Prasad Potluri - Highlights of 29th INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS. Interviewed by Agnelorajesh Athaide

The 29th session of INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS was conducted on 18th August 2017 at hotel trident , in hyderabad. Network 18 and st. Angelos VNCT ventures organised the session with Mr. Prasad V. Potluri, a personality par excellence. The session was like a table tennis match with rampant questions and quick reflex answers. Prasad shared his business journey and INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS could unravel his thought process and the way he performs his entrepreneurship. As a serial entrepreneur in the global outsourcing services space; prasad successfully built and sold 3 companies while serving the needs of the Fortune 1000 marketplace.[ Within the global investment community, he is a respected thought leader. During that entrepreneurship-packed decade, he was the driving force behind many companies, including Procon Inc., Albion Orion Company LLC, Irevna Ltd. Procon Inc. was acquired by RCM Technologies in 1998. AOC, LLC was acquired by SSI in 2000 for INR 2.92 billion,[then the largest cross-borderdeal. Irevna Limited was acquired by CRISIL in 2005. He is a Strategic Investor in Maven Corp and Karvy Consultants & a Founding Investor of CBay Systems. Presently he is the chairman & managing director of PVP Ventures Ltd., the company is evolving as a leader with investment interests in realty, media, sports & entertainment, special situations acquisitions, and is thriving towards creating an eco-system that benefits every stakeholder. PVP is a publicly traded corporation traded on BSE,NSE & LSE with 35,000 shareholders. In July 2010, PVP Group ventured into the Indian Media & Entertainment Industry via "Picturehouse Media Ltd". ("PHML"), it is India's largest organised media capital house, supporting the Financing needs of the Indian Entertainment Industry. PHML recent foray into mainstream film production under the banner of PVP Cinema is one of the largest production houses in the country. He is chief patron of Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, in Vijaywada. He is also a patron in LV Prasad Eye Institute. He is the owner of the Hyderabad Hotshots,one of the six franchises of Indian Badminton League and former co-owner of the Kerala Blasters F.C.