Pran Kurup

Pran Kurup (3 October 1966 – 3 September 2016) was an Indian entrepreneur and author.

Personal life Pran Kurup was born in Chennai to K. Madhava Kurup and Sarojini, who hailed from Kannur. He completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and post-graduation in Robotics from Miami University. The first two books were on technical topics. He co-authored Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys with Taher Abbasi. The second book It's the Methodology, Stupid! was co-authored with Taher Abbasi and Ricky Bedi. In 2016, he released his third book on his IIT batchmate and friend Arvind Kejriwal. Titled Arvind Kejriwal & the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look, the book contained a political analysis of the rise of Kejriwal and AAP and a comparison of the growth with that of start-up companies.

He was also a columnist on the Economic Times blogs.

Death Pran Kurup died on 3 September 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram, due to heart failure and was cremated on 5 September 2016. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son.