User:Pragatinagpal

P. V. Raghunathan, born 10th December 1944, also known as Raghu among close friends and relatives, and PVR among his colleagues, is a totally self-made man. He self-financed his entire school and college education through merit scholarships, starting from his first formal school year when he entered the sixth grade in a corporation school. His drive rose not only out of dire necessity from the family’s economic conditions, but also because of his urge to excel over others. Even as a child he pitched his goals high in every field—academics, sports, extracurricular activities such as oratorical competitions and debates, and para-military training as a cadet of National Cadet Corps (NCC). In short ‘he touched nothing which he did not adorn’.