Dr. Mandava Prabhakar Rao aged 65 years is the scion of a reputed agricultural family (born to Sri M Venkatramaiah garu and Smt. Rama Devi garu), hailing from Guntur but now settled in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Dr. Prabhakar Rao is an alumnus of the institute of Agricultural Science, Benares Hindu University and stood second in the University in B.Sc (Agriculture) and achieved 1st rank in M.Sc (Agriculture). He is also recipient of Gold Medal and Merit Scholarship in his Post Graduation studies. Taking over the reins of Nuziveedu Seeds (NSL) Limited in 1982, started by his illustrious father in 1973, he has nurtured and developed the NSL Group of companies, which is today a conglomerate of businesses in Seeds, Textiles, Sugars, Infrastructure and Renewable power. He is serving as the Chairman of NSL Group of Companies, and is currently the President of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI).
A widely travelled person, Dr Rao, toured several developed countries in Europe, USA and Japan, as member of Indian Seed Team under USAID project, to study the seed industry for adopting improved technologies in the domestic seed industry. Dr Rao has always been at forefront of discharging Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and has established, Mandava Foundation, a charitable trust, that plays a key role in the development of Rural India by contributing in the sectors of Education, Health Care, and agricultural productivity initiatives etc.
His deep knowledge in anything connected with agriculture and endowed with sharp intellect to absorb and implement any new ideas combined with rare business acumen made him what he is today to embrace and discharge multifarious activities.
