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	'''Kailasam Raghavendra Rao''', is an Indian entrepreneur from [[Chennai]] and the founder of [[Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited]], a former top 500 Indian company on [[Dunn and Bradstreet\|D and B]] listing, in terms of market ~~capitalization~~.<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 ~~honored~~ 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://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref>		'''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>

	==~~Biography~~==		==Bio==
	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}}</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" />		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" />

	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 \| 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" />		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" />

	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" />		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" />

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Orchid ~~Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals~~ Limited]]		* [[Orchid Pharma\|Orchid Pharma Limited]]

	==References==		==References==

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'''Kailasam Raghavendra Rao''', is an Indian entrepreneur from [[Chennai]] and the founder of [[Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited]], a former top 500 Indian company on [[Dunn and Bradstreet|D and B]] listing, in terms of market capitalization.<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 honored 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://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
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}}</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" />

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 | 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" />

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" />

==See also==
* [[Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited]]

==References==
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