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Dr Madineni Venkat Ratnam of the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati won the prize under the Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences category. Madineni Venkata Ratnam,   was born on January 21, 1973 in Armoor, Nizamabad Dt, India. Son of Madineni Ramayya and Madineni Aademma. Education: Bachelor of Science, Giriraj Goverment degree college, Nizamabad, 1994. Master of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, India, 2001. Career: Post doctoral fellow Department of Physics, National central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, 2001—2002. Scientist Institute for Meteorology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 2002—2003. Japan society for promotion of science fellow RISH, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan, since 2003.

Monsanto India, a subsidiary of Bayer group, has appointed Cherukuri Ravishankar as the Managing Director for its businesses in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This is the first major change in Monsanto India after German pharma and chemical major Bayer AG had in June this year completed the $63-billion mega deal to acquire the US-based biotech major Monsanto. According to a company statement, Ravishankar will replace Shilpa Divekar Nirula, who now moves on to a senior leadership position at the parent company Bayer. However, she would continue to remain as a non-executive director of the company. “Ravishankar, who has earlier been a non-executive director of the company, has been instrumental in conceptualising and implementing strategic initiatives in commercial and modernising supply chain operations of the company,” the statement said. He brings with him 21 years of experience across multiple functions, including commercial, strategy and supply chain.

The second largest bank in the Mauritius, State Bank of Mauritius appointed Parvateneni Venkateswara Rao , as Acting Chief Executive   Officer who takes the reins left by Raj Dussoye, the Chief Executive Officer who submitted his resignation last month. In the SBM Bank circles, it is explained that the rise of Parvateneni Venkateswara Rao is logical and natural. In the absence of Raj Dussoye, he was in charge of the day-to-day management of SBM Bank. Before the formalization of his new responsibilities, Parvateneni Venkateswara Rao held the position of Head of Financial Markets within the bank. If the appointment of Parvateneni Venkateswara Rao brings stability, nothing is yet decided on the final choice of the CEO. With more than 33 years of banking experience, Mr P. V. Rao joined the SBM 6 years ago. Formerly, he worked for Syndicate Bank and IndusInd Bank in India. Mr P.V. Rao has almost 20 years of experience in Treasury and also served in rural Agriculture an...

Vijay Naidu has been named Chief Executive Officer for the Construction Industry Council, Fiji. He is the first CEO for the Council that was previously run by committee, chaired by its President Gordon Jenkins. Another first for CIC is moving into its new office on the campus of Fiji National University at Samabula scheduled for the October 4. Mr. Naidu has extensive experience in the construction industry that includes General Manager- Properties for Tappoo Group of Companies and Chief Financial Officer for Tabua Investments (developers of Denarau). He was also Secretary to the Master Builders Association before assuming his new position. “At this critical juncture in our development we are fortunate to have the services of Mr. Naidu,” said CIC President Gordon Jenkins. “We are moving on many fronts, opening new offices, planning our next conference, working with our task groups on resolution implementation, and strengthening our relationship with government ...

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development has announced the 2018 Davidson Fellows. 18-year-old Rajiv Movva of San Jose won a $10,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for his project, SNPpet: Deep Learning the Human Epigenome Reveals Regulatory Sequence Patterns and Genomic Mechanisms of Disease. He is one of only 20 students across the country to receive this honor. Named as the among “The 10 Biggest Scholarships in the World” and one of the “7 Prestigious Undergrad Scholarships”, the fellowship is offered by the Davidson Institute to students who are 18 years or younger and who demonstrate the development of their talents with a significant piece of work in science, mathematics, technology, engineering, music, literature, philosophy or outside the box. “After spending hundreds of high school hours thinking about my various research questions, it feels great to be named a Davidson Fellow,” said Movva. “What I’ve done certainly seems more important and valuable now, a...

Nalagampalli Papudesi Chengalraya Naidu (6 Aug 1915 – 31 Jan 2012) born at Nalagampalle village near Chittoor, AP on August 6, 1915 to N. P. Venkataswamy Naidu and N.P.Savitri.  N.P. Chengalraya Naidu , known for his straightforward nature and political acumen, was the first Chairman of the District Board, Chittoor and also Member of Madras Legislative Council 1953-54. Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1955 -62, Member of Lok Sabha 1967 -70 and Member of Rajya Sabha, 10-4-1978 to 9-4-1984. He was Secretary, Andhra State Congress Committee, 1951-53, Vice-President, A.P.C.C., 1960-64 and General Secretary of the Janata Parliamentary Party 1978 – 86.  He had a chequered career in politics having had stints in all parties starting from Congress and then making forays into Janata Party and ending up with impromptu association with BJP till he retired from active politics more than a decade ago. His son Venkateswara Chowdary was former Chittoor M...

Thothala Narayanaswamy Manoharan (S/o T.L. Narayanaswamy Chowdhry ) was born in April 1956 in a freedom fighter's family near Vellore, Tamilnadu with agricultural background . He obtained a post graduate degree in Commerce from Sri Venkateshwara University and a law degree from Madras Law College. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1983 and set up his public practice in the same year. He is the founding partner of the accounting firm Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chennai. He was elected to the central council of ICAI in 2001 and its Vice President in 2005. He remained as a Central Council Member till 2007. He has also chaired various committees of the Institute. In 2006, he was elected as the President of the ICAI. He is also a notable freemason. He was the ARGM of Chennai Area during 2016-17. In 2009, Manoharan was one of the six members (as representatives of Government of India) appointed to the board of the scandal hit information technology company Satyam Comput...