M. R. Madhavan is the President and co-founder of

PRS Legislative Research PRS Legislative Research, commonly referred to as PRS, is an Indian non-profit organisation that was established in September 2005 as an independent research institute to make the Indian legislative process better informed, more transparent an ...

, a

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research institution that focuses on making the legislative process in India better informed, more transparent and participatory. PRS publishes "legislative briefs" (short commented summaries) of Bills in

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

and

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and other articles related to legislation in India. Madhavan holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from

IIT Madras The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), ...

and an MBA and PhD from

IIM Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institu ...

. He started his career in

ICICI Securities ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai with a registered office in Vadodara. It offers a wide range of banking and financial services for corporate and retail customers throu ...

in the equity research group and later headed interest rates research at ICICI. He also worked for

Bank of America The Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America) (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment banking, investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in ...

as a Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region. Madhavan quit Bank of America in September 2005 and joined forces with

C. V. Madhukar C. V. Madhukar (born 1968) is an Indian banker who serves as the CEO of Co-Develop, a global nonprofit fund. Previously, he was Managing Director at Omidyar Network. He was the global lead for their work on Digital Identity. He has been the fou ...

to open PRS Legislative Research. At PRS, Madhavan set up and led the Research team, before becoming the President of PRS. Madhavan was honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIM Calcutta in 2014. IIT Madras also honoured him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2017. He was selected as the Business Standard Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2019.

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