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Dr. I. Krishna Murthy is Presently associated with Prathista, a Global company as “Global Scientific Advisor”

Date Of Birth	:	01.09.1945.
High School	:	Keshav Memorial High School Narayanaguda.. May 1962.
Graduation BSc. Ag. Agricultural	:	College Bapatla. 1962-66.
MSc .Ag. Agronomy	:	College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.
		· MBA ( Marketing ) IPE, Osmania University 1993-96 6 Semesters Evening College. · Mango Research Asst. Fruit Research Station, Sangareddy. APAU , Feb 1967 - June 1969. Maintenance Of 365 Varieties Of Mango Germplasams, Conducting Mango NPK manuriaTrials. in RBD ( Randomised Block Design. ) · Maize Research Station, Amberpet, Hyderabad, APAU, June 1969- June 1973, Farm Superintendent, maintaintenance of Farm Administration, Cultivation of various crops, Maize, Paddy, Wheat, and flowers garden.

On Study leave from June 1973- June 75 for pursuing MSc. Ag ( Agronomy )
Joined M/s Shaw Wallace Company Limited, Calcutta, June 1975-June 1985 and posted as Market Development Executive at Guntur for Covering AP and Karnataka for Product promotion and for Conducting field trials on various crops for Company’s Pesticides .
Later posted as Regional Sales Executive Guntur for marketing Fertilisers and Pesticides.
Joined M/s Godavari Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited Secunderabad June 1985- September 2003 as Regional Manager Kakinada / Hyderabad for marketing Godavari DAP and other Complex fertilisers .
Elevated to Zonal Manager to cover AP, Karnataka, Tamilnadu Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, and UP Regions.
Represented AP Phosphoric Fertiliser manufacturering Industry as Lead Manufacturer at Ministry of Agriculture, Central Secretariat, New Delhi for Kharif and Rabi seasons to assess P205 requirements for AP and also for realisation of Fertiliser Subsidy every year from GOI .
Visited USA in 2004.
Joined Prathista Industries Limited Hyderabad in February 2005-January 2009 as Head Product Development and established Company products in Gangtok by conducting field trials and reached annual turnover of Rs 3.20 Crores.
Visited USA in June 2005.
Conducted product coordinated trials on various crops in Coimbatore with M/s Kovai Trading Company to establish Prathista products.
Participated and organised Prathista products display across the country from CII Panchkula ,international Flouriculture meet at Gangtok , CSIR Global meet at Vigyan Bhavan , New Delhi, Kohima Nagaland , Maharashtra , CSIR Coonoor , CSIR Bangalore International meet at Kabul, Afghanistan , and many more. which has given me opportunities to meet many National / State leaders.
Elevated to Vice President Marketing in April 2006- January 2009 and this opportunity has givenme to market Prathista Products in Various states across the country and to have tie up with many companies.
The company has given me many opportunities to visit various countries such as Uganda, Bangkok, and Afghanistan .
Successfully established that Prathista’s Bio- phos works on Tea gardens by conducting Research trials for 2 years and got the results published by Tea Research Station, Valaparai, 80 kms from Coimbatore.
Visited USA in 2009,2010,
Joined M/s Sowbhagya Bio tech Ltd Hyderabad as Vice President- Marketing in January 2011 - February 2012. for a year and resigned.
Visited USA 2011 to 2019 and 2024.

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