Panda, Punnaiah (1918 – 26 February 2010) was an eminent industrialist in India.
[1][2][3][4] Punnaiah was born in Doddavaram village of Prakasam district.
[5] With 20 years of executive experience in industrial administration, he co-founded Nava Bharat Ventures Limited (formerly Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys Limited) in 1972, with Alluri Sarvaraya Chowdary and Dr. Devineni Subba Rao.
He was appointed as the resident Director of Nava Bharat Ventures Limited in 1974.
He became the Joint Managing Director of Nava Bharat Ventures in 1980.