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Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Potluri Vara Prasad (born 8 September 1970), is an Indian
politician ,
businessman and
entrepreneur . He holds the position of
Executive Chairman &
Managing Director at
PVP Ventures Ltd. and Managing Director & Executive Director at Picturehouse Media Ltd.
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Early life
Potluri Prasad was born in
Vijayawada ,
Andhra Pradesh , India, to Potluri Raghavendra Rao and P Manga Taradevi. He has two siblings. He attended
NSM Public School in
Vijayawada , followed by
Mechanical Engineering from
Nagarjuna University .
[6] In 1994, he completed a
Master’s degree at a university in
Australia , and in 1995 arrived in the
United States .
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Career
In 1996, he founded Procon, an IT services company, later acquired by RCM Technologies in 1998.
[8] In 2000, he started Albion Orion Company, which merged with
SSI .
[9] in a significant cross-border transaction valued at $63.65 million.
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In 2001, Prasad co-founded Irevna, a company in knowledge process outsourcing services, acquired by
CRISIL in 2005.
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[12] In 2006, he established
PVP Ventures a publicly traded corporation involved in media and entertainment financing.
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Under Prasad's leadership, PVP Ventures entered film production with
PVP Cinema and also secured the
Hyderabad Hotshots
[14] franchise in the
Indian Badminton League ,
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[17] participating in the inaugural season in 2013.
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Prasad is also engaged in
philanthropy , serving as the chief patron of the
Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology
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[21] and a patron at the
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute .
[22] Presently, he maintains strategic investments in Maven Corp,
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[24] Karvy Consultants,
[25] and is a founding investor of CBay Systems.
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References
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"Management Info – PVP Ventures Ltd" . Ndtv Profit .
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"Jhansi Sureddy, wife of Mr. Prasad V. Potluri" . The Economic Times . 21 November 2011.
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"Interview with Prasad V. Potluri" . Idlebrain.com . Jeevi. Retrieved 26 November 2011 .
^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (3 April 2006).
"Log in, drink in the cinema" .
The Hindu . Archived from
the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014 . Telugucinema.com is another site that is a big hit. This first Telugu film site established eight years ago by Prasad Potluri in Pittsburgh, has loyal visitors.
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"Prasad V. Potluri - Biography" . www.marketscreener.com . Retrieved 20 July 2023 .
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"Prasad V. Potluri" . veethi.com . Retrieved 20 July 2023 .
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"Prasad V Potluri interview - Telugu film producer and financier" . www.idlebrain.com . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .
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"RCM Technologies, Inc. History | Michigan, accounted for 12.9 percent of RCM revenues in 1985" . fundinguniverse.com .
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"SSI Ltd has acquired the US-based Albion Orion Company in a cash-and-stock deal worth .65 million, the largest cross-border acquisition by an Indian IT company" . moneycontrol.com.
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"SSI to acquire US firm in $64-m stock, cash deal" . The Hindu Business Line (Archive.is) . 18 September 2000. Archived from
the original on 11 October 2013.
"SSI to acquire US firm in $64-m stock, cash deal" . The Hindu Business Line . 18 September 2000.
"Albion Orion goodwill drags SSI bottomline" . thehindubusinessline.in . BLFeedback.
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"Crisil buys Irevna for Rs 43 cr" . thehindubusinessline.in . Retrieved 19 October 2004 .
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"Crisil Capital Markets" . indiainfoline.com. Archived from
the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013 .
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"Prasad V. Potluri Chairman & Managing Director" . PVP Ventures Official Website . www.pvpglobal.com.
"India's largest organized media capital house – PVP Cinema will be working with Pawan Kalyan for his next movie after Gabbar Singh 2" . Andhra Times Blog . Archived from
the original on 15 October 2013.
"PVP Cinema announces 5 biggies" .
Telugucinema.com . 26 November 2011. Archived from
the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013 .
"Prasad V. Potluri BME, MES – Chairman and Managing Director, PVP Ventures Ltd" . Bloomberg Businessweek . April 2023.
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"PVP Group owns Hyderabad Hotshots in IBL" . zeenews.india.com . Retrieved 19 June 2013 .
"PVP Group owns Hyderabad Hotshots in Indian Badminton League" . sports.ndtv.com . 19 June 2013. Archived from
the original on 9 July 2013.
"PVP Group buys IBL's Hyderabad franchise" . ibnlive.in.com . Archived from
the original on 9 July 2013.
"PVP Group buys first IBL franchise" . deccanherald.com . 19 June 2013.
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"Hyderabad group to own Hotshots in IBL" . Retrieved 20 June 2013 .
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"PVP Group buys IBL's Hyderabad franchise" . ibnlive.in.com . Archived from
the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013 .
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"PVP Group owns Hyderabad Hotshots in Indian Badminton League" . sports.ndtv.com . Archived from
the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013 .
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"PVP Cinema, one of India's leading media and entertainment houses, which has delivered quality and cutting-edge entertainment, believes this project will be one of their most ambitious films" . 18 June 2013.
"Pawan Kalyan To Do a Film For PVP Cinema" . indiaglitz.com . Archived from
the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013 .
"Indian Badminton League 2013: Hyderabad Hotshots win IBL title" . ibnlive.in.com . Archived from
the original on 2 September 2013.
"Hyderabad are the Hotshots of the IBL" . thehindu.com . 1 September 2013.
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"Prasad V Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology – Courses & Details" . hyderabadspider.com. Archived from
the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2013 .
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"P.V.P. Siddhartha Institute of Technology (PVPSIT), Vijaywada is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University" . htcampus.com .
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"Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, established in 1998 at Vijayawada" . jagranjosh.com . Archived from
the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2013 .
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"Our Chairman, is a Patron of L V Prasad Eye Institute. A comprehensive eye health facility headquartered at Hyderabad" . www.pvpglobal.com.
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"Prasad V. Potluri is the Chairman & Co-founder of Irevna Ltd., a leading business information research services organization" . Maven Corp.com . Archived from
the original on 28 October 2013.
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"Maven Corp.com – About Us – Team Maven – Prasad V. Potluri" . Maven Corp.com.
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"Karvy to sell 21.82 pc to NRI" . The Hindu Business Line . 10 October 2001.
^ Mukherjee, Ambarish (10 October 2001).
"ONE of the largest capital market intermediaries in the country, Hyderabad-based Karvy Consultants Ltd, plans to sell 21.82 per cent of the company's stake to US-based NRI investor and promoter of Procon Inc., Mr. Prasad V Potluri, for a consideration of Rs 1,84,61,560" . The Hindu Business Line . Archived from
the original on 28 October 2013.
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"Sebi vs Karvy Stock Broking Ltd" . Indiankanoon.org. Archived from
the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2007 .