Happy Birthday to Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – Founder of GMR Group

 Jai Vasavi Mata Jai 

 

Today is the birthday of Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao. He is the founder of GMR Group, the great legendary man who was born in India on 14 July also who belongs to Arya Vysya Caste.

 

On this occasion, I like to wish him on his 70^th Happy birthday to Sri Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao through my Deccan Vysya Blog - Deccan Vysya Patrika (1937) and this is Maddali Laxmi Swetha, MBA (HR), great granddaughter of Kavikishora Javvaji Subbaraya Gupta who was the founder of Deccan Vysya Patrika in the year 1937 and I am the writer/owner of this blog.

Please read this article until the end. Thank you.

 

A small introduction about Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao:

GMR was born on 14 July 1950, Rajam in Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, India. Born in an upper middle class of a gold business family.

Graduated from Andhra University

He founded GMR Group. GMR GROUP is an Indian infrastructure development company which was established in the year 1978. At present Headquarters is in New Delhi, India.

In the year 1985, G. Mallikarjuna Rao became the major shareholder of Vysya Bank.

GM Rao has received the Economic Times Entrepreneur of the year Award in the year 2007.

 

Charitable list of Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao:

In 2012, he donated ₹1,540 crores for charitable purposes.

In 2013, he donated ₹740 crores.

He was named as a third generous donor of corporate India for the year as per the China's Harun Report Inc.

 

Motivational Quote given by Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao:

My philosophy has always been to ‘run family like a business, and business like a family’. I believe that it is every human being’s responsibility to give back to the society – it should be ‘Individual Social Responsibility’.

(This statement was said by him in a press conference which is taken from Google Search)

 

Small lines about Vysya Bank:

Vysya Bank has become ING Vysya Bank in the year 2002 and it had been ranked the "Safest Banker" by the New Indian Express and among "Top 5 Most Trusted Private Sector Banks" by the Economic Times.

At present ING Vysya Bank is merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank, India.

Also, most of the employees in Vysya Bank are from Vysya Community.

 

NOTE:

I am Maddali Laxmi Swetha, MBA(HR) from Hyderabad, India.

 

My father name is M V G Krishna Murthy who worked in Vysya Bank from the year – 1985 as a Bank Manager and retired as Asst Vice President in the year 2011 from ING Vysya Bank.

 

Recently, I heard about Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao (GMR GROUP founder) and wrote about him in this blog on the occasion of his 70th Birthday.

 

Once again wish you a happy birthday to Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao from Deccan Vysya Blog - Deccan Vysya Patrika (1937).

         

Jai Vasavi Mata Jai

 

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