Pran Kurup was an Indian entrepreneur and author.
10 Facts About Pran Kurup
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Pran Kurup was born in Chennai to K Madhava Kurup and Sarojini, who hailed from Kannur.
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Pran Kurup completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and post-graduation in Robotics from Miami University.
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Pran Kurup co-founded Vitalect with Taher Abbasi and Ricky Bedi, an e-learning company based in California in 1997.
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Pran Kurup was originally called ByteK Designs Inc and renamed to Vitalect in 1999.
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Pran Kurup served as the president of the Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association.
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Pran Kurup co-authored Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys with Taher Abbasi.
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Pran Kurup was a columnist on the Economic Times blogs.
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Pran Kurup died on 3 September 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram, due to heart failure and was cremated on 5 September 2016.
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Pran Kurup is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son.