The Legacy · 56 years on the record

Six decades. On the record.

Not testimonials we wrote ourselves. Primary-source documents — letters on official letterheads from the Government of India, state Ministers, Members of Parliament, MLAs, Doordarshan, agricultural co-operatives, and four decades of Indian newspaper coverage going back to 1986.

23 primary documents
Earliest dated 15 August 1986
NHB · ICAR-IIHR · MIDH
Congratulations on appointment as Director, National Pomegranate Growers Association
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Anantapur (A.P.)
Anantha Venkatarami Reddy
9 July 2010
Officially recognised by the Government of India

In 2010, Sri P. Sudhakar Rao was appointed to three Government of India horticulture bodies — confirmed in a public letter from the sitting Member of Parliament for Anantapur.

NHB
Formed by the National Horticulture Board

Director · National Pomegranate Growers Association

ICAR-IIHR
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, under ICAR

Member · Research Advisory Committee

MIDH
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

Member · Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

“Sri P Sudhakara Rao … is a reputed horticulturist and has done tremendous work for the cause of the farmers especially for the development of the horticulture sector in the drought-prone Anantapur district. The farmers are reaping the harvests of the good work done earlier especially in the development of pomegranate in Anantapur district and the district has emerged as fruit bowl of Andhra Pradesh.”
N. Raghuveera Reddy
Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Technology Mission, Horticulture, Sericulture and Rain Shadow Area Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Anantapur has emerged as the fruit bowl of Andhra Pradesh
Category 01

Government of India

1 document on file

Congratulations on appointment as Director, National Pomegranate Growers Association2010

Congratulations on appointment as Director, National Pomegranate Growers Association

Anantha Venkatarami Reddy
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Anantapur (A.P.)
9 July 2010 · Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Letter from the Member of Parliament for Anantapur congratulating Sri P. Sudhakar Rao on his appointment as Director of the National Pomegranate Growers Association (formed by the National Horticulture Board) and as a Member of the Research Advisory Committee of IIHR (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

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State Ministers

2 documents on file

Category 03

MPs & MLAs

3 documents on file

Category 04

Public Service Broadcasting

1 document on file

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Industry & Cooperatives

3 documents on file

Twenty years of advising Karnataka growers on grape, pomegranate, mango & sapota2010

Twenty years of advising Karnataka growers on grape, pomegranate, mango & sapota

Ramaswamy B. M., President — Chickballapur Taluk Primary Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society Ltd.
TAPCMS Chickballapur (est. 1955) · Government of Karnataka recognised cooperative
15 June 2010 · Chickballapur, Karnataka

A Karnataka government-recognised cooperative society (founded 1955) certifies that Sudhakar Rao had been advising farmers of Chickballapur taluk for 20 years — i.e. since 1990, decades before the letter was even written.

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A second Karnataka cooperative endorses two decades of horticultural service2010

A second Karnataka cooperative endorses two decades of horticultural service

President — Taluk Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd., Chickballapur
Government of Karnataka registered co-operative (Regd. No. 1513/27-8-1934) · Chickballapur
21 June 2010 · Chickballapur, Karnataka

An independent second Karnataka government cooperative — the Taluk Co-operative Agriculture & Rural Development Bank, established 1934 — corroborates twenty years of service. Two separate cooperatives, the same conclusion: Sudhakar Rao was indispensable to Karnataka's growers since 1990.

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Maharashtra State Pomegranate Growers Research Association certifies the Govt of India appointments2010

Maharashtra State Pomegranate Growers Research Association certifies the Govt of India appointments

Prabhakar Chandane, Executive Partner — MAHA ANAR · Maharashtra State Pomegranate Growers Research Association
Maha Anar — Growers & Exporters of Fresh Produce · Pune, Maharashtra · Estd. 2005
15 June 2010 · Pune, Maharashtra

Maharashtra's state pomegranate growers research association independently confirms the two Government of India appointments — Director of NPGA (NHB) and Member of RAC at IIHR (ICAR) — with full official letterhead and reference number.

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Press Archives

13 documents on file

Second generation · Dr. P. Upender Rao

Coldcare Services — in the national press.

Three covers and cover-stories about Dr. P. Upender Rao's journey founding Coldcare Services (P) Ltd in 2000 — and building, over twenty-five years, one of India's leading EPC turnkey cold-storage construction companies.

CEO ThoughtsNovember 2025

Driving Innovation in India's Cold Chain: The Evolution of Coldcare Services (P) Ltd

"Coldcare was India's first to construct rack-supported steel-structured cold storages with PUF panels … In 2006, Coldcare introduced India's first adjustable racking cold storages, enabling multi-commodity handling — from chilled goods to frozen palletised products."

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Industry OutlookJune 2021

Dr. P Upender Rao — Cold Care: A True Mastermind

"Cold Care services completed its second project in less than 90 days — 89 days, to be precise. This happens to be a record in the Indian food industry."

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CEO Insights IndiaJuly 2022

Dr. P. Upender Rao: Vesting Years of Experience to Bridge the Gaps in Cold Storage Industry

"Cold Care was the first company in India that built storage with steel-supporting racking and EPS panels. … Today the company is partnered with major FMCG brands like Unilever, Subway, Swiggy and Mother Dairy."

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