Kammas World

Elgi Equipments, the Coimbatore-based manufacturer of air-compressors and automobile service station equipment, has strengthened its international presence by acquiring Rotair S.p.A, an Italian compressor company. Elgi informed the Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday that it had acquired 100 per cent stake in Rotair through its subsidiary in Italy, Elgi Compressors Italy S.r.I. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director of Elgi, has said in a release that with the acquisition, Elgi will have access to new technologies and product lines and also gain a foothold in markets it is not present. Rotair is known for its innovation, and is into design, manufacture and distribution of compressors and allied products for the construction and industrial sectors. Its products are sold in over 60 countries and its annual turnover is 15 million euro. The promoters of Rotair would continue in the management and its existing management team would run the day-to-day operations, he added. Giovanni Don...

Lotus Bank founder says he can help improve university Satish Jasti, founder of Novi's own, Lotus Bank, has been nominated to run for the Board of Governors at Wayne State University. Last weekend at the state's Republican Party Convention in Grand Rapids, Novi City Councilman David Staudt nominated Jasti as one of the candidates to run for two openings on the Wayne State board. Staudt thinks Jasti would bring a business mindset and different perspective to the university's ruling body. “The Republican Party welcomes and encourages candidates of all ethnicities,” said Staudt, who is also treasurer of the Oakland County Republican Party. “As an individual of Indian heritage, Satish brings diversity to the position and party.” The position will be up for vote on the statewide ballot Nov. 6. Jasti, along with another Republican candidate, will be running against two Democrats. For Jasti, this is an exciting opportunity because he is a 1984 graduate of Wayne Stat...

Madhavi Nalluri is among the eight exemplary students who have to receive  the British Council’s International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scholarships 2012 worth Rs. 3,00,000, were announced recently. They were launched two years ago to help students pursue postgraduate programmes at universities abroad. As a kid and a loyal Harry Potter fan, I always dreamt of studying at Hogwarts. Well, we all know that that is not possible! So I thought how about studying at Cambridge, which resembles Hogwarts and is very close to my childhood dream?” says Madhavi Nalluri jokingly. Going to the University of Cambridge to pursue her Masters in law.

Uma Chigurupati, the woman of many marathons and chairperson of Hyderabad Heritage Marathon, feels running helps you see a city in a new light. On September 23, when runners gather at Chowmohalla Palace at the crack of dawn, Uma Chigurupati and her team will be glad their hard work has paid off. This is the second year of Hyderabad Heritage Marathon, after the Hyderabad 10K Foundation decided to hold separate events for marathons and 10K runs. “People’s Plaza at Necklace Road was getting too congested to accommodate participants of the marathon and shorter runs of five and 10 kilometres,” she says. Uma and her husband Krishna Prasad are part of the elite Marathon Grand Slam Club and are recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the only Indian couple to have completed marathons in seven continents in seven months and topping it off with a marathon at North Pole. The idea of a heritage Marathon came from marathons that Uma and Prasad participated in. “City maratho...

1) ETV - Cherukuri Ramoji Rao 2) Gemini - Akkineni Manohara Prasad (Founder and stake holder) 3) MAA - (MAA - Music, MAA Movies) Nimmagadda Prasad, Akkineni Nagarjuna (Majority stake holders - Then sold to Sony) 4) TV9 - Velicheti Ravi Prakash, minority stake holder holds the grip 5) ETV2 - Cherukuri Ramoji Rao 6) TV 5 - Bollineni Rajagopala Naidu 7) NTV - Tummala Narendranath chowdary 8) Studio N - Narne Srinivasa Rao, sold to SivaramPrasad Vasireddi 9) Mahaa TV - Inaganti Venkatarao now taken over by Sujana Chowdary 10) I News - Tummala Narendra and Sabbineni Surendra (sold to Kiran Kumar Reddy) 11) ABN Andhra Jyothi - Radhakrishna Vemuri 12) Bhakti - Tummala Narendranath Chowdary 13) Vanitha - Tummala Narendranath Chowdary 14) ATV - Anil Sunkara  15) CVR News - Chalasani Venkateswara Rao 16) CVR Health - Chalasani Venkateswara Rao 17) Om TV - Chalasani Venkateswara Rao 18) YTV - Yalamanchili Venkateswara Rao (Aired from Vizag) 19) Express ...

Another news channel is added in telugu channels list. Image Hospitals Chairman, President - Ameerpet Kamma Sangham Mr.Chalasani Venkateswra Rao is launching another two channels soon. Their first venture CVR News is launched recently. Apart from CVR News Image Broadcasting India Pvt Ltd is going to launch another 2 TV channels in Telugu. CVR Health and Om TV would also be launched in a couple of months. According to sources, Image Broadcasting has applied for another channel based on music. CVR News channel started test signal last month.

New Delhi : All India Tennis Federation selection committee has announced the Davis Cup team for the Asia/Oceania Group I tie in Chandigarh. Olympian Vishnu Vardhan, Yuki Bhambri,  Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh are the players who would be representing India in the upcoming team event against New Zealand from September 14th. Divij Sharan and N. Sri Ram Balaji have been named as the reserves. The team filled with youngsters was chosen after star Indian players Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman made themselves unavailable while the duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan were dropped following their denial to team up with Paes in 2012 London Olympics. AITA had earlier said that they decided on to choose young players as it was time to build a strong junior team.