Phanindra Sama
| Phanindra Sama | |
|---|---|
| File:Phanindra Sama.jpegPhanindra Sama.jpeg | |
| Born | 15 August 1980 Todapakal Nizambad District Andhra Pradesh |
| 🏳️ Nationality | India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | BITS Pilani |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Redbus.in |
| 🏡 Home town | Hyderabad |
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Phanindra Sama is a Indian Internet based entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of online bus ticket booking platforms Redbus.in. It is the world's largest online bus ticket booking platform operating in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Peru and Colombia
Early life[edit]
Sama was born on 15 August 1980 at Todapakal village in Nizambad District Andhra Pradesh. His father died when he was 6 years old.His mother took all the responsibilities of Phanindra and his brother.Phanindra then moved to his uncle house in Hyderabad for his class 10th and +2 studies. He was an extra ordinary student in studies. He got 80% marks in SSC and 97% marks in his intermediate. Considering his intermediate marks he got admissions into BITS Pilani in the stream of Electronics Engineering. He post graduate from Indian Institute of Science. As a child he was always fascinated with electronic. The way electrons flow in a wire and make a fan rotate etc were very interesting to him.
Career[edit]
After his post graduation he got job in Texas Instruments, Bengalore. He was a Sr. Design Engineer there. He was co-founded Redbus.in a online bus ticket booking platform Redbus.in was acquired by Ibibo in around $100million in 2013.
Sama has been appointed as cief innovation officer of TSIC (Telangana state innovation cell). He is also currently serving as a patron in Kakatiya Sandbox, an experimentation lab for people to work on solutions to the problem.
Awards and recognition[edit]
- He was included in Forbes magazine's Top 5 startup 2010
- He was awarded "India's best internet starup" 2010 by IMAI
- Entrepreneur of the year award under I.T by ET Now in 2013.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- 11 November 2017 telangana-appoints-redbus-co-founder-phanindra-sama-chief-innovation-officer The news minute.
- 20 December 2014 after-redbus-sale-phanindra-sama-hints-at-turning-investor Firstpost.
- N .Ramakrishan (12 March 2018) its-a-home-run-for-redbus-founder Business line.
- Shruti Jani (21 December 2018) redbus-growth-startup-india Tech story.
- P . R Sanjal (24 July 2013) RedBus-and-the-art-of-not-missing-the-bus Livemint.
- Pankaj Mishra ( 30 November 2018). phanindra-sama-i-just-want-to-escape-out-without-anybody-remembering-me-after-i-am-gone Factorydaily.
- Rohin Dharmakumar (26 October 2013) phanindra-sama-routemapping-the-future-with-redbus Forbes India.
- Somnath (1 November 2018) redbus-co-founder-appointed-as-chief-innovation-officer-of-telangana-state EDTimes.
- 11 November 2017 redbus-co-founder-phanindra-sama-appointed-cio-of-ts The Hindu.
- Mihir Dalal, Ashish Kumar Mishra (17 July 2014). The-redBus-sale-A-cautionary-tale Livemint.
- Priyanka Pani (11 June 2014) phanindra-sama-exits-redbus TheHinduBusinessLine.
External links[edit]
- inspiring-story-of-phanindra-sama 24 Education.
- Mihir Dalal and Pankaj Mishra (14 September 2013) Entrepreneurship-is-a-selfpurification-process-says-Phanin Livemint.
- Bibhu Ranjan Mishra (12 February 2015) redbus-co-founder-sama-turns-angel-investor Business Standards.
- Aditi Saxena (21 November 2014) you-need-a-soulmate-as-your-start-up-co-founder-phanindra-sama-redbus-creator Economic times.
- Namita A Shrivastav (25 May 2018) we-were-new-to-business-and-learnt-as-we-ran-phanindra-sama Deccan Chronicle.
- Raghuvir Badrinath (21 January 2014) phanindra-sama-invests-in-social-entrepreneurship Bussiness Standard.
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