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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...

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 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...

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 fl...

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...

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 Techn...

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.