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Prabhu
''Prabhu'' means ''master'' or ''prince'' in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. Surname Prabhu is a surname among Gaud saraswat Brahmins, saraswat Brahmins and other Brahmins across the Konkan Coast in India, from Karnataka and Maharashtra to Goa. As a title "Prabhu" as a title is mainly found among Gaud saraswat Brahmins, Saraswat Brahmins, Karhade Brahmins and other Brahmins in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa. Prabhu was a title accorded to the representative of the main village of the ''taluka'' (district) committee. The Prabhus may have also occupied official posts in the central administration, without prejudice to their original posts which were hereditary. Traditionally, a Prabhu was a village chief, Ministers, Zamindars, administrators, landlord and as such a master to the many agricultural labourers that were needed to cultivate his lands. Notable people * Prabhu (actor), Indian actor and film producer * La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1996 to 2009, representing Rajapur in the Lok Sabha. He was also a member of the ''Rajya Sabha'', representing Andhra Pradesh and Haryana from 2014 to 2022. He held several ministerial portfolios in the Union Government, including Ministry of Civil Aviation, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Railways, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, and Minister of Environment and Forests. He is the current chancellor of Rishihood University and chairman of the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA). Prabhu was appointed to the Bloomberg New Economy Advisory Board as the only representative from India. In addition, he also worked in the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum. Education and career Suresh Prabhu is a chartered accountant by profession, becoming qualified in 1977. He attended Sharad Ashram Vidyamandir, Dadar, Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhu (actor)
Prabhu Ganesan (born 27 December 1956), known professionally as Prabhu, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is the youngest son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. Prabhu was one of the leading actors in Tamil cinema in the later 1980s and 90s. He is popularly known as ''Ilaya Thilagam''. He has worked in more than 220 films in lead and supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. After making his debut in '' Sangili'' (1982), Prabhu played various leading and supporting roles, earning the Best Actor award recognition by the Tamil Nadu State for his portrayal in '' Chinna Thambi'' (1991). Early life After leaving Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore, Prabhu got involved in film production as an executive producer and worked alongside his uncle and mentor V. C. Shanmugam, who insisted that Prabhu learn the film making process in a disciplined way, giving him general tasks such as pulling up chairs for artistes. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayathri Prabhu
Gayathri Prabhu (born 1974) is an Indian novelist who currently lives in Manipal, Karnataka. Her most recent work is the novella ''Love in Seven Easy Steps'' (2021), preceded by ''Vetaal and Vikram: Riddles of the Undead'', published by HarperCollins in 2019. Education and academic career Prabhu holds an MA degree in Mass Communication from Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, an MPhil in Creative Writing from Swansea University in the United Kingdom and a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the United States. She has published on literary studies and presently teaches at the Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). Prabhu was the Dr TMA Pai Chair in Indian Literature at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education for 2017–2019. Prabhu is engaged in mental health advocacy work at her university and is the Coordinator of the Student Support Centre (SSC), a pioneering psychotherapy venture d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhu Communities
The 'Prabhu caste' or Prabhu communities are a group of related Hindu castes of Northern districts of Konkan region in Maharashtra, India. There are four such castes, all having different ritual and social status within the caste system of Maharashtra, but all of them having traditions traced back to the 12th century. They are Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, Pathare Prabhu, Kanchole Prabhus and the Davane Prabhu. Subdivisions * Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (popularly known as CKP) * Pathare Prabhu * Drauv Prabhu also known as Kanchole Prabhus or Pathare Prabhu Kanchole Details Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) & pathare prabhu The CKPs and Pathare Prabhu are one of the subdivisions of Prabhu community along with Davane prabhus were later included in CKPs. Along with the Saraswat, Deshastha and Chitpawan they have been considered as an "advanced caste" due to similarities in education and occupational status. The Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) and Pathare Prabhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Prabhu
Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena (UBT). He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Dindoshi Assembly Constituency. He was the 74th mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ..., and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the country's richest municipal body. He got ticket for 4th time from Dindoshi Assembly to contest against Sanjay Nirupam of shivsena in 2024 vidhan Sabha elections. Early life and career Prabhu started his career in 1992 as a personal assistant to a senior Shiv Sena leader and MP, Gajanan Kirtikar, until 1997. It was on Kirtikar's insistence that he had gotten a chance to fight the civic elections from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaideep Prabhu
Jaideep Prabhu (born 12 October 1967 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India) is the Jawaharlal Nehru professor of business and enterprise at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, England. The Professorship was established by the Government of India with an endowment of £3.2 million. Prabhu is also the director of the Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB). He is the co-author of ''Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth'', described by ''The Economist'' as "the most comprehensive book" on the subject of frugal innovation. Education and teaching Prabhu holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a PhD from the University of Southern California. He was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California from 1995 to 1996, then Assistant Professor and Fellow at the Centre for Economic Research, Tilburg University, from 1996 to 1999. He was Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasant Prabhu
Vasant Prabhu (19 January 1924 – 13 October 1968) was a music composer from Maharashtra who was a prolific composer of nonfilm Marathi songs known as 'bhaav-geete', and also worked in Marathi film industry. He is known for his collaboration with singer Lata Mangeshkar for composing various songs of films which she sang. Prabhu also partnered with lyricist P. Savlaram on various films. Prabhu was also a choreographer. Biography Vasant Prabhu acted in a few films under National Studios banner around 1939 as a child artiste, under the name Master Vasant. In the film Comrades (1939), he was one of the voices in the chorus and on the screen for the song 'wo chamak chamak kar taare' under the music direction of Anil Biswas. Prabhu was a trained dancer having learned Katthak in his childhood. Along with dance, he also had basic knowledge of music and beats. He tried his luck in grabbing in a role as an actor in Marathi films which were then produced in Pune and Kolhapur. He finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamta Prabhu
Mamta Prabhu (Marathi:ममता प्रभू, born 1 March 1983) is a table tennis player from Maharashtra, India. She is an integral part of the Indian women Table Tennis team. As of July 2011, she is ranked 356rd in the overall International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) women rankings. She stands 4th in the Indian contingent. Early life Mamta Prabhu is an alumnus of the S. E. S. high school and junior college, Thane. She started playing Table Tennis at a young age of 8 years in 1991. It was destiny that she started table tennis. Her parents had taken her brother and Mamata for enrolling them in table tennis club nearby her house. It so happened that her Coach Dilip Hate enrolled her brother and suggested her parents to bring her after a year as her height was even below the table. Then she accompanied her brother to table tennis club but was not allowed to play. She used to sit there for hours in one place and watched other kids play till the last player stopped. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjiri Prabhu
Manjiri Prabhu (born 30 September) is an Indian author, TV producer and filmmaker. She has been hailed as the 'Desi Agatha Christie' (Indian Agatha Christie) by the media and is acknowledged as being the first woman writer of mystery fiction in India. Early life Manjiri Atmaram Prabhu was born in Pune to Atmaram Prabhu, a businessman and Shobha Prabhu, a prominent astrologer in a family of five siblings. Manjiri started experimenting with novels at a young age and acknowledges Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie as her early inspiration. She attended St. Joseph's High School and did her graduation and Masters in French from Ferguson College and Pune University. Manjiri then completed her post graduate diploma in Social Communication Media from Sophia College, Mumbai. and PhD in Communication Science from Pune University. Career Manjiri joined the State Institute of Educational Technology (Balchitravani) as a TV producer where she directed more than 200 infotainment programs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaud Saraswat Brahmin
Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) (also Goud or Gawd), also known as Shenvis are a Hindu community of contested caste status and identity. They primarily speak Konkani and its various dialects as their mother tongue. They claim to be Saraswat Brahmins who initially migrated to Konkan from Gaud, per Puranic accounts. Upon moving out of Goa during Portuguese occupation, their claims of Brahminhood were rejected both to the north of Goa, by the Deshastha, Chitpavan and Karhade Brahmins of Maharashtra, and to the south, by the Nambudiri Brahmins of Kerala. The GSBs were traditionally traders and even as early as the 1400s they conducted commerce across the Indian Ocean. In the Maratha empire, they also served as administrators. Etymology There are many interpretations on how the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins received the name "Gaud" and the information about it is scant. Authors Jose Patrocinio De Souza and Alfred D'Cruz interpreters that the word ''Gauda'' or ''Goud'' may have been tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinivas Prabhu
Srinivasa Prabhu is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Srinivasa Prabhu as an actor include ''Bimba - Those 90 Minutes'' (2018), '' Kanooru Heggadithi'' (1999), Hudugaru (2011), Humble Politician Nograj (2018) etc. Personal life Srinivasa Prabhu did his MA from Central College in Bengaluru, securing the first rank (gold medal) in the state. He graduated from the prestigious National School of Drama, New Delhi, in 1981. Career He worked as a voice-over dubbing artist for Ravi Chandran in most of his early blockbuster films such as Premaloka, Anjada Gandu and Ranadheera. He was part of many soap/serials including ''Janani, Aasare, Sanje Mallige, Muktha, Naaku Thanthi, Kutumba, Maneyondhu Mooru Bagilu, Gupthagamini, Kadambari, Geethanjali, Thakadhimi Thaa and Punyakoti'' etc. At one point in the 2000s, it was nearly impossible to switch on a Kannada Daily Soap channel and not spot Mr. Prabhu, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolanthur Krishna Prabhu
Bolanthur Krishna Prabhu was a Konkani Dramatist and Poet. His musical "Chandrahas" in 1912, is believed to be the first Konkani stage musical. Early life Krishna Prabhu born on 13 November 1882 at Bolanthur, Bantwal Taluk in to a Konkani speaking Goud Saraswat Brahmin family of father, Govinda, and mother, Pommie. His maternal uncle, Soukar Srinivasa Prabhu of Bantwal, who had no male issue, brought him to Bantwal where he studied up to 7th standard in the Mission School. Literary works Bolanthur Krishna Prabhu wrote ''Chandrahas Natak'' and it saw four editions. His other works include ''Prahlada Charitre'', ''Draupadi Vastrapaharana'', ''Dhruvacharitre'', ''Krishna Janmashtami'', ''Nalacharitre'', and ''Shri Krishna-Satyabhama Samwada''. His Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
