Praveen Kumar Gorakavi (born 24^th May 1989 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is an inventor and technology developer. Praveen is the youngest FAPCCI award recipient for 94 years of awards history. He has developed technologies extending to various branches of science including mathematics, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics, mechanics, quantum mechanics, high energy physics and functional materials. His papers were published in leading journals and were presented at numerous international symposia.

Praveen was awarded one of the India’s prestigious title ‘Balshree’ from President of India in 2004 and Andhra Pradesh state’s one of the highest civilian recognition ‘UUGADI PURASKARA’ from Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2004. Praveen was awarded ‘Best technologist for technology to disabled people’ by State Government of AP by Chief Minister of AP. He was awarded ‘Outstanding Engineer for the state of AP for 2009-10’ by FAPCCI, State Chamber of Commerce by Chief Minister of State in 2011.

Praveen wrote calendar for 40,000 years, from 20,000B.C. to 20,000A.D., which was later translated into 31,000 years calendar in Braille script for visually impaired people. Praveen presented his calendar to Singapore Science Center, Singapore and B.M. Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad for non-exclusive record. At the age of 13, he was given title ‘Child Scientist’ in 2003 at NCSC by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

Praveen developed wax based solid propellant technology that was shared with Research Center Imarat, DRDO in 2004. He designed a mechanically operated artificial limb in 2004 and shared the technology to APVCC, State government of Andhra Pradesh. For this technology, Praveen won the award of ‘Best technologist for technology to disabled people’ from department of social justice in 2004. Praveen designed food storage equipment based on microbial control based on ionic radiations, which was the state’s best technology at National Children Science congress 2003.

He authored few technical papers and presented them at international symposia, such as AIChE regional and annual symposium 2008 and Indian Science Congress 2011 on ‘Non-Bacterial way of bio-fuel synthesis’, which indeed is a bio-ethanol synthesis procedure based on synthesized bio-catalyst. Chemical reaction was designed in a continuous reactor with a batch reactor time of 4-12 hours based on the precision requirement. 

Praveen designed a multicolor pen in 2008, which can write in 256 colors. Alternate application of this technology was designed in 2012 for nail paints, artist brush colors, acrylic colors and few natural dyes. He also designed a braille embosser in 2012 that weighs 500-800gms and costs less than 100USD. Discussions are on for commercialization of this technology with leading braille presses of the globe.