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Venkatesh
Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity. Notable persons with the name include: * A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India * A. Venkatesh (director), Tamil film director * Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981), Australian mathematician of Indian descent * G. K. Venkatesh (1927–1993), composer of film music in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s * Marthand K. Venkatesh, Indian film editor in Tollywood * Mukta Venkatesh (1902–2003), Indian painting artist * Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Kannada writer * Poojashree Venkatesh, Indian tennis player * Venkatesh Geriti, Indian political activist * Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan, Indian politician * Venkatesh Iyer, Indian cricketer * S. P. Venkatesh, Indian music composer * Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1977), Indian football player * Shridhar Venkatesh B. Ketkar (1857–1930), Marathi scholar and astronomer * Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held continuously since 1999. In his work, Venkatesh has studied gangs and underground economies, public housing, advertising and technology. As of 2018, he is the Director of Signal: The Tech & Society Lab at Columbia University. Venkatesh is the author of the book, '' Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets'', published by Penguin Press in 2008. Venkatesh is also the host of ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', a podcast published by Freakonomics Radio Network. Additionally, Venkatesh is a public writer and documentary filmmaker, and has held positions at Facebook and Twitter. Early life and education Raised in Irvine, California, Venkatesh received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego in 1988. Venkatesh describes his switc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh (actor)
Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few hindi films. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film '' Kaliyuga Pandavulu'' for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a career spanning over 35 years, he starred in many successful films and establishing himself as a major actor in Telugu films. Venkatesh won five Nandi Awards for Best Actor and six Filmfare Awards South in various categories. Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh co-owns of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India, under which he acted in several films. He is also the mentor of the ''Telugu Warriors'', representing Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in the Celebrity Cricket League. Early life Venkatesh was born on 13 December 1960 in a Telugu family to film producer and former Member of Parliament, D. Ramanaidu and Rajeshwari in Madras (present-day Chennai), India. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akshay Venkatesh
Akshay Venkatesh (born 21 November 1981) is an Australian mathematician and a professor (since 15 August 2018) at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests are in the fields of counting, equidistribution problems in automorphic forms and number theory, in particular representation theory, locally symmetric spaces, ergodic theory, and algebraic topology. He is the only Australian to have won medals at both the International Physics Olympiad and International Mathematical Olympiad, which he did at the age of 12. In 2018, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his synthesis of analytic number theory, homogeneous dynamics, topology, and representation theory. He is the second Australian and the second person of Indian descent to win the Fields Medal. He was on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2020. Early years Akshay Venkatesh was born in Delhi, India, and his family emigrated to Perth in Western Australia when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh Geriti
Venkatesh Geriti is an Indian classical liberal, anti-corruption activist, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Swatantrata Center and India's Future Foundation, an educational organization in Hyderabad, and a scholar at Atlas Summit. Venkatesh received the Karmaveer Chakra Award and Global Fellowship Award in 2019 from the International Confederation of Non-Governmental Organizations in partnership with United Nations . He is a member of the Centre for Civil Society and an alumnus of Foundation for Economic Education., Students For Liberty, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Liberty International, Atlas Network Early life and career Venkatesh was born into a poor family of farmers in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He was the co-organizer and speaker at Start-Up Europe Week 2017 while he studied international business and development economics in Italy. Politics Venkatesh is influenced by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana and joined Lok Satta Party in his student life. Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly referred to as ''Maasti Kannadada Aasti'' which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure". He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote under the pen name ''Srinivasa''. He was honoured with the title ''Rajasevasakta'' by then Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadeyar. Early life and education Maasti was born in 1891 at Hungenahalli in Kolar district of Karnataka in a Tamil speaking Sri Vaishnavaite Brahmin family. He spent his early childhood in Maasti village. He obtained a master's degree in English literature (Arts) in 1914 from Madras University. After joining the Indian Civil Service (Known as the Mysore Civil Service in the days of the Maharaja of Mysore), he held various positions of responsibility in different parts of Karn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer (born 25 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh cricket team, Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy, domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Domestic career Iyer made his Twenty20 debut against Railways cricket team at Holkar Stadium in March 2015 and made his List A debut against Saurashtra cricket team at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in December of the same year, while he was pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce degree. After passing the CA Intermediate examinations, he decided to dropout and enroll himself in a Master of Business Administration in finance to allow him to pursue cricket further. He made his First-class cricket, first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 6 December 2018. Iyer finished as Madhya Pradesh's top scorer in the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 155 runs at an average of 51.66. He continued his form in the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy scoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh Prasad
Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad (; born 5 August 1969), is a former Indian cricketer, Cricket Coach , Commentator who played Tests and ODIs. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prasad was noted for his bowling combination with Javagal Srinath. He is the bowling coach for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, having formerly performed the same role for the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2009. He currently serves as Deputy General Manager for Canara Bank. Early life and education He has a post graduate certificate from University of London. Bachelor of Engineering from MSRIT. International career Prasad took 96 wickets from 33 Tests at an average of 35, and 196 wickets from 161 ODIs at an average of 32.30. Prasad was more effective on wickets that helped seam bowling even though his best Test bowling figures of 6 for 33, achieved against Pakistan in the 1999 Test series in India, came on a docile pitch in Chennai; these figures inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poojashree Venkatesh
Poojashree Venkatesha (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former tennis player, primarily competing on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. Career 2008 Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the silver medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. In the final, she was beaten by Heather Watson of Great Britain 6–2, 6–1. 2010 In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Venkatesha lost and missed out on the bronze medal along with India's Nirupama Sanjeev for the women's doubles, defeated by Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi of India, 6–4, 6–2. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (5–2) Doubles: 16 (9–7) References Venkatesha gets beaten by Heather Watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games- CWG Tennis Update Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF Venkatesha's basic inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukta Venkatesh
Mukta Venkatesh (1902-2003) was an Indian painting, painter. She is best known for her intricate floral paintings. Life Mukta Venkatesh was born as Muthulakshmi in Madras, Tamil Nadu in 1902. Her parents Meenakshi and A. Madhaviah, were committed to various social causes and her father was a well-known author in Tamil and English. As a child, she was influenced by her father's passion for literature and progressive views. She was the fourth of the eight children, and she was taught by her father for most of her early life, since they lived along the Coromandel Coast where schools were sparse. Her family survived the influenza pandemic of 1917. Later, she married M. Venkatesh who worked for the Mysore Railways, and had two daughters. Career Mukta Venkatesh's art-work contains unique and elaborate floral patterns. While she initially painted outdoor landscapes, Venkatesh later shifted her focus to flowers, since travelling outdoors got harder with age She is also well-known for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkateswara
Venkateswara, also known by various other names, is a form of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara is the presiding deity of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, located in Tirupati, Sri Balaji District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Etymology Venkateswara literally means, "Lord of Venkata (hill), Venkata". The word is a combination of the words ''Venkata'' (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and ''isvara'' ("Lord"). According to the ''Brahmanda Purana, Brahmanda'' and ''Bhavishya Purana, Bhavishyottara'' Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words ''vem'' (sins) and ''kata'' (power of immunity). It is also said that 'Venkata' is a combination of two words: '''ven''' (keeps away) and kata''' (troubles). Venkata means he 'who keeps away troubles' or 'who takes away problems' or such terms in a similar context. Legend Every year, hundreds of thousands of devotees donate a large amount of wealth at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh Kabde
Dr. Venkatesh Kabde (born 4 September 1940) is an Indian politician who is representing the former Member of Parliament for Nanded constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ... political party./ref> Dr. Venkatesh Kabde leads the governing body of peoples college Nanded. References India MPs 1989–1991 1940 births Living people Marathi politicians Janata Dal politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Nanded district {{Maharashtra-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanmugam Venkatesh
Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 23 November 1978) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer and currently, the assistant manager of East Bengal. He is an AFC A License coach. Honours Player Salgaocar * National Football League: 1998–99 * Federation Cup: 1997 * Durand Cup: 1999 East Bengal * National Football League: 2002–03 * Durand Cup: 2002–03 Mahindra United * National Football League: 2005–06 * Federation Cup: 2005 * Durand Cup: 2008 India * SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; third place: 2003 India U23 * LG Cup: 2002 Individual * National Football League Best Player: 2001, 2003 * Karnataka Olympic Association Award: 2004 * AIFF Player of the Year: 2004–05 Manager India U20 *SAFF U-20 Championship: 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
