M. R. Madhavan is the President and co-founder of PRS Legislative Research,[1][2] a public policy research institution that focuses on making the legislative process in India better informed, more transparent and participatory.
Madhavan holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA and PhD from IIM Calcutta.
He also worked for Bank of America as a Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region.
[3][4] Madhavan quit Bank of America in September 2005 and joined forces with C. V. Madhukar to open PRS Legislative Research.
Madhavan was honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIM Calcutta in 2014.