Famous People with Name Raveendra

Raveendra N. Batra            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Raveendra N. Batra: a U.S. economist and professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for his best selling books The Great Depression of 1990 and Surviving the Great Depression of 1990. In the former book he predicted a sharp rise in the US stock market in the 1980s, followed by a cataclysmic drop and a depression in or around 1990.Batra obtained his B.A. degree from Punjab University in 1963 and M.A. degree from Delhi School of Economics in 1965. In 1969 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Illinois University. He surprised his professors by becoming published in distinguished refereed journals while a student. He became Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario in 1969. He moved to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in 1970 to become Assistant Professor of Economics.

M. Raveendran            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

M. Raveendran: was a popular Malayalam and South Indian music composer. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own.He composed more than 150 films primarily for the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. He also composed a few albums including Vasantha Geethangal. He died in Chennai following a cardiac arrest. He was also suffering from cancer.

Pannian Raveendran            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pannian Raveendran: was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Trivandrum constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) political party. He had a defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha election from the Trivandrum Constituency, again