Famous People with Name Raju

Raju Basnet            Origin/Culture/Country: Hindu

Raju Basnet: a Nepalese cricketer.[1] A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,[2] he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2004.[3]Raju Basnet first represented Nepal at Under-19 level when he played in the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka.[4] He made his début for the senior side in 2004[3] when he played against the UAE and Malaysia in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[5] He played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against the UAE and Hong Kong later in the year.[4]

Raju Khadka            Origin/Culture/Country: Hindu

Raju Khadka: a Nepalese cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he played for the Nepal national cricket team between 1998 and 2004,[3] including two first-class matches.[4] He captained the side between 2002[5] and 2004.[6]He made his first-class début in 2004, playing in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup against the UAE and Malaysia.[4] Later in the year, he played in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur and ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore and the UAE. The match against the UAE was his last for Nepal.[3]

Raju Bhatt            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Raju Bhatt: was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Gujarat. He was born in Ahmedabad. Bhatt made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1970-71 season, against Baroda.

Raju Shetti            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Raju Shetti: is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha, the political party which he founded in 2004, after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana. Shetti hails from the Shirol in the Kolhapur district of Maha

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju: a former popular Telugu film actor. He is the uncle of fellow actorPrabhas .He starred in some 183 Telugu films in his career and was a prominent actor of the 1970s and 1980s in Tollywood.He has since become active in politics.He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to Lok Sabha from Narasapur.He served as a minister of state for external affairs in Third Vajpayee Ministry.[1]

KVK Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

KVK Raju: whose surname is Kanumuri, was a first generation technopreneur born in a humble agricultural family in Andhra Pradesh. He was the founder of the Nagarjuna Group of companies.After graduating from Banaras Hindu University and the Madras Institute of Technology he went on to complete his Master's in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota, USA. After a short stint in American he returned to India and worked for short periods at Caltex Oil Refinery, Orient General Industries and Associated Electrical Industries.

Gopal Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gopal Raju: was an Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropist. He was considered to be a pioneer of Indian American ethnic media in the United States.Raju launched the first successful Indian newspaper in the U.S., India Abroad, in 1970. [1][2][3] The India Abroad newspaper refers to itself as the "oldest Indian newspaper published in North America."[4] The newspaper quickly became an influential voice for the growing Indian American community in the United States.[1] Raju's India Abroad was considered to be an important milestone for the growth of ethnic media in the U.S and one of the most credible Indian American publications.[1][5] The Economist, a respected British weekly international affairs magazine, once referred to Raju's India Abroad as a daily publication of “unusually high quality”.[3][5]

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju: the founder of Satyam Computers and was its Chairman until January 7, 2009 when he resigned from the Satyam board after admitting to corporate fraud.[2][3]. Satyam was created by Ramalinga Raju and others and was until recently perceived to be amongst the top Indian IT vendors. Raju has allegedly admitted overstating its cash reserves by USD$ 1.5 billion.[4] Later, allegations have been made that the company's assets were not inflated, but instead siphoned off by Ramalinga Raju. [5] Raju is currently held in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail on criminal charges including fraud, forgery, cheating, embezzlement and insider trading.

Ramabhandra Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ramabhandra Raju: was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Andhra. He was born in Pithapuram. Raju made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1959-60 season, against Mysore.