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Forbes India Leadership Award 2017: Alluri Indra Kumar

Forbes India Leadership Award 2017: Value Creator Avanti Feeds’ share price has clocked an annual growth of 122% in the last 10 years. In the last year, it has shot up 400% Alluri Indra Kumar , 55, the chairman and managing director of Avanti Feeds, is a man of few words. In the early 1990s, when he was executive director of the Hyderabad-based Avanti Feeds, he spotted an opportunity in the shrimp feeds market. The company, founded by Kumar’s father Venkateswara Rao in 1993, was at the time mainly involved in manufacturing proteins for medicinal and food products. He foresaw the boom in aquaculture and believed that, as a ripple effect, the market for shrimp feed would expand. He started meeting fish and shrimp farmers to understand their requirements. “Farmers want quality feed. Over the years, we have supplied farmers quality products and thus our market share has kept increasing,” he says. In 1993, the company had a market share of 7 percent, which has gone up to

Only 14, but Pullela Gayatri Gopichand winning U-19 titles already

As 14-year-old Pullela Gayatri made her way to her first U-19 title with a 23-21, 21-18 over top seed Purva Barve of Maharashtra. Pullela Gopichand is no less than a legend in the sport of Badminton. As good of a player he was, Gopichand's legacy will surely go down in history as one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport. Almost single-handedly, the ace former shuttler has transformed the sport of Badminton in India, and it currently sees both men's and women's players among the top 3 in the BWF rankings. Almost the entire current crop of badminton stars in the country come from the famed Gopichand Academy, trained by the legend himself, and it is easy to see why the success rate in the sport is so incredibly high. And now, it seems that the next generation of Gopichand is ready to mix it up with badminton's best. Pullela Gopichand's 14-year-old daughter Gayatri Gopichand has done what many eventually expected, as she has clinched he

Anisha Adusumilli, first-generation American actress and Director

Anisha Adusumilli is a first-generation American actress  born and raised in the Midwest with an East Indian heritage. An artist from a  young age, Anisha began studying classical piano at the age of 5 and cultivated  her passion for the arts through the Trinity College of London.  Continuing her creative expression through dancing and  singing, Anisha inevitably discovered her love for acting. Studying both  Business and Theater at UCLA, she immediately began her career in film and  television upon graduation. Recent credits include Fox's New Girl, CBS' How I  Met Your Mother, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NBC's Heartbeat, among others. Anisha resides in Los Angeles where she creates her own content, telling stories from her point of view and collaborating with other local artists. Anisha continues to tell stories globally with passion,  conviction, and a mission to be an example that people can overcome thegreatest of obstacles through action and self-belief. ht

Rana Daggubati all set to debut in Malayalam cinema as King of Travancore, Marthanda Varma

There have been rumors  aplenty of Rana Daggubati‘s Malayalam debut. In fact,  a rumours of the actor having signed a Malayalm film was doing the rounds recently until the actor himself rubbished it. But the long awaited debut is finally happening! As per the latest announcement, the actor has been roped in to play the king of Travancore – Matharanda Varma in the film titled – Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma. According to history, he was the king to have defeated a foreign power in India as he battled it out with the Dutch at Colachel. This is the first part of the historical drama followed by another movie on Dharmaraja aka Karthika Thirunal Marthanda Varma who succeeded Marthanda. Needless to say, this will be a project made on a grand scale. “This will be a project on a massive scale. Scriptwriter Robin Thirumala and I have been researching intensively  for the last three years. We have finalised and signed the crew that includes big names. We plan to go on floors by next A

Sriharshita Musunuri Wins Regional Siemens Competition

Regional Winners Move on to Final Phase of Competition: National Finals in Washington, D.C. Sriharshita Musunuri (Mill Creek, WA) Wins Top Individual Honor. The Winning Individual for Region One is Sriharshita Musunuri, a senior from the Henry M. Jackson High School, in Mill Creek, WA, won the individual category and a $3,000 scholarship for her project titled, “Computational and Experimental Design of MIP Nanoparticles: A Novel Theranostic Solution to Detect and Neutralize Endotoxins.” Sriharshita’s project addresses a difficult challenge faced in U.S. hospitals every day: gram-negative bacteria that causes sepsis which can cause organ failure in patients, and is the leading cause of death in US hospitals. Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are harmful biomolecules found on the surface of gram-negative bacteria and are responsible for over 50% of sepsis cases. Shriharshita designed a new polymer nanoparticle that captures the harmful LPS bacterial endotoxins and could be used

Ramakrishna Prasad Chintamaneni: Executive Vice President and President of Global Industries & Consulting at CTS

Mr. Ramakrishna Prasad Chintamaneni  (47) has been an Executive Vice President and President of Global Industries & Consulting at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation since December 4, 2013 and August 2016 respectively. Mr. Chintamaneni served as President of Banking and Financial Services at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation since December 4, 2013 until August 2016. From 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Chintamaneni served as Global Head of Banking and Financial Services Practice of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation and was responsible for the practice’s sales, business development, consulting, client relationships, management and delivery and global profit and loss. Previously, from 2010 to 2011, Mr. Chintamaneni served as Global Head of Markets for the Banking and Financial Services Practice of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Head of Banking and Financial Services Practice for North America at Cognizant Technolog

Musunuri Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion

PATNA: PSPB Grandmaster Musunuri Lalith Babu was crowned the undisputed champion after Odisha GM Debashis Das defeated challenger Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamil Nadu in the National Premier Chess Championship here today. Lalith Babu scored nine points in the tournament organised by All Bihar Chess Association. In an equal position arising out of the Catalan opening, Babu surprised everyone by allowing GM Swapnil Dhopade to repeat the moves and get away with a draw claim in just 14 moves, shortest in terms of both moves and time. Lalit, not happy with his play against Swapnil, was joyous with Debashis’ victory that not only gave him the title but also ensured his presence in the Indian team for the next Olympiad.

Raja Koduri joins Intel as Head of new Core and Visual Computing Group

In a shocking announcement, Intel has confirmed that former Radeon Technologies Group head Raja Koduri will join the company as a chief architect and senior vice president of its newly-formed Core and Visual Computing Group. In that role, Intel says Koduri will bolster Intel's leadership in integrated graphics processors and—incredibly—complement those products with "high-end discrete graphics solutions for a broad range of computing segments." With what is sure to be a wide-ranging mandate, Intel says Koduri will be responsible for delivering "differentiated IP across computing, graphics, media, imaging, and machine intelligence capabilities for the client and data center segments, artificial intelligence, and emerging opportunities like edge computing." My jaw now sports a third bruise from hitting various flat, hard surfaces this week. Although we're likely a long way from seeing shipping products shaped by Koduri's team, Intel seems to b

Raja Koduri leaves AMD, now rumored to join Intel

Intel could score Raja Koduri, fresh from the arms of Radeon Technologies Group and AMD It wasn't even a couple of hours ago that news broke that Raja Koduri, the boss of Radeon Technologies Group, left AMD. Now rumors are starting with "sources closed to the related companies" telling WCCFTech that Koduri would be joining Intel. Raja leaving AMD and joining Intel will surely be interesting, with AMD CEO Lisa Su currently in talks with analysts to try and minimize the impact of Raja's departure to AMD. Raja's future at Intel could truly be bright, since Intel just yesterday announced a collaboration with AMD using their semi-custom division to build a new chip that would use Raja's work from Vega, into Intel's new Kaby Lake-G products.   This new Intel/AMD team up was birthed from Raja's vision, and a day after it was announced he's out of the company. I reached out to industry sources to confirm the news earlier today, and then aske

Bharat Nalluri's "The Man Who Invented Christmas" opens in theaters November 22

Of all the books Charles Dickens wrote, none has been more often adapted for the screen than “A Christmas Carol,” drawing under its spell stars as diverse as Albert Finney, Bill Murray, Jim Carrey, Mickey Mouse and the Muppets. Rather than retelling the classic once again, fresh take “The Man Who Invented Christmas” focuses on Dickens himself, revealing the equivalently satisfying story of how the English author conceived his beloved yuletide novella — while offering a chance for a splendidly cast Christopher Plummer to play Ebenezer Scrooge in the process. Satisfying as it is to see a late-career Plummer tackle the iconic role, the subject of this particular film remains Scrooge’s creator, who may have had more in common with the old miser than audiences realize. The year was 1843, by which time Dickens (played here by “Downton Abbey” star Dan Stevens) had already tasted success, only to lose his publishers’ confidence after a series of “flops” (although the colorful term woul

N Sriram Balaji win Shenzhen Challenger tennis title

N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan  upset the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow 7-6(3), 7-6(3) in the final of the Shenzhen Challenger event in China N Sriram Balaji and  Vishnu Vardhan won their third Challenger title of the 2017 season together when they downed Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow in the final of the Shenzhen event in China. The giant-killing Indians upset the fourth seeded Americans 7-6(3) 7-6(3) in a tight summit clash of the USD 75,000 event. They earned 90 ranking points each and split USD 4650 as prize money. Before this event, Vardhan and Balaji had triumphed at Chengdu and Fergana as well.

Suresh Chukkapalli made S Korea’s Honorary Consulate General

Hyderabad: Suresh Chukkapalli, Chairman of Phoenix Group, has been appointed as the Honorary Consul General in Hyderabad. Republic of Korea has appointed Suresh with consular jurisdiction over Telangana state, according to a release. The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, has notified the same in Gazette notification dated October 25. Suresh Chukkapalli will be given charge formally on November 1 at a ceremony scheduled in New Delhi. South Korea is the fourth largest economy in Asia and the eleventh largest in the world known for its economic miracles. Responding to his new responsibility, Suresh said “the honour is bestowed at a time when Koreans are trying to improve their presence in Telangana. Hyderabad will soon have a full-fledged Honorary Consulate General Office of Republic of Korea.”