International Corp.—a $22 million IT company provider—adding some 250 employees and dozens of Fortune 500 clients to his portfolio, officials said.  The acquisition is a major step in President and CEO Penakalapati’s goal of reaching $100 million in revenue by 2020. Penakalapati predicts combined sales for the two firms of $50 million this year. The deal has taken roughly four months to come together, and it is expected to close in late October. The acquisition is slated to bring the two firms’ total employment to over 700 staffers spanning all 50 states and in India. The two companies employ some 150 people in New York. The deal also includes the addition of 50 people in Avani’s India office.  The addition of Indotronix will give Penakalapati’s pair of firms government clients and prime contractors who have been customers for 30 years, a huge

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Ruthvika Shivani Gadde clinches Russian Open title

Ruthvika Shivani Gadde comprehensively beat Russia's Evegeniya Kosetskaya 21-10, 21-13 to win the Russian Open Grand Prix on Sunday. It took only 26 minutes for Gadde, seeded fourth, to win her second final in 2016 after upsetting Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu to win the gold medal at the South Asian Games. 

Indian American Actor-filmmaker Anisha Adusumilli’s First Film Premiered at South Asian Film Fest

Los Angeles-based Indian American actor-director Anisha Adusumilli ’s debut short, “First Date,” is among six short films from across the globe screened at the 22nd annual South Asian Film Festival held in Florida Oct. 1 to Oct. 3. The premise of this hilarious short, which will see its Southeast premiere at the prestigious film fest is: Deepak meets his future bride, Rashmi, for the first time. She’s not exactly what he expected but everything he’s ever wanted. “First Date” is a passion project stemming from pressure from Adusumilli’s mom to find a man and get married, and a direct result of her putting Adusumilli on an Indian dating site without her knowledge, she said in a statement. The comedic short is a fantasy (literally and figuratively) she had as she wondered what it would be like to be arranged in marriage as a first-generation South Asian in this app-driven, millennial dating world. An artist from a young age, Adusumilli began studying classical piano at the age

Sai Krishna Dandamudi placed 2nd at the Godan Summit 2016 in New York

The challenge aimed to uncover new, innovative ways to unleash the power of open data and solve specific challenges in agriculture and nutrition, to enable policy makers, farmers and the open data community to make significant steps forward in the release, management and use of open data. Sai Krishna Dandamudi was awarded second place for his inputs on ‘Creating an online marketplace for farmers to secure better prices for crops, in coordination with government data’ under the Policy Challenge.  The Open Data Challenge received worldwide involvement from over 100 next generation innovators, such as coders, students, designers, marketers, young entrepreneurs, open data enthusiasts, forward-thinkers, and curious minds, the summit received inputs for its Policy Challenge and Open Data Maker's Challenge. The Policy challenge required entrants to design a policy or program for their country or organisation that would incentivise government and nongovernmental agencies to bett

Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad named BCCI selection panel Chairman

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed  Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad   as the new chairman of the national selection committee. BCCI’s decision of appointing Prasad and the rest of the selection committee was in complete defiance of the Lodha Committee recommendations, which had called for a three-member committee as opposed to the five-member one that the Board has stuck to. Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad, during his playing days, was a wicketkeeper batsman. He made his international debut in an ODI against Bangladesh in Mohali in 1998. His first Test cap came the following year against New Zealand at the same venue. Prasad was brought into the setup in place of Nayan Mongia who was nursing an injury. This opportunity allowed MSK to play six Tests until 2000. In 2000, Mongia was called back to the India squad which led to Prasad getting dropped. He didn’t find a way back to the national setup since then. After being dropped from the Test squad in 2000, Prasad continued

Prof. Prasad Yarlagadda awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia

Prof. Prasad Yarlagadda awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to engineering and the Indian community. When the Queen’s Birthday Honours were announced, Prof Prasad Yarlagadda was travelling in the US as part of the Queensland Premier’s trade mission. “I’ve just attended the BIO 2016 Convention, an important part of this mission, and sought out opportunities in the broad field of biotechnology, biomedical instrumentation and similar fields,” he told Indian Link from the US. “I am taking advantage of this trip to visit high quality research institutes and universities to strengthen my research partnerships.” His commitment to his lifelong passion for engineering, for which he was awarded the OAM this year (along with services to Queensland’s Indian community), was immediately apparent. Prof. Yarlagadda has been Professor in Smart Systems at the Queensland University of Technology’s Science and Engineering Faculty since 2005, and Project Director, Airports

Bodepudi Hari Babu elevated as Global COO at Mylan, Inc

Currently, he heads Mylan's Indian arm and OSD and API verticals; he has 25 years' experience in global generic pharma industry Mylan Laboratories Limited managing director and chief executive officer Bodepudi Hari Babu has been appointed as the global chief operating officer (COO) of the American generics pharmaceutical giant Mylan in his expanded role at the company's global operations. Currently, he is heading Mylan's Indian subsidiary as well as the oral solid dose (OSD) and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) verticals. He has around 25 years of experience in global generic pharmaceutical industry. In his new role, Hari Babu will oversee operations of Mylan's all global verticals including supply chain, sourcing, third-party finished dosage form (FDF) launch management and operational processes, environmental health and safety and regional operations. After completing PhD in Organic Chemistry from Andhra University Hari Babu started h