If outsourced research is the buzzword, Dr AV Rama Rao ought to be its icon. He runs India’s only scientific research lab as a business venture. His company Avra Laboratories provides technical services, process technologies and synthesis of new chemical entities for world's leading drug companies like GD Searle, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. From extremely humble origins of rural Andhra Pradesh, Dr Rama Rao became an innovative scientist with National Chemical Laboratory in" /> If outsourced research is the buzzword, Dr AV Rama Rao ought to be its icon. He runs India’s only scientific research lab as a business venture. His company Avra Laboratories provides technical services, process technologies and synthesis of new chemical entities for world's leading drug companies like GD Searle, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. From extremely humble origins of rural Andhra Pradesh, Dr Rama Rao became an innovative scientist with National Chemical Laboratory in" /> If outsourced research is the buzzword, Dr AV Rama Rao ought to be its icon. He runs India’s only scientific research lab as a business venture. His company Avra Laboratories provides technical services, process technologies and synthesis of new chemical entities for world's leading drug companies like GD Searle, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. From extremely humble origins of rural Andhra Pradesh, Dr Rama Rao became an innovative scientist with National Chemical Laboratory in">

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07 June 2007 If outsourced research is the buzzword, Dr AV Rama Rao ought to be its icon. He runs India’s only scientific research lab as a business venture. His company Avra Laboratories provides technical services, process technologies and synthesis of new chemical entities for world's leading drug companies like GD Searle, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. From extremely humble origins of rural Andhra Pradesh, Dr Rama Rao became an innovative scientist with National Chemical Laboratory in&url=https://www.moneylife.in//article/i-have-always-worked-on-ideas-that-are-tough-relevant-for-the-society-and-can-make-a-name-for-india/846.html" target="_blank" >

ML: Can you tell us a little about your background and your childhood?
AVR: I have seen your other interviews where everybody seems to be a topper. Let me be very frank. I was never a topper in school. My father was a state government employee who got transferred frequently. I was the first child and used to move around with my parents. Usually, by the time I finished half a...

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If outsourced research is the buzzword, Dr AV Rama Rao ought to be its icon. He runs India’s only scientific research lab as a business venture. His company Avra Laboratories provides technical services, process technologies and synthesis of new chemical entities for world's leading drug companies like GD Searle, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. From extremely humble origins of rural Andhra Pradesh, Dr Rama Rao became an innovative scientist with National Chemical Laboratory in&url=https://www.moneylife.in//article/i-have-always-worked-on-ideas-that-are-tough-relevant-for-the-society-and-can-make-a-name-for-india/846.html" target="_blank" >

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