Pran Kurup
| Pran Kurup | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 October 1966 Chennai, India |
| Died |
3 September 2016 (aged 49) Thiruvananthapuram, India |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, author |
| Parent(s) | K. Madhava Kurup, Sarojini |
| Relatives | K. P. P. Nambiar (uncle) |
Pran Kurup (3 October 1966 – 3 September 2016) was an Indian entrepreneur and author.[1]
Personal life
Pran Kurup was born in Chennai to K. Madhava Kurup and Sarojini.[2] He was the nephew of K. P. P. Nambiar.[3] He completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and post-graduation in Robotics from Miami University.[2]
Entrepreneur and author
Pran Kurup founded Vitalect, an e-learning company based in California in 1997. He also served as the president of the Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association (SIPA).[4]
Kurup authored three books.[5] The first two books were technical. He co-authored Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys with Taher Abbasi. The second book It's the Methodology, Stupid! was co-authored with Taher Abbasi and Ricky Bedi. In 2016, he released his third book on his IIT batchmate and friend Arvind Kejriwal.[6] Titled Arvind Kejriwal & the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look, the book contained a political analysis[7] of the rise of Kejriwal and AAP[8] and a comparison of the growth with that of start-up companies.[1] The book was released by Kejriwal in New Delhi.[9]
He was also a columnist on the Economic Times blogs.[4]
Death
Pran Kurup died on 3 September, 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram, due to heart failure and was cremated on 5 September 2016.[2] He is survived by wife and two children.
References
- 1 2 "Arvind Kejriwal is no dictator: Pran Kurup's new book looks at AAP as a start-up in politics". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 "പ്രാണ് കുറുപ്പ് അന്തരിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 5 September 2016. zero width joiner character in
|title=at position 7 (help) - ↑ "പ്രാൺ കുറുപ്പ് നിര്യാതനായി". Kerala Kaumudi. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- 1 2 >"Outside Edge". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Author - Pran Kurup". GoodReads. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "When a 'Gabbar Singh' in Kharagpur came to head AAP (Book Review)". Business Standard. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Why the Aam Aadmi Party is like Android and Linux: it's an Open Source movement". Scroll. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "The Legend of Arvind". India Today. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Talk of Sidhu becoming AAP face in Punjab premature: Arvind Kejriwal". Financial Express. Retrieved 5 September 2016.