Pydah Krishna Prasad, Chairman of the Pydah Group of Colleges is a recognized and respected name among the citizens of Visakhapatnam. He was born in Kakinada in the year 1954 in a well known Zamindari family to Sri Pydah Seshagiri Rao and Smt. Kanakadurga. His grandfather Sri Pydah Venkatanarayana was widely known for his selfless service in the Indian freedom movement and he also earned a name in Indian politics as Municipal Chairman of Kakinada, MLA in the combined state and also Member of Rajya Sabha and Member of Legislative Council for two terms. Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Acharya Vinoba bhave and Babu Rajendra Prasad were famous dignitaries who stayed in the house of the Pydah family during their visits to Kakinada.

Pydah Krishna Prasad migrated to Visakhapatnam in the year 1980 married to Smt. Rama Devi D/o Sri K. Rosaiah, former Governor of Tamil Nadu and has a son who is also a reputed businessman. He continued the family business in automobiles as a distributor for the Popular Fiat Car. Continuing the line of distribution, he used his business to expand to other fields like fishing, construction and finance. To conduct a survey and study for the fishing industry, he traveled widely to Japan, Korea, Hongkong, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. He even visited South Korea and Taiwan in 1984 when there were no diplomatic relations between our two countries.

Aseniorprofessional, entrepreneur with an out standing 40-years track record in building, managingandgrowingcompanies.Extensive experience includes business development, Operational and organizational skills. Most recently, worked as the President and CEO of Nelito Systems Ltd (a Tata group company) where he turned it around into a large successful company. He also has extensive experience in Agricultural, Financial, Industry and IT sectors. As banking professional, he had the opportunity to represent high- powered committees constituted by Reserve Bank of India, IDRBT and Indian Banks 'Association for Standardization of various processes for the Banking Industry.

Born in Vijayawada. Mr. K V S PRAKASH RAO, pursued Post graduate degree in Business Management. Heads - Ramcor and Garapati Autoventures, which are largely in the business of Automobile retail and are associated with reputed brands viz., Eicher, Piaggio, TVS, Manitou and Polaris.

Engaged in the functioning of the following social organisations:

1. Andhra Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation - President.

2. FADA - (Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations) as President& currently member of the council.

3. Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education - Member - Governing Body.