Pavan Kanakagiri

Banking & Finance Professional

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

My heart fills with pride!! "Alluri Sitarama Raju" International Airport!! 🙏

[Andhra Nexus @AndhraNexus]

🚨 AP government has approached the PMO seeking July 5, 2026 for the inauguration of Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram and is awaiting confirmation.
#AndhraPradesh #Visakhapatnam

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

Centre clears three more foreign universities to establish campuses in India - The Times of India https://t.co/fslPmqSYg2

[Political Kida @PoliticalKida]

“No one hates Modi & BJP more than me, but Rahul Gandhi can’t handle an energy crisis or a war like PM Modi”

"He has no qualification to be PM except that his father, grandmother & great-grandfather were PMs"

Hardcore leftist Ramachandra Guha brutally exposing Rahul Gandhi.. 😂

[Anu Satheesh 🇮🇳🚩 @AnuSatheesh5]

The other side of Kerala where, children are given a traditional welcome to the new academic year ♥️

Where learning begins with blessings and love.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Modi-hatred is almost a requirement to be called an "intellectual" in some circles. We have to counter them, so let's recall some history.

Congress had left Punjab, Kashmir, Assam all burning. The Naxal menace had made middle India ungovernable. Bihar and UP had become lawless. Bengal stagnated and deteriorated.

Today, Bengal has been rescued from the lawless TMC. For the first time since my childhood, we can discuss development and progress in all these states. We can disagree on specific paths to development, but at least we get to have that conversation.

These achievements did not happen magically. They required a lot of hard work and sacrifice - and all of it happened democratically. Let us not forget that Congress used Article 356 very often to dismiss state governments and now they lecture us on "democratic values".

If we elect the wrong crowd, we risk losing all the gains we have made.

Modi and Shah have provided strong and resolute leadership that has allowed these useless intellectuals to indulge their Modi hatred. Deep down, even they know the truth.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

1987. A room in New Delhi is thick with the smell of old files & cold tea. The United States has just delivered a stinging slap to the face of the Indian Republic. They have officially refused to sell India the 'Cray X-MP' Supercomputer, the most powerful machine on Earth, claiming that India would use it for nuclear weapons.

The American officials mockingly suggest that India does not even have the electricity to keep such a machine running. In the middle of this national humiliation, a young, soft-spoken engineer named Vijay Bhatkar is asked by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: "Can we build our own?" Bhatkar does not hesitate. He looks at the No of the West & says: "We will not just build it; we will build it faster than you can ship it."

The Americans did not just stop at refusing the sale; they actively lobbied other nations to ensure India remained digitally blind. They believed that w/o their Logic Gates, India would remain a 3rd world backwater.

Bhatkar realized he could not replicate the Single-Processor behemoth of the Cray. Instead, he turned to Parallel Processing. He decided to stitch together 1000s of low-cost, off-the-shelf microprocessors. It was like building a giant's brain out of the neurons of ants.

In 1991, while the West was still celebrating its monopoly, Bhatkar unveiled the PARAM 8000. It was not just a computer; it was a Gigaflop monster.

To prove the PARAM was real, Bhatkar ran a standard global benchmark test. The results were sent to an international conference in Zurich. The PARAM 8000 was ranked as the 2nd most powerful supercomputer in the world, behind only the American machines. But there was a twist: the PARAM cost a fraction of the Cray, performed better in tropical heat, & was built in just 3 years.

When the PARAM 8000 was 1st turned on, the team did not have a high-tech cooling system like the Americans. They used industrial-grade desert coolers & adjusted the airflow manually. It was the ultimate Jugaad that defeated the most sophisticated tech embargo in history.

A major US newspaper ran a story with the headline: "Denied supercomputer, Angry India does it!" The ghost of the Native Engineer had officially entered the silicon temple. Vijay Bhatkar’s history is the story of how India became the IT Capital of the world.

Bhatkar founded the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). He did not just build a machine; he built an ecosystem. Every software engineer in India today stands on the shoulders of the man who proved we did not need the West's permission to compute. Bhatkar was the 1 who realized that if computers only spoke English, 90% of India would be left behind. He led the development of GIST (Graphics & Intelligence Based Script Technology), allowing computers to work in Indian languages. He gave the Machine a local tongue.

Today, Bhatkar is a Padma Bhushan awardee, but he lives a life of deep spirituality & simplicity. He vanished from the corporate headlines to become a philosopher of the digital age.

The West thought they could freeze India’s future by withholding a single machine. They forgot that the Indian mind does not need a 'Cray' to think; it only needs a 'No' to ignite. Forget building a supercomputer; Bhatkar built a mirror, & for the 1st time, the West had to look into it & see that the primitive colony had become the master of the code.

[Vikram Pratap Singh @VIKRAMPRATAPSIN]

Repeat after me
#BringBackAnnamalai
Now . Trend it 50K plus RT needed . Let the Modi ji hear our Voice . Our Voice matters https://t.co/84pwnO9ecO

[P.N.Rai @PNRai1]

तमिलनाडु में के अन्नामलाई को हटाना भारतीय जनता पार्टी के नेतृत्व की सबसे बड़ी गलती थी।

स्टालिन को सत्ता से दूर करने के लिए अपनी ही हस्ती गवा दी।

के अन्नामलाई ने पूरे तमिलनाडु में पैदल घूम कर युवाओं में भारतीय जनता पार्टी के प्रति आकर्षण पैदा किया था। के अन्नामलाई के हटते ही युवा वर्ग जोसेफ विजय की तरफ मुड़ गया। उन्हें डीएमके और एआईएडीएमके में कोई फर्क नहीं दिख रहा था। यह दोनों ही द्रविडियन पॉलिटिक्स में तमिलनाडु को देश से काट रहे हैं।

उम्मीद करते हैं की अमित शाह और बीजेपी मुखिया सनातनी हिंदू के अन्नामलाई को दोबारा तमिलनाडु की कमान देंगे और भविष्य में कभी भी दूर करने की कोशिश नहीं करेंगे।

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

I hope more people speak up! South India (not just Tamilnadu) needs leaders like Annamalai!!

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

In Tamil Nadu, the BJP being in power at the centre has been used by essentially all the parties to demonize them. The DMK made "attack Modi" as their only plank. EdappadiDMK (that is the correct name) would have done the same thing if the Congress had switched over to them. In Tamil, we call this பூச்சாண்டி காட்டுதல் - like my grandmother would tell me as a kid "that tree next to the pond has a ghost that will catch you, so don't go near it" to keep me away from swimming in the pond! Modi is their favorite பூச்சாண்டி.

So when someone parrots the line "we want to keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu", they are saying "we don't want competition for our cozy duopoly", not some deep principle. The BJP has been in alliance in AP and Pondicherry and those states are doing fine, they are making excellent progress. Yet TN is supposedly "different".

The "difference" was the BJP getting into alliance with these same parties (EDMK or DMK) that want to openly or secretly suppress them in TN.

What is the way ahead? Find good youthful passionate leadership that are willing to fight the good fight long term. Focus on building up the party from the grassroots. Ignore all the பூச்சாண்டி business. Do not align with anyone who claims "TN is different". TN is Bharat. We have to fight this subterranean separatism.

Annamalai was making progress but he needed a lot more time. He was creating a genuine political movement, he invited youth to be active in politics and he had massive engagement.

I would have volunteered for this assignment too (I love building up from zero!) but I am neck deep in tech and Bharat needs deep tech. So not in this life time. To be very clear, I will state my political views (my right to free speech) but I will not be in active politics.

I hope all our educated citizens do engage in this political debate and express their opinions, but let us all do it RESPECTFULLY.

[BJP @BJP4India]

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

North to Northeast, the colour shift is no longer subtle. Bengal is simply the latest chapter in a story that’s already well underway.

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 #𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟒𝟕, 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 📷📷

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

To @UnSubtleDesi for relentlessly documenting TMC crimes and to @jsaideepak for resolutely fighting post-poll violence cases. Both at great personal and professional risk.

The darkest hour they say is just before dawn. You endured that hour so we could greet the dawn. Thank you.

[Shivraj Singh Chouhan @ChouhanShivraj]

एक कार्यकर्ता के नाते आज मेरा मन भावनाओं से भरा हुआ है। एक संकल्प पूरा हुआ है, एक सपना साकार हुआ है। आज डॉ. श्यामा प्रसाद मुखर्जी जी की आत्मा गदगद होगी।

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व में बंगाल की विजय अद्भुत और असाधारण है। आज सारा देश यह मानता है कि 'मोदी है तो ही मुमकिन है'। यह मोदी जी के प्रति अपार श्रद्धा और विश्वास का प्रकटीकरण है।

यह विकसित भारत के विचार की विजय है। घटिया वोट बैंक की राजनीति को नकार दिया गया है। पूरे पूर्वी भारत में कमल खिला हुआ है। असम का असाधारण प्रदर्शन है और तमिलनाडु में भी जिनका काम केवल मोदी विरोध था, वह आज चारों खाने चित हो गए हैं।

पुडुचेरी में फिर भारतीय जनता पार्टी और एनडीए की सरकार बन रही है। सचमुच में एक नेता के प्रति प्रेम और विश्वास कैसा चमत्कार लाता है, यह इन चुनाव परिणामों से दिख रहा है।

हमारे नेता माननीय श्री @AmitShah जी की अचूक रणनीति, माननीय राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @NitinNabin जी को भी मैं बधाई देता हूं।

सचमुच मैं आज नेता नहीं, कार्यकर्ता के नाते भावुक हूं।

@BJP4India
@BJP4Bengal
@BJP4Assam
@BJP4Puducherry

[Aparajite @amshilparaghu]

Meet 7-year-old Vishwambara from Shakatapura near Sringeri

He mesmerises you with the way he chants shlokas with such confidence and devotion.

At this age, learning Sanskrit, Vedas, and living Sanathana Dharma…is not just talent, it is beyond words.

Cred:soultrialswithkiran🙏

[SREEVATSA NADIG DM FSCAI FESC @nadig_cardio]

With so many anti-India narratives going around, here’s my story.
I was born into a lower middle-class Brahmin (UR) family in a small village. I studied in a government Kannada-medium school and continued my entire education,right up to my super-speciality in cardiology—through the merit quota.
I completed my schooling, pre-university, and MBBS from BMC , MD in Medicine from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, and DM Cardiology from SGPGI all at a nominal cost. (The maximum annual fee I paid during my MD was around ₹8,000.)
In short, I received a high-quality education at an extremely affordable cost.

Today, my wife ( medical oncologist)and I have chosen to return to our native place, serving semi-urban and rural communities. At one point, I wanted to join a premier teaching cardiology institute in Bangalore, but I couldn’t afford the “informal costs” that were expected. So I moved into the corporate sector where, merit, skill, and hard work are better recognized.
I now earn a decent annual income. I own a comfortable 6000 sq. ft. home, a German luxury car, and two other vehicles. We employ household staff and a driver.
Most importantly, a majority of my patients come from lower middle-class backgrounds, and nearly 70% of my cases are covered under the Ayushman Bharat scheme so my work is a balance of service and sustainability.

My parents live just a few hundred meters away, and I’m available whenever they need me. The cost of living and support systems here make this possible. I pay a substantial amount in income tax every year.

Yes, India has its flaws,corruption, bureaucracy, pollution, and lack of basic civic sense. But portraying it as a hopeless “hellhole” or comparing it to failed states is simply not true.
I came from very modest beginnings and built a comfortable, fulfilling life close to family, with professional satisfaction and financial stability.

Those who choose to go abroad have their reasons, and that’s perfectly fine. But this country doesn’t lack opportunity. For those willing to work hard and stay rooted, India can offer a meaningful and rewarding life.

I love my country—not because of who is in power, but because of the opportunities it provides.
Jai Hind

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

Respect 🙏

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Open letter to Indians in America.
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Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat:

Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way.

Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned.

You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict.

Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect.

Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself.

As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal.

Respectfully
Sridhar Vembu

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

@Finance_Bareek I'm a corporate banker and I can totally relate to this, even though I'm in a job and not running a business. Because, a business development role is nothing but entrepreneurship! Very inspiring journey indeed! Wish you more success!

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

@Finance_Bareek I'm a corporate banker and I can totally relate to this, even though I'm in a job and not running a business. Because, a business development roles is nothing but entrepreneurship! Very inspiring journey indeed! Wish you more success!

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

Long live Santana Dharma!!

[Sheetal Chopra 🇮🇳 @SheetalPronamo]

Did we Force - NO
Did we Misrepresented - NO
Did we LURE with money - NO

World wise people EMBRACE Sanatan dharma because of it’s timeless wisdom, inclusive nature, rational philosophy, and universal relevance

Jayatu Sanatan 🔱

[Pavan Kanakagiri @KK_Pavan]

Truly a touching gesture 🙏

[Shaurya Mishra @shauryabjym]

माँ तो माँ होती हैं

ऐसे दृश्य को देखकर लगता है कि कलयुग
अभी पूर्णतः नहीं आया हैं..

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

I hereby charge you, our Indian Men’s Cricket team, with grave cruelty.

You seduced an entire Country—our Northwestern Neighbours—into believing that they were on the verge of inflicting a humiliating defeat upon us.

You then refused to give in.
You pulled off a Houdini act.
You snatched an entirely improbable victory from the jaws of defeat.

You took the humiliation, wrapped it up, and gifted it to them. Because even with wickets left, they couldn’t achieve our paltry score.

You caused them emotional damage that is incalculable.

I sentence you to being heroes forever…

😃💪🏽👏🏽🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳