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| name = B. V. Raju<br />
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| caption = BhupathiRaju Vissam Raju<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|10|15|}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kumudavalli]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|06|08|1920|10|15}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/06/11/16hdline.htm | title=Obituary | date=11 June 2002 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=8 June 2019 }}</ref><br />
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| occupation = Industrialist<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| children = 3 daughters<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br/>[[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
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'''Bhupathiraju Vissam Raju''' (1920-2002) is an Indian industrialist, a former chairman of Raasi Cements and the [[Cement Corporation of India]] and one of the pioneers of Indian cement industry.<ref name="India Cements acquires Raasi to become #2">{{cite web | url=http://m.rediff.com/business/1998/apr/07raasi.htm | title=India Cements acquires Raasi to become #2 | publisher=Rediff | date=7 April 1998 | access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> He was the director of ''Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Constructions'' and ''Prasad and Company Project Works Limited''.<ref name="All Company Data">{{cite web | url=http://www.allcompanydata.com/in/director/bhupathiraju-vissam-raju/283844 | title=All Company Data | publisher=All Company Data | date=2015 | access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bhupathiraju Vissam Raju&nbsp;— Director">{{cite web | url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BHUPATHIRAJU-VISSAM-RAJU/00283844 | title=Bhupathiraju Vissam Raju&nbsp;— Director | publisher=Zauba Corp | date=2015 | access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> He was also interested in ceramics and refractory industries<ref name="India Cements acquires Raasi to become #2" /> and is the founder of the [[Padmasri Dr. B.V Raju Institute of Technology]].<ref name="About Padmasri Dr. B.V Raju Institute of Technology">{{cite web|url=http://www.xbizy.com/edu/6747/Padmasri-Dr.-B.V-Raju-Institute-of-Technology-in-India |title=About Padmasri Dr. B.V Raju Institute of Technology |publisher=XBizy |date=2015 |access-date=27 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629111448/http://www.xbizy.com/edu/6747/Padmasri-Dr.-B.V-Raju-Institute-of-Technology-in-India |archive-date=29 June 2015 }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1977<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> and followed it with the third-highest honour of [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2001.<ref name="Padma Bhushan Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=340 | title=Padma Bhushan Awardees | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629132552/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=340 | archive-date=29 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian industrialists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian businesspeople in cement]]<br />
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[[Category:People from West Godavari district]]<br />
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