B R Chennadi

Mr. Balakrishna Rao has more than 30 years of experience in Organization Restructuring, Cost Control, Financial Planning, Project Evaluation, Recruitment & Training, Labour Welfare, Performance Monitoring Systems, Production Management & Control.

Mr. Rao has been a recipient of a prestigious award from the Transport ministry for creating a new peak in fuel economy in 1983 which ultimately resulted in savings of several hundred crores for APSRTC in the following two decades. As Executive director Hyderabad & Karimnagar zones, overseeing 9 Telangana districts and Twin cities, maintained harmonious Industrial Relations, quality of service and customer focus and was responsible for more than 8,000 buses and 50,000 staff.

Under his able guidance, Hyderabad city region bagged the National award for fuel saving consecutively for 2003 and 2004. He was instrumental in designing Metro liner buses in Hyderabad city and the popular Veera buses during the Afro-Asian Games, 2001. He successfully managed 40 crore Wind Energy Project at Ramagiri and made a turnaround.

After an illustrious career with APSRTC, he joined CBay Infotech Ventures Pvt. Ltd. in 2007 bringing with him his vast experience and has contributed immensely towards the progress of the SEZ project at Kokapet.

He is also the Chairman of Hyderabad Chapter of Quality Circle Forum of India, propagating quality concepts in industries across AP as a part of the larger quality movement across India.