Pramod means joy or happiness in
Sanskrit
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and is one of the names of the
Hindu
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god
Ganesh
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People with the name "Pramod":
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Pramod Bhasin
Pramod Bhasin stepped down as President and CEO of Genpact, India's largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, becoming non-executive Vice Chairman in 2011.
Career
Pramod is a British Chartered Accountant from McLintock & Co, London, a ...
, Indian businessman
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Pramod Chakravorty
Pramod Chakravorty (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian Hindi film producer and director.
Career
Chakravorty is best known for directing Hindi film classics like ''Ziddi (1964 film), Ziddi'', ''Love in Tokyo'', ''Tumse Achcha Kau ...
(1929–2004), Indian director and film producer
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Pramod Dubey
Pramod Dubey (born 3 December 1965) is an Indian politician, currently serving as chairman and ex mayor of Raipur Municipal Corporation. He is a member of the Congress Party.
Personal life
Pramod Dubey was born in a service class Brahmin fa ...
, Indian politician
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Pramod Kamble
Pramod Kamble (born 11 August 1964) is an Indian painter, sculptor and creative painter. He promotes eco-friendly idols, with NGOs promoting Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. He conducts classes on mak ...
(born 1964), Indian painter and sculptor
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Pramod Kapoor
Pramod Kapoor (born 1953) is an Indian writer and publisher, who in 1978 founded Roli Books, a publishing company that prints books pertaining to Indian heritage. In 2016, for his contributions to publishing, he was awarded the Chevalier de la ...
(born 1953), Indian writer and publisher
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Pramod Kharel
Pramod Kharel ( ne, प्रमोद खरेल; born 6 November 1979) is a Nepalese singer. He is a versatile singer of the Nepali music industry. He has recorded more than 2000 songs of different genres. He is a coach in ''The Voice of Nep ...
, Nepalese singer
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Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he belonged to a group of relatively young "technocratic" leaders. At the time ...
, Indian politician
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Pramod Moutho
Pramod Moutho (born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like ''Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Mehndi'' (1998), Gadar'' (2 ...
(born 1955), Indian actor
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Namitha Pramod
Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film '' Puthiya Theerangal''.
She went on to appear in super hit films like Puthiya Theerangal (2012 ...
, Indian actress
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Ranjan Pramod
Ranjan Pramod is an Indian screenwriter and director best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut as a writer with ''Randam Bhavam'' (2001). His popular films include ''Meesa Madhavan'' (2002), ''Manassinakkare'' (2003), ''Ach ...
, Indian screenwriter and director
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Pramod Tiwari, Indian politician
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Pramodya Wickremasinghe
Wickramasinghe Gallage Pramodya (born August 14, 1971), commonly known as Pramodya Wickramasinghe, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm-fast bowler. He was regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in 1990 ...
, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Pramod Kamble has an youTube channel on youTube. Youtube channel name is Vlogify
See also
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References
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Indian masculine given names