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'''Kailasam Raghavendra Rao''', is an Indian entrepreneur from [[Chennai]] and the founder of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (currently [[Orchid Pharma|Orchid Pharma Limited]]), a former top 500 Indian company on [[Dunn and Bradstreet|D and B]] listing, in terms of market capitalisation.<ref name="DNB">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnb.co.in/Top500_2008/company_listing.asp?PageNo=17&q=Market_Cap&r= | title=DNB Listing | publisher=DNB | date=2007 | access-date=23 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322232422/http://www.dnb.co.in/Top500_2008/company_listing.asp?PageNo=17&q=Market_Cap&r= | archive-date=22 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Government of India honoured Rao in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<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=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Bio==<br />
Raghavendra Rao was born in 1958 in [[Chennai]], in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.orchidpharma.com/downloads/cmd_profile_awards.pdf | title=Bio | publisher=Orchid | date=2014 | access-date=23 November 2014 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061407/http://www.orchidpharma.com/downloads/cmd_profile_awards.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> His graduate studies were in Commerce which he completed in 1977 from [[Andhra University]] and continued his studies to obtain master's degree in management from the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 1979.<ref name="Bio" /><ref name="India Info Online" /><ref name="Business Week" /><br />
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Rao began his career in 1979 as the Financial Controller at ''Pure Ice Creams''<ref name="India Info Online" /><ref name="Business Week">{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=468902&ticker=OCP:IN | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141123134807/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=468902&ticker=OCP:IN | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 November 2014 | title=Business Week | publisher=Business Week | date=21 November 2014 | access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref> and later, moved to [[Ashok Leyland]] in 1981.<ref name="India Info Online" /><ref name="Business Week" /> A further move to Standard Medicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Hyderabad<ref name="India Info Online" /><ref name="Business Week" /> exposed him to the pharmaceutical industry. During these years, Rao obtained the cost accounting qualification of ICWAI of the [[Institute of Cost Accountants of India]] and Associateship Company Secretary (ACS).<ref name="Bio" /> The next shift was to Muscat, Oman in 1982, where he worked for ''Al Buraim Group''<ref name="India Info Online" /><ref name="Business Week" /> and returned to India in 1992 where he established his own venture, [[Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited]], a pharmaceutical company, which over the years, grew into one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in India.<ref name="India Info Online">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/research-leader-speak/mr.-kailasam-raghavendra-rao-the-managing-director-orchid-chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals-ltd-11206657_1.html | title=India Info Online | publisher=India Info Online | date=2014 | access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Business Week" /><br />
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Raghavendra Rao is a recipient of the ''India Young Business Achiever Award'' in 1997 and the ''[[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award|Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award]]'' in 1999.<ref name="Bio" /><ref name="Business Week" /> In 2011, the Government of India included Rao in the list of [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] for the award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri" /> He is a Director at Orchid Laboratories Limited, Orchid Nutricare Limited, UK, BEXEL Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Al Buraimi Group.<ref name="Business Week" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Orchid Pharma|Orchid Pharma Limited]]<br />
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