Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute
Profiles of Resource Persons
Indexing
Sl No Name Subjects
1 Sri Y Abdul Basheer Regulation of the Flood in October 2009 at the Srisailam Project in India
2 Dr Abdul Razak Renewable Energy Planning for Human Settlements
3 Sri B. Ajay Kumar Tsunami Warning Centre
4 Sri Amit Chakravarty e-Governance Project Life Cycle, NeGD
5 Sri Anjaneyulu Clinical protocols in the - vision centres Referral guidelines - Guidelines for prescription of glasses - Training Human resources for a vision - centre Critical success factors for a vision - centres Logistics for setting p a vision centres - Networking with the community - Key Performance indicators for the - vision centres
6 Dr Anant Maringanti Urban Research Beyond the Campus: Experience from Indian Metropolises 7 Prof A Subrahmanyam RTI Act Obligations and Responsibility
8 Sri Anand Zachariah Integration of Medical Education with Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Health Care-CMC Vellore model
9 Ms Anupama Namburu Security issues in IoT
Best Practices in Acqua Culture – study by ANU
10 Sri A Udaya Bhaskar: Public Distribution System
11 Dr V Balakista Reddy WTO World Trade Organization –
TRIPS Trade related Aspects of – Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights International Patent Issues
12 Sri Bhavani Shankar IoT Best Practices used at – Pushkarams
13 Sri Chandra Sekara Reddy Data Protection in India
14 Dr.L.D.Dhinesh Babu Big Data and Online Social Networks
15 Sri Dinesh Kumar Microwave Remote Sensing Implication on Society
16 Dr Shaik N Meera Digital Strategies in Agricultural Value Chains - Best Practices from Across the Globe
17 Sri A Sai Suneel Malware work : state of the - art analysis
and detection techniques
18 Sri A Nooka Raju Financial Literacy through e Commerce
19 Sri A V Praveen Krishna Cryptography Fraud Analysis Performance Enhancement and Analysis of Intrusion Detection Systems
Internet of Things for Better Society 20 Sri Braja B Nayak Cyber Security Opportunities and Challenges
21 Dr G B Reddy Introduction to Patent System
Copy right, Geographical indication of goods
22 Dr B S Garg Integration of Medical Education with Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Health Care-MGIMS model
23 Sri A.N. Gurumurthy Sale of Red sanders wood through e- tender & e-auction in Govt of AP and sale of APFDC coffee through e -auction 24 Sri Puttu Guru Prasad Patent Law and Policy
Usefulness of IPRs For Engineers and Scientists
Land mark case studies and judgments on Patents
Rights of other vulnerable Groups- Bonded Labour Issues & the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976- Child Labour Issues & Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation ) Act, 1986
25 Dr C V Guru Rao Secure and Efficient Long Term Data Management
26 Sri D Shyam Benegal Smart Village Mobile Application
27 Prof Haragopal Inaugural Session of Human Rights . Programme
28 Dr B Hema Malini GIS and its Applications in Geospatial technologies
29 Ms Hima Bindu IP Analytics - Enhancing your Business
Patent filing Procedure and its Importance 30 Sri H R Srivatsa Scope for Agribusiness through e Commerce 31 Sri H S Shankar Human Resource Management System, Government of Karnataka
32 Ms H S Kumudavally Bangalore One – Integrated Citizen
Services, Government of Karnataka 33 Sri Irfaan Rafeeque E-COM a holistic understanding for
Practical Business 34 Dr Jacob Victor Cryptography, Secret-key, public-
key, digital signatures – authentication and identification
35 Sri J Raja Kishore Common Service Centres
Introduction to CSC 2.0 Scheme
Tools for Business Development 36 Sri Kalyana Rama Earthquake and Tsunami Information, - Causes and Effects 37 Dr. Kathiresan Harita Priya an Initiative by GoAP –
38 Sri Keshav Desiraju, IAS (Retd.) Inaugural Session of Health Programme
39 Sri K R M Kishore Kumar, IPS Responding to Disaster Situation and Planning for Disaster Management
40 Shri M V Krishna Rao, IPS Probity in Public Administration
Attitude and Mindset for Public Servants
Public Parking System – Traffic Police 41 Sri Siripurapu Koteswara Rao Need of Change Management for implementation of Process Changes Ethics in Governance Values in Administration Stress Management Interpersonal Relations Problem Solving and Decision Making Gender Sensitization & its need home – to workplace 42 Sri Krishna Sastry Pendyala Malware attacks, trends & Crime as a Service (CaaS)
IoT – Description of the Technology, Difference between Consumer & Business IoT 43 Sri M V S S Nagendranath Malicious Software
44 Sri K Rajasekhar Best Practices in different sectors of AP
45 Ms K Sasipriya Vision Centres Aravind Eye Care – Model
46 Sri Kritarth Jhala Application of IoT Challenges & Opportunities 47 Dr K S Vijaya Sekhar 5 G Spectrum
Cyber Security Evolution – National Level Initiatives
IoT Policy & Implementation
Mobile Governance : The way forward
IOT : Towards Next Generation 48 Sri K Rama Reddy Ekraftsindia.com 49 Sri K Ratna Kishore DBT Project in NREGS•AP – Through Mobile Governance
50 Sri K V Suresh Security Architecture & Models 51 Sri M Kumar Developing Mobile Apps in Indian Languages, case studies related to M- Education, M-Health, M-Agriculture, M- Governance Applications
IOT Applications Developing Mobile Apps in Indian Languages, case studies related to M-Education, M-Health, M- Agriculture, M–Gov., Applications
Mobile Seva: M•Governance Initiative of Govt of India 52 Sri Madhukuri Clinical protocols in the Sitaramanjaneyulu - vision centres Referral guidelines - Guidelines for prescription of glasses - Training Human resources for a vision - centre Critical success factors for a vision - centres Logistics for setting p a vision centres - Networking with the community - Key Performance indicators for the - vision centres
53 Dr Madabhushanam Sridhar Valedictory Address in RTI Programme Acharyulu
54 Dr Madhu Uddaraju Vision Centres a step forward in – Community Eye Care
55 Dr Meenakshi Gautham B.Sc Community Health Programme –
My experiences
56 Sri Muppalla Subba Rao Rights and Duties of Citizens and Authorities under RTI ACT
57 Sri Muraleedharan Manningal e District Kerala and Virtual IT Cadre - Kerala
58 Dr. Mohan Kanda Inaugural Address in Health Training Programme
59 Dr Naresh Babu Reverse Engineering & Cyber Security
60 Dr C Nagaraju Practical approach to Internet of Things & Big Data
61 Sri Nagaraja Kumar Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services INCOIS & its ( ) Role
62 Sri Niranjan Kumar Clinical protocols in the - vision centres Referral guidelines - Guidelines for prescription of glasses - Training Human resources for a vision - centre Critical success factors for a vision - centres Logistics for setting p a vision centres - Networking with the community - Key Performance indicators for the - vision centres
63 Dr Nirmal Kumar Mandal Relevance, Importance and Benefits, Principles, Methods and Tools of Process Re engineering in Government -
64 Dr N S Raju Palliative Care
65 Sri K. Sivasankara Rao APSDMA Initiatives and way forward
66 Sri S P Parameswar How to expand the scope of proactive publication, Monitoring & Evaluation System of RTI, How to use IT to enhance access to information 67 Sri Sai Ramesh e-Governance Project Life Cycle, NeGD
68 Sri Sandhana Mahalingam GIS using Quantum Entanglement
69 Sri Muppalaneni Sesha Origin of Tsunami Sambasiva Rao
70 Dr. Sripathi Dwarakanath Rights of Woman and Children-UN Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 and its optional protocols
71 Sri R.Subba Rao, IAS(Retd.) Human Rights Violation in India
72 Dr. Sudheer Kumar Terlapu Wi Fi & Wi Max or OFDM Basics for - - Wireless Communications v 73 Sri S P Shorey Urban Planning Management
74 Sri S S Sarma Cyber Security & Security aspects in IOT
75 Sri Srujan Kumar Nakidi, I.R.S. Ice Gate e Commerce Portal –
76 Dr.G. Syamala Rao E Commerce
77 Prof P S Roy Geo spatial Technologies for Public - Good Future ahead :
78 Dr. Palla Trinadha Rao The Forest Rights Act, 2006
79 Dr Praveen Vashist Indian Eye care A national perspective - Challenges & opportunities
80 Sri P Purardhana Reddy Canal Network Flow Monitoring System / Reservoir Level
81 Sri P Satyanarayana Role of ISRO in Cyclone Warning dissemination system and Disaster Management
Geographical Information Analysis 82 Sri K Srinivas Renewable Energy Programmes in AP State
83 Dr A.P. Rangarao GIS – Uses in Public Health 84 Dr Y Rajavara Prasad Introduction of Internet of Things & its applications
85 Dr Rajeswar DRR & CCA – with particular reference
to Agriculture Mainstreaming of DRR & CCA 86 Sri Rajeev Anand Sahu Digital Signature & Cryptography
87 Sri Rakesh Dubbudu Details of RTI ACT, Best Practices of RTI ACT
88 Sri Ravi Katukam IoT& Business Models and strategies :
Case Studies from different countries
Discover the Innovator at Andhra University
Discover the Innovator at Acharya Nagarjuna University
Patent Search & Application
Smart Home - Smart City- Smart Farm
God is an engineer & Vice Versa
Engineering a Nation 89 Sri Ravi Kishore Koppuravuri Malware Injections and Mitigations C-DAC e-Security Products to combat Malware 90 Sri K Rajabapai Renewable Energy
91 Sri R. Ramasubramanian M S Swaminathan Foundation work on Tsunami affected areas
92 Sri R S Aravindakshan, IRS Taxation with particular reference to e Commerce
93 Dr Sandhyavali Need of Eye Donation
94 Dr. Sathyanarayana Experiences & Lessons Learnt – Health Care in India 95 Sri D Srinagesh Earthquake Hazards
96 Sri Srinivas Madhav RTI Act
97 Sri S.A.Srinivasa Moorthy IoT and Smart Environment Creation
IoT Policy • GoAP 98 Sri S Srinivasan Patent Law and Policy with Reference to Pharmaceuticals
99 Sri D V S Someswara Rao Case Studies on Pricing of Power Thermal, Hydle and Solar
100 Sri D Subramanyam Human Rights Institutions in India -
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993- Composition and functioning of NHRC / SHRCs; Other National / State Commissions 101 Sri Sushil Patil Political Economy of ill Health and the solutions to the Problems in Poor India
102 Dr Sundar Balakrishna, IFS IOT – Description of Technology,
Business Ecosystem, Issues and Challenges
Mobile Services through Mee Seva 103 Sri S Dinesh Network Protocols or Home Networking
104 Sri T V Bhaskar RTI Success Stories
105 Sri U Ramamohan Cyber Crimes –Financial Crimes
New Technology brings New Crimes 106 Sri P Venugopal E Market Place & e Procurement
107 Sri Venkata Krishna Neeru Chettu, Government of Andhra Pradesh
108 Sri Vijay K Sarvepally Vision Centre Based Model for Eradication of Avoidable Blindness 109 Sri Vijay Kumar e Solutions
110 Dr Vishal Saraswat Searchable Encryption for Cloud
111 Prof (Dr) Vishnupriya Yadlapalli The UN Convention on the Rights of Children, 1989 its optional protocals - Indian Response
112 Sri G Viswanath E Market Place & e Procurement
113 Sri V Satyanarayana RTI Success Stories
114 Prof. V Praveen Kumar Role of Bio Technology in Human Health 115 Ms V Nagamani Implementation of e Office in GHMC - – Hyderabad 116 Sri Yedukondalu Kumpati Digital India and Cashless Transactions
117 Sri Yarramsetty Jagan Mohan Implementation of Suo Moto & its Guide Lines, Institutional structures for implementing RTI
Sri Y Abdul Basheer:
Sri Y.Abdul Basheer, born in Maddikera village in Andhra Pradesh, has obtained his
BTech in Civil Engineering (1975) from JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur
(Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad) and MTech in Water
Resources Engineering (1998) from Regional Engineering College, Warangal (Kakatiya
University, Warangal). He has more than 35 years of professional experience in Irrigation & Command Area Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. He has worked as
Chief Engineer, Nagarjunasagar Project. He has worked as Chief Engineer and later as
Engineer-in-Chief, Srisailam Project.
He has worked as Vice Chairman & Acting Chairman, Brahmaputra Board, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, Guwahati. He has also worked as Hydrology &
Irrigation Planning Specialist, JICA Survey Team, Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Livelihoods Improvement Project - II, Hyderabad. He holds Direct Membership in ICID,
New Delhi.
His significant contribution to profession:
Regulating a 78-hour duration and 25.5 lakh cusec peak flood that has surpassed the project Full Reservoir Level by 11.5 feet in October, 2009 at Srisailam Project in Andhra
Pradesh, India.
Sri Y. Abdul Basheer, "the Chief Engineer, based on the flood forecast on 30.9.2009 has instructed and maintained so that about 5.41 lakh cusec are released by 6 AM on
1.10.2010 against the flood forecast of 1,16,533 cusec by CWC. Thus it proves that the
Chief Engineer has acted with due care and diligence and has taken advance action. The
Chief Engineer has efficiently regulated the flood waters in consultation with higher authorities and saved the downstream projects and people all along River course.
Further, he has evaluated the situation every hour duly contacting the senior officials of the Government and experts in Dam Safety and has taken well informed decisions in the best interests of the State.
Dr Abdul Razak :
Dr Abdul Razak Mohamed presently working as Professor, Dept of Planning, School of .
Planning and Architecture Vijayawada .
He is an Urban and regional planner with a basic master s degree in Sociology, recently ’ completed Executive Masters in e Governance from Ecole Polytechnic, Lausanne, -
Switzerland The other educational qualification includes a As an AsuAID award . ( ) winner completed Ph D in urban and regional planning from RMIT UNIVERSITY, .
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA , b M Phil Sociology, from UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, c . ( ) . ( )
M T P , masters in Town and Country Planning, from School of Architecture and . . .
Planning, ANNA UNIVERSITY, Chennai d M A Sociology from M K UNIVERSITY, ( ) . . . .
MADURAI e PGDHRM Human Resource Management IGNOU, NEW DELHI and f ( ) ( )
PMADPS Population Studies, UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS .
Dr Razak specialized in the subject s areas such as Urban and Rural Sociology, Urban ’ and Regional Planning, Environmental Education, Tourism Planning, Disaster Management, Universal Design and Accessibility, Participatory Planning, Research Methodology, Governance and E governance - .
Dr Razak is a Life Member of the Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi, India and Institute of Town Planners, India, New Delhi, India He is also hold a Membership in the .
Research Committee on Housing and Built environment, International Sociological Association as well a Member of the International Network of Urban Research and Action INURA , Germany and International Social Sciences Research Network UK ( ) . .
Previously Dr Razak worked as a Faculty member of the Dept of urban planning, . ( ) .
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi for 13 years, b PROFESSOR, TOWN ( )
PLANNING for 7 yrs and Professor and Head for 3 years with the DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, ANNA UNIVERSITY, SARDAR PATEL ROAD, CHENNAI 600 025, TAMIL NADU, INDIA . .
He authored about 40 research articles in the national and international journals and about15 international conference and 25 national conferences attended .
Sri B Ajay Kumar . :
Mr Ajay Kumar is presently working as Scientist in Indian Tsunami Early Warning .
Centre at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services INCOIS , Ministry of ( )
Earth Sciences, Govt of India, Hyderabad since April 2007 Prior to joining INCOIS, Ajay . . worked as Geophysicist at Institute of Seismological Research ISR Gandhi Nagar, ( )
Gujarat and Research Fellow at National Geophysical Research Institute NGRI , ( )
Hyderabad He completed Master Degree M Sc Tech in exploration Geophysics . ( . . ( )) from Osmania University OU in the year of 2003 ( ) .
Mr Ajay actively involved seismological data analysis, source parameters of the . earthquakes, sea level data processing and sea level data inversion, and tsunami research He has involved establishment of Tsunami buoys and Tide gauges and .
Seismometers networks for tsunami warning system to provide timely tsunami advisories to stake holders He has published 6 research publications in the peered . reviewed journals He is in charge for tsunami capacity development program for . - creating awareness and preparedness among the stake holders .
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to tsunami warning centre, Ministry of Mines honored with National Geoscience Award for the year of 2010 in the Disaster " "
Management category .
Sri Amit Chakravarty:
Sri Amit Chakravarty is a Senior Manager & Digital Ag Coordinator, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Sri Amit Chakravarty is an e-governance and ICT4D (Information and Communication
Technologies for Development) practitioner currently involved in designing and implementing ICT solutions for agriculture. Prior to this he led a pan-India ICT4D project funded by UNDP in the domains of rural livelihoods, women empowerment, improving governance and providing citizen services. He has worked for close to a decade with the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG).
He has expertise in designing and implementing e-governance projects for improving citizen services, e-agriculture, e-health, e-education, and governance reforms. He has consulted on e-governance projects in west Asia and south-east Asia regions. He is an external faculty at IIM Indore and IIM Ahmedabad where he teaches e-governance,
ICT4D and social inclusion.
Sri Anjaneyulu . :
Sri Anjaneyulu is presently working as Assistant Optometrist, VT & DOT program Incharge, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad .
Sri Anjaneyulu MSR completed his Vision Technician course from LVPEI’s Bausch &
Lomb School of Optometry in 2002 followed by Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques (DOT) from FOREC in 2011. He is a certified ophthalmic assistant from International
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (IJCAHPO), USA.
He worked at Venkatalakshmi Eye centre, Karamchedu a secondary centre of LVPEI for 7 years before joining as Assistant Optometrist in Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Centre for
Vitreo Retinal Diseases at LVPEI KAR campus in 2009.
Currently he is incharge for VT & DOT program and faculty at Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry (BLSO), LVPEI, and Optometry Consultant in LVPEI’s Refractive Clinics.
His areas of teaching interest are in Clinical Optometry, ocular anatomy & Physiology, Ocular diseases and optics & refraction.
Dr Anant Maringanti:
Dr. Anant Maringanti is presently holding the position as Director Hyderabad Urban
Lab.
Dr Anant Maringanti is a geographer with a PhD from University of Minnesota and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the National University of Singapore, University of Hyderabad and the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad.
His research and teaching interests centre on questions of urbanization and globalization from the South Asian vantage point. He is currently the director of
Hyderabad Urban Lab, a multi disciplinary research programme run by the Right to the City Foundation. He is widely published in national and international academic journals on social movements, politics of development and urbanization. As an evolving experiment in urban research, Hyderabad Urban Lab, has been developing collaborative projects involving media professionals, planners, technologists, academic researchers and legal professionals. These broad based collaborations are key to deepening our understanding of the very large informal economies that underpin contemporary cities.
Prof A Subrahmanyam
Prof A Subrahmanyam is presently working as Professor of Law, Chanakya National Law University, Patna, Bihar .
He is a Post Graduate in MA Sociology, Political Science and Masters of Law in Constitutional Law and Presently doing LLD Formerly he worked as Principal, .
University College of Law, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and as a Professor of Law and also Professor of Political Science, Lal Bahadur Sastry National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie .
He Served 32 years as Teacher of Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Political Science, 20 years Post-graduate Teacher in Law apart from teaching of Law to UG
Law students. He has Contributed nearly 34 papers to various Law Journals and books of repute, Published Six books on Law and Constitution Law and Political Science and Edited Four books on Law and Political Sciences.
He Did Ph.D. on ‘Federalism in India: A Politico - Legal Study’ . and has been awarded
‘Best Ph.D. Thesis in Law’ Gold Medal, by the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1997 and ‘Best Teacher Research Award in Law’ for the Year- 2007, awarded by the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
Sri Anand Zachariah:
Sri Anand Zachariah is Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. He was formerly Vice Principal in charge of undergraduate education. In this capacity he has been actively involved in curricular changes at CMC.
He has also been involved in distance education, setting up the distance courses of Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine for recent MBBS graduates and Fellowship in HIV Medicine. He was also involved in setting up the E-learning programme at CMC
Vellore.
His research interests are in Toxicology and snake envenomation, adult undernutrition and infectious disease.
Ms Anupama Namburu:
Mrs Anupama Namburu is presently working as Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nambur, Guntur.
Mrs. Anupama Namburu completed her B.Tech in 2004 from vignan’s university and
M.tech in 2006 from Andhra University.
She Worked in wipro technologies from JUL 2006 to AUG 2009 as a senior software engineer. Received feather in my cap award for best performance. Worked with
Ericson in UK in 2009 to solve live issue related to Ericson telecom network.
She is currently Pursuing PhD from JNTU Kakinada and completed the work in the area of Digital image processing.
She has to her credit 11 international journals, 08 conference papers and 2 books.
She Worked as a reviewer and editor for Springer journal and many conferences. She is a Trainer for IOT and Android APP.
Sri A Udaya Bhaskar:
Sri A Udaya Bhaskar is presently working as Assistant Supply Officer, District Supply Office, Vijayawada.
He is an MA Post Graduated in Public Personal Management from Osmania University Hyderabad.
He worked as Assistant Grain Purchasing Officer, Guntur District.
He is the Winner of Gold Medal at State Level in Janmabhoomi for achievement in the field of Public Distribution in the year 2004, Winner of State Level Best Employee Award for being a part of team implemented Iris based Ration Cards in the year 2006, and Winner of best employee award for maintaining 1st ever aadhar centre in Andhra Pradesh i.e., in turn 1st in India at Namalagudu, Secunderabad in the year 2010.
Sri A Udaya Bhaskar achieved appreciation by State Level Officer for being a part of team developed ePos technology consisting NIC and Civil Supplies. He received certificate of appreciation in Krishna Pushkarams, 2016.
Dr V Balakista Reddy:
Dr.V.Balakista Reddy, Professor of International Law and Registrar, Coordinator M.K
Nayambar SAARC Law Center and Head, Center for Air and Space Law, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Dr. Reddy obtained his LL.M in International Law from
Osmania University and M. Phil. and Ph.D. in International Air and Space Law from
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has more than 15 years of Teaching and Research experience.
An internationally recognized expert in Air and Space Law, Dr. Reddy presented papers on “Aerospace Technologies and Problems of Third World Countries” and “The
Application of Satellite Technologies in Civil Aviation: Emerging Legal Issues” at the UNISPACE-III conference held at Vienna, Austria in July, 1999. He participated and presented a paper on International Trade Law and Developing Countries at the UNITAR/WTO Workshop on International Trade & the Doha Round, held from 4-8
Dec-2006 at UN Headquarters, New York. He has participated and presented a paper in the UNITAR/UNU Seminar on The role and functions of the United Nations Secretary-
General during 18-19 December, 2006 at UN headquarters, New York. Besides, above
UN Conferences, he has also participated and presented papers in many National and International conference and workshops. A prolific writer, Dr. Reddy has contributed extensively to various national and international journals on different facets of International law. His books on, (1) Air Law and Policy in India (1994) (2) Recent Trends in International Space Law and Policy
(1997) and (3) Emerging Trends in Air and Space Law, (2007) (4) Space Law and
Contemporary Issues (2012) have won international acclaim. He is also Visiting Faculty to the national and international universities.
At present, he is engaged in various prestigious projects and assignments, which include the WTO and India: Issues and Challenges, Drafting of Model Space Legislation for India and Sensitization Programme on WTO/GATS and Globalization of Legal Profession:
Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Legal Fraternity.
Beside, supervising of M. Phil and Ph.D students, Dr. Reddy teaches L.L.B. and LL.M.
Courses, at NALSAR, which include International Law, International Trade Law, International Air and Space Laws, International Intellectual Property law, International Banking and Insurance Laws, Comparative Corporate and Competition Laws, International Environmental Law, and International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws.
Sri Bhavani Shankar :
Shri Bhavani Shankar is presently working as Executive Manager Research & Development (R&D) Efftronics Systems Pvt. Ltd. He is a Post Graduate in M.Sc.
Electronics from Andhra University.
He held various positions in Efftronics like R&D Embedded Trainee, R&D Project Lead, R&D Project Manager and R&D Executive Manager. He is Expertise in developing Internet of Things (IoT) based Smart Solutions, Expertise in designing reliable LED based visual systems using multiplexing and non-multiplexing methods in view of thermal, optical, electrical characteristics, Expertise in designing user interfaces with numeric and alphanumeric keypads, PC keyboards, LED and LCD modules (character and graphic)Expertise in designing distributed systems, in different configurations over network in real time applications, Product design as per DESIGN THINKING approach and Practical exposure to railway signaling & telecom domain.
He has got Exposure to ISO 9001:2008 quality standards, Exposure to ECE.R10
EMI/EMC standards and Exposure to IEC/CISPR standards related to EMI/EMC.
Sri Chandra Sekara Reddy:
Sri Chandra Sekara Reddy is expert in Cyber Security Research and Education. His
Experience includes Information and Network security, Exploit & Malware research, Wireless security, Web Security, E-mail Security, Cyber forensics and compliance. He has done his Graduation from BITS, Pilani in the year of 2001.
Sri Chandra Sekara Reddy is presently working as Lead, Cyber Security Analytics at VirSec Systems Inc, Data Security Council of India, Karnataka.
Sri Chandra is the founder & Technical Contributor of upcoming new venture for all information security related hub www.InfosecPedia.com and also he educates government officials, college students and various corporate technical analysts on latest security concepts and helps them in deal with day to day challenges in information and infrastructure security along with System Administration trouble shooting. Chandra finished his graduation from BITS, Pilani in 2001. He did first IPV6 remote security project for UNIX systems in the year of 2000 and presented to Computer Systems Department t BITS. Sri Chandra is having more than 15+ years of Experience in Corporate industry where he involved in various critical project executions, which are into System Hardening, VA, PT, Forensics and Exploit Research.
He is well known for writing dynamic rules ( SIEM products – Arcsight, RSA Envision) to catch Internal and External attacks. He has extensive experience in implementing various controls to protect company assets along with privacy of individuals.
He delivered talks and courses on Hardening and Vulnerability Management for Large Enterprise, Effective Windows Security, Unix Security in Depth, Effective Protection using Simulation of attacks etc.
Dr.L.D.Dhinesh Babu:
Dr. Dhinesh Babu received his B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and M.E in
Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras and PhD in Computing and IT from VIT University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the
School of Information Technology and Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has served as Chair of Software Engineering Department and as the HoD of M.Tech (Software Engineering) 5 year integrated programme at VIT.
He was instrumental in setting up the Software Engineering and CASE tools labs at VIT University. He has around 19 years of experience in Academics and Research. He has published several papers in reputed journals and conferences.
His research paper titled “Honey bee behavior inspired load balancing of tasks in cloud computing environments” published in Elsevier’s Applied Soft Computing Journal with
Thomson Reuters Impact Factor of 3.3 is a contributor to the H-index of VIT university having received 184 google scholar citations and 85 Scopus citations. His recently guided PhD work on Information Spreading in Online Social Networks has led to a Cumulative TR Impact Factor of 7 with papers published in reputed journals like Knowledge Based Systems, Neurocomputing and Fuzzy Systems. He is a reviewer for several IEEE, ACM, Elsevier and Springer Journals. His research interests include Social
Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, Software Engineering and Recommender Systems.
Sri Dinesh Kumar:
Sri Dinesh Kumar did his Bachelor of science and Master of science in physics from Madurai Kamraj university, and Master of Technology in Remote sensing from Anna university .
He worked as a Junior Research Fellow in National Remote Sensing Centre ISRO , ( )
Hyderabad, worked as Project Scientist in 'Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management' MoES in Chennai Currently working as Technical Assistant in CSIR ( ) . -
National Geophysical research Institute, Hyderabad .
His areas of interest includes Microwave remote sensing, GIS Database preparation for Geo portal development - .
His 5 research papers have got published on Microwave remote sensing .
Dr Shaik N Meera:
Dr Shaik N Meera is a Principal Scientist, ICAR - Indian Institute of Rice Research,
Hyderabad. He is one of the earliest extension scientists who contributed to the development of ICT enabled extension in India. He has done his Ph. D in Agricultural Extension from Indian Agricultural Research
Institute (IARI), New Delhi.
As Consortium Principal Investigator, he is spearheading a flagship project on “Development and Maintenance of Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP)”. This is the first extension centric information portal in India, providing the most comprehensive agricultural knowledge directly from the scientific community. Rice
Knowledge Management Portal was launched in the presence of Honorable Prime Minister of India on 16th July 2011.
As a Principal Investigator of DBT Sponsored project on “Improving the Livelihoods of
SC/ST Farmers through Rice Technology Interventions”, he is instrumental in uplifting
120 tribal farm families directly. Intensive extension efforts were tried in 12 tribal hamlets over a period of 3 years to achieve this.
As National Coordinator of Frontline Demonstrations on Rice, in last 5 years, about 5322 FLDs of 1 hectare each have been conducted benefitting 13,755 rice farmers directly.
As Coordinator of training programmes, in last five years, totally 19 training programs on various aspects of rice production technologies were organized including IPM in rice, Quality control on basmati rice, Marker assisted selection in rice, Hybrid rice breeding, Hybrid rice production technology, System of Rice Intensification and Hybrid rice seed production technology. In total 417 participants from state department of agriculture, state agricultural universities, ICAR institutes and executives from public and private sectors were trained.
As a young scientist he carried out the research on various aspects of harnessing ICTs in agricultural development with special reference to the ICTs enabled agricultural extension. His work on Applications of E-Learning in Agriculture: Designing an ODL Content Management System for Rice Technologies is perhaps the only empirical study conducted on assessing the e-readiness parameters in extension systems.
He received Young Scientist award from Indian Society of Extension, Education, IARI, New Delhi and Kerala State Council for Science, Mitraniketan KVK International Extension Forum. He received Vasant Rao Naik Gold Medal from National Seminar on
“Responding To Changes And Challenges: New Roles Of Agricultural Extension” Nagpur.
As author of several research articles, books, extension bulletins and manuals, contributed to enrichment of the extension discipline. His book “ICTs in Extension-
Tactical to Practical” is recognized as Reference book by ICAR for the Discipline of
Agricultural Extension (M.Sc/ Ph.D syllabus).
Sri A Sai Suneel :
Sri A. Sai Suneel working as a Assistant Professor in the department of Electronics &
Communication engineering, School of Engineering & Technology, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, from 2012. He has 7 Years of Experience in teaching field.
He is pursuing Ph.D. in the domain of Wireless Communication.
He received his M.Tech. Degree in Digital Electronics & Communication Systems
(DECS) from Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati affiliated to JNTU
Anantapur, 2010 and received the B.Tech. Degree in Electronics & Communication
Engineering (ECE) from Kuppam Engineering College, Kuppam affiliated to JNTU
Hyderabad, 2007.
He received L V Prasad Memorial Gold Medal in the year 2010. He has been active in research for more than 5 years and published 16 national & international journals. He presented 17 seminars in national & international conferences in the field of Electronics & Communications. He is a Life Member in Indian Society of Technical
Education (ISTE) & The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
(IETE). His research interests include Ad Hoc networks, Embedded Systems, Mobile
Cellular Systems, OFDM based Systems and Digital Image Processing.
Sri A Nooka Raju:
Sri A Nooka Raju is presently working as Certified Financial Education Trainer of SEBI, Visakhapatnam.
He has done his M.Phil from Madurai Kamraj University, M.B.A first class specialized in
FINANCE from Andhra University and Master of Commerce from Andhra University.
At present, pursuing Ph.D. from Andhra University.
As Certified Financial Education Trainer of SEBI conducted 45 Financial Literacy Programs to various groups of society such as Self Help Groups, Young Investors and School Children.
At present he is employed with Gayatri Vidya Parishad College for Degree and P.G.
Courses(A), Vishakapatnam as an Assistant Professor since 1st October, 2013.
Earlier he worked as an Assistant Professor with Al-Ameer College of Engg. & IT,
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College, A Q J Centre for P.G. Studies, Vishaka Institute of
Professional Studies and Samatha College for their MBA Programs in Vishakapatnam from July 2002 – September 2013, worked as Financial analyst in Deepthi Capital
Advisory Services for 2 years i.e. from January 2000 – February 2002.
Sri A V Praveen Krishna
Sri A.V.Praveen Krishna currently working as Sr.Assistant Professor in KL University and pursuing the Ph.D in Computer Science & Engineering. He is actively engaged in research and publications in the areas of Network Security, Malware, Intrusion Detections and IOT. For his active research contributions the ACM has conferred “Best
Research Proposal Award” at Udaipur on 3rd March,2016 and listed as one of the top
“Brand Ambassador for ACM” for the year 2016 (among top 25).
Mr.Praveen was awarded with “Best Computer Science Faculty” for year 2012 in all india basis by Government of Puddcherry and ASDF,Techno Forum. Mr.Praveen have completed his M.Tech (CSE) from K.L College of Engineering, Acharaya Nagarjuna
University and secured as topper & first ranker. He is topper of the university and honoured with gold medal and scholarship for his extraordinary performance in MCA from SCSVMV University, Tamilnadu.
Mr.Praveen was awarded with “Significant Contribution Award” for his outstanding contribution, by India’s prestigious professional society “Computer Society of India (CSI)” for the year 2011 in Ahemadabad. He received “Best Student Branch Award” from the India’s Professional body CSI for the year 2011, 2012,2013 and 2014 in his tenure as Student Branch Counselor in all India basis.
Prof.Praveen acted as a panel of judge for South East Asia Regional Computer
Confederation and Computer Society of India (SEARCC International School’s Software
Competition). He had won Third Prize in Quiz Competition conducted by Sri Kanchi
Kamma Koti Peetam on “Ramayana” throughout India.
In KL University, he has feedback as an excellent teacher and he is honoured with “Best
Teacher Award”. He has organized many International and National Conferences,
Workshops, Guest Lectures, FDP’s, Symposiums etc. in K L University and many other institutions /organizations across the India.
Sri Braja B Nayak :
Sri Braja B Nayak is a master in computer engineering from NIT, Rourkela, Odisha (the then REC). After his graduation in Electronics & Telecom Engineering he joined
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) in the year 1987 and continuing the same organization till date. At present he is working in ECIL in the capacity of Addl.
General Manager and is In-Charge of Antenna & Satcom Division, responsible for strategic networks, space communication, and weather radar systems.
Sri Nayak is pursuing his Ph D in the area of Soft Computing from North Orissa University. To his credit he has many publications in international and national journals of repute. He is a life member of Institution of Engineers, Institution of Electronics &
Telecommunication Engineers & Computer Society of India.
Apart from his keen interest in Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Communication Networks, he also supervises activities of Cyber Forensics and IT Sanitization in his corporation.
Dr G B Reddy :
Dr.G.B.Reddy is a lawyer turned academician.Studied B.A. (HPP), LL.B., and LL.M.
(Constitutional Law) at Osmania University, and P.G.Diploma in Human Rights from
University of Hyderabad. Obtained Ph.D.in Law from Osmania University in 1999 on the topic “Supreme Court and Judicial Activism – Its Contribution in Specific Areas of
Constitutional Law after 1980”. His area of specialization is Constitutional Law in LL.M. and Judicial Activism in Ph.D. He specialized in the area of Intellectual Property as an independent researcher, publisher and teacher.
He has had a brilliant academic record with three Gold Medals in LL.B. and one Gold
Medal in LL.M. apart from being the first candidate to have qualified for UGC-JRF in Law from Osmania University in 1993.
He practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for about seven years before joining the faculty of law, Osmania University.
He authored 20 well received books on law including Women and Law, Intellectual Property Rights and Law, Copyright Law in India, Practical Advocacy of Law, Right to Information and Law and Judicial Activism in India. Two of his books namely Women and Law and Judicial Activism in India have been reviewed favourably in the Book Review section of the Hindu by Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer. He also published 55 articles on law published in standard national and international journals.
He worked as the Principal, University College of Law and Head, Department of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad , He has been a visiting faculty at several reputed institutions including the A.P. Judicial Academy, A.P. Excise Academy, CCRT, NAARM,
A.P. Police Academy, National Police Academy, NALSAR University of Law & ICADR,
National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), Academic Staff Colleges of Osmania
University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Bangalore University, VIT University, IIT, Kanpur and University of Hyderabad. He was the Co-Convener of the APLAWCET &
PGLAWCET for 2014-15.
At present he is the Director, University Foreign Relations Office, Osmania University.
He was the founder Director of the Legal Cell of the University and worked in that capacity from March 2015 to August 2016. He was appointed as a member of General
Council of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (for the period 2011-2014), A.P. State
Consumer Protection Council (for the period 2010-2013) and the Hyderabad District
Legal Services Authority by the Government of A.P. He is a Life Member of the Indian
Law Institute & the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, New Delhi and the American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad (presently OUCIP).He participated in several National and International Seminars, Workshops and Conferences on Law and allied subjects and visited Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong ,Singapore and South Korea.
Dr B S Garg:
Dr. Garg, MD & Ph D, is Secretary Kasturba Health Society earlier he was Dean of the
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram from 1 Oct 2010 to 31-7-2014.
He is Director-Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at MGIMS. He is also Director of the Dr. Sushila Nayar School of Public Health & Incharge of the WHO
Collaborative Centre for Research & Training in Community Based Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. He has been awarded the Best Teacher award by the Maharashtra
University of Health Sciences, Nashik for the year 2005-6 in Faculty of Medicine in recognition of his academic achievements & contributions.
He was awarded a Commonwealth Medical Fellowship for one year at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK in 1989-1990. He has also been awarded a Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine & Indian Public Health Association. He has also been bestowed with the Sir
Shriram Memorial Award (2008), Dhanwantari Oration (2004) ,the Dr. Harcharan Singh
Oration (2007) & Indian epidemiology Association Oration 2014.
He has written two books, two chapters in a book, published 15 monographs on priority public health issues and published more than 140 research papers in international and national journals. He has been President of Indian Association of Preventive & Social
Medicine in 2002 and President of Voluntary Health association of India (2009-2013,
15-Contd). Dr. Garg has been awarded more than 65 research projects by WHO,
UNICEF, PATH, USAID, GOI, ICMR, INCLEN, NACO, Aga Khan Foundation, Population Foundation of India & UNFPA. He served as consultant to WHO (SEARO), USAID and various international and national agencies on issues of public health concern. He has served on various committees related to Public Health of Government of India, Government of Maharashtra, MCI, ICMR & WHO etc. , He is Chairperson of ICMR-ICAR
Task Force on Zoonoses.
Sri A.N. Gurumurthy:
Sri A N Guru Murthy is presently working as General Manager (HRD), APFDC,
Hyderabad. He is a Post Graduate in Msc Agriculture. He has undergone State forest service training in 1986-87.
Sri Gurumurthy Worked in various capacities in the Corporation in the field units and Head office of APFDC and also As Executive Director in SC corporation during 2008 on deputation.
Sri Puttu Guru Prasad:
Sri Puttu Guru Prasad is an assistant professor of Management science in the Department of Science and Humanities (S&H) of VVIT Engineering College, Nambur. He also serves as the Program Officer for NSS unit at the College, and actively conducting the social service activities at the college and surrounding villages of VVIT.
He has 20 plus years of experience in Teaching, taught diverse subjects in courses in MBA, CA, BTech, BCom etc. He is a post graduate in MBA HR from Ambedkar University,
M Phil with distinction from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, MCom, LLB, PhD – As a
Research Scholar, pursuing doctoral degree from JNTU Kakinada University.
He began his teaching career at Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate College at Guntur as a senior faculty in Commerce and Business Management Department. Then he joined as the Academic coordinator at ICFAI Business School and served for 5 years in Guntur Branch. In the mean while he was rendered his service as a resource person for the
Business laws and Corporate Laws at the famous CA coaching centers located at Guntur.
He is having a rich industrial experience of 10 years at TATA Tele Services as a Team Leader and visited various East Asian Countries to Propagate the Marketing techniques to the subsidiary companies of TATA’s located in several foreign countries. He was selected for the Best Marketing Manager award by the TATA Company in the year 2003.
In the year 2005 he completed his Bachelor of Law degree with Intellectual Property Rights (Patent Laws) as a specialization from Acharya Nagarjuna University. He was the
University Topper and won 5 Gold medals for his exemplary academic proficiency from the Governor of A.P in the Convocation organized at ANU in the year 2005.
He joined in KLUBS the business school established by the well known K L University at Vijayawada in the year 2009. As an assistant professor of KLUBS he designed the
Summer Internship Program (SIP) for the Business Management students to get on the job training experience along with their Course work. It was given good results and achieved several good placements for the MBA students of KLU.
His current research is on Employer Branding Strategies to Retain the Talented Employees in the Educational Institution. It includes the topics like Developing Human
Capital value Measuring Metrics and Conceptualizations of Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Techniques to Evaluate the Brand value of the Educational Institutions in India.
He is having excellent experience in teaching Professional Ethics and Etiquette for the students of JNTUK. At present he is dealing with Intellectual Property Rights for the
Engineering students at VVIT, Nambur.
Dr C V Guru Rao:
Dr.C.V.Guru Rao is a distinguished teacher-researcher-administrator over a period of
30 years in service of the student community. Presently he is working as a Director of
Evaluation and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at S R Engineering College (An Autonomous institution under JNTUH), Ananthasagar, Warangal, India.
He holds a B.Tech in Electronics & Communications Engineering, M.Tech in Electronic
Instrumentation, M.E in Information Science & Engineering. He was awarded Ph.D in
Computer Science and Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2004.
He had started his career as a Lecturer in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering in 1985 at Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal and attained the post of Principal of the same institute in 2007.
During his 30 years of unstinted service 17 students had completed their Master’s
Dissertations including a scholar from Italy. Three research scholars were awarded
Ph.D under his guidance. Further, two research scholars had submitted their Ph.D thesis and few more research scholars are working at different universities in the state on part-time basis to acquire a Ph.D. He had published 3 text books, 11 book chapters and 165 technical research papers in various National/International
Journals/Conferences.
Sri D Shyam Benegal :
Sri Shyam Benegal is an IT professional with over 17 years of experience in Software Development, Software Architecture, he has been involved in overall architecture and implementation of product development strategies and planning along with operational management also involved in building and managing the entire technology function (in- house and/or outsourced) along with choosing the technology and team members.
Developing and delivering quality output on-time that meets project plans and delivery commitments.
He is presently working as Chief Technical Officer, Smart AP Foundation, he is an expert in Sharing knowledge, mentoring, and educating the management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company's technological vision, opportunities, and challenges Developing, tracking, and controlling the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.
He worked as Chief Technical Officer, AP Non Residential Telugu Society, Sr Vice President EMR Anywhere Private Limited, Director, Product Development, Worldtech Software Solutions Private Limited.
Prof. Haragopal:
Prof. Haragopal a distinguished political scientist is currently ICSSR National Fellow with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. He was with the University of
Hyderabad as a professor in the Department of Political Science and later in the Center for Human Rights, nurturing and guiding generations of students across different departments till his retirement.
He has done his Post Graduation in MA from Osmania University and Ph. D from
Kakatiya University, Warangal. He was also a visiting professor at CSSEIP, NLSIU, Bangalore. He is a well known human rights activist, is with the APCLC for several years and plays an important role in conflict resolution between the state and the Naxal groups. He has published extensively in
EPW and several other journals, written for both the Telugu and English press on human rights and politico-economic issues.
Dr B Hema Malini:
Dr B Hema Malini is presently working as Professor Emeritus Department of . ( )
Geography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam She is an MSC Post Graduate in .
Geography She has 38 years of experience in Teaching and research . .
Dr Hema Malini Participated in 8 International conferences organized in Japan, China, USA and Brunei. She has handled 5 Major Projects and 1 Minor Projects. She is an author of nearly 92 research papers.
The awards received by her are Best Researcher Award in the year 2005 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Environmentalist of the Year award from Nat. Envi. Science
Academy, New Delhi and Geography Teacher’s Award from Deccan Geographical
Society, Pune in the year 2012.
Ms Hima Bindu:
Novel Patent Services Pvt. Ltd. is the one and only IP boutique operational centre located in AP. It is a global Research and Analytics firm providing customized patent research and trademark services. Founded in 2010, Novel Patent has emerged as a trusted research partner for global and domestic clients including Fortune 500 corporations, startup firms, law firms, educational universities and independent inventors in various industry verticals. Novel Patent’s operations are based out of a global delivery centre in Visakhapatnam, India and have global presence in Houston, Texas, US. The company provides a variety of services under the Intellectual Property practices that range from Patent search, analytics, prosecution support, technology landscapes, portfolio mapping, drafting services. In addition we assist our clients to convert their research in to assets by providing lectures, training, workshops etc. that creates awareness on IPR.
Mrs Hima Bindu is the Managing Director at Novel Patent Services Private Limited
Mrs Hima overseas the IPR vertical and operations for Novel Patent Services Pv.t Ltd.
She is also the founder, and practicing partner for Novel Patent Services with an experience of over 10 yrs in IPR. She currently heads Corporate Affairs and drives strategic initiatives across group businesses. Hima’s clients range from independent inventors, start-up and emerging technology companies, many US Universities to large multi-national technology companies in the areas from consumer products to aviation.
She is a member of various boards and advisory boards for a significant number of private budding technology companies. Currently, Mrs. Hima with an experience of
10+ years in IP field is an IP consultant to US and European based corporations, where she has overall responsibility of strategizing their IP portfolio by setting up the offshore research support.
Mrs. Hima Mastered in Technology (M. Tech Biomedical Engineering). She is a Gold
Medalist and has certifications in Patent Law and also is a certified Women Entrepreneur from Indian School of Business. She is currently guest faculty IPR at various engineering colleges and has lectured and organized several seminars, conferences, training programmes, workshops in the areas of Intellectual Property Rights, technology, Women Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, outsourcing, e-commerce at various Engineering Colleges, Law & Business Schools in India and at various Continuing Legal Education and IP awareness conferences.
Sri H R Srivatsa :
Sri H R Srivatsa is a DGM in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and presently on deputation to ABFL Hyderabad as its Managing Director.
He joined NABARD as a Direct Recruit officer in 1984 and has worked in various capacities at NABARD Head Office Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh Regional Office Hyderabad, UP Regional Office Lucknow and Gujarat Regional Office Ahmedabad. Prior to taking over as MD ABFL he was in Ahmedabad office of NABARD.
He has got a varied experience in appraisal of projects, developmental schemes of NABARD, credit planning and monitoring, funding to State Govt for various Infrastructure projects. He is in his present post since October 2015.
Sri H S Shankar :
Sri H S Shankar is presently working as Project Officer in the e-Governance Department,
Government of Karnataka. He is looking after the implementation and management of
Human Resource Management System (HRMS).
He is also working as Project officer for Karnataka Web Portal, Computer Literacy Programme for Government Employees, Decision Support System etc.
Earlier he worked as Programme, involved in developing and implementation of Attendance Monitoring system for Government Secretariat, Teaching the Government officials in improving computing skills and Student Examination Project
Ms H S Kumudavally :
Ms H.S.Kumudvallay is presently working as Assistant Director, Technical Cell, e-
Governance Department, Govt. of Karnataka.
Shri A post graduate in Sericulture & appointed by Karnataka Public Service Commission as probationary Officer in Sericulture Dept. during 1983.
She Underwent multiple IT related courses conducted by IT Department. Actively involved in the computerisation activities of Commissionerate, Cocoon Markets, Silk Filatures etc. She is Deputed to Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre to implement GOI sponsored project “Estimation of Mulberry Acreage and Production
Estimation” during 1993.
IN KSRSAC – she Involved in agriculture related project viz., Crop area estimation with regard to Rabi Jowar, Kariff Paddy, Sugarcane, Cotton etc. in collaboration with Space
Application Centre, Ahmedabad a unit of ISRO.
Ms Kumudavally Lead the team in mapping Waste Lands of the State - a GOI sponsored project.
Appointed as Asst.Director, EDCS during 2008 to monitor BangaloreOne project in addition to Nemmadi Rural Telecentre project and e-District project.
Sri Irfaan Rafeeque: Sri Irfaan Rafeeque is presently working as DIRECTOR, Indo-Israel Chamber of commerce & Industry.
He has done his Masters in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) (1986-88) and Diploma in Japanese Management (BPR).
Sri Irfaan Started career in HR & Sales in GCMMF (AMUL) at Anand, Gujarat. Thereafter as an independent consultant launched many FMCG brands in South India including HERITAGE dairy products belonging to Shri Chandra Babu Naidu. Consulting &
Financial Advisory services incl. services to Capital Fortunes Limited, ( A premium
Corporate Consulting & Advisory, with multi-billion dollar syndications under various financial structures) - Restructured 2 major organizations in Hyderabad namely
Hyderabad Race Club and VIJAYA Dairy. General Manager of Construction & Real Estate
Development company in UAE since 2005 to 2011, based in Dubai.
Sri Irfaan presently Holds the following positions :
o Associate Director, India – MAMS INF
RA, UAE ( Housing & Real Estate, & Import-Export) with holdings in India,
UAE, USa & UK o India Rep for KAMPAC OIL , a 2.4 billion dollar Oil & Gas corporation based in
Panama & UAE.
o CEO, MS LIFE CARE, a consulting firm in India o Business & Financial Strategist, SKM Technologies (Aerospace) o Strategic Advisor & Financial Advisor, E2Labs ( Asia’s first Anti-hacking
Cyber Lab)
o E-commerce Advisor to many firms aimed at connectivity & business
Development
He Translated a Travelogue into English from Award winning Urdu Writer and Published Poetry & short story in many journals including Sahitya Akademi Journal.
Dr Jacob Victor:
Dr Jacob Victor is Currently working as General Manager, with AP Technology Services Limited, an autonomous body under IT&C department in implementing e-governance in the state.
He has Started his career as a programmer in 1987, at Hyderabad and shifted to Bangalore, India, and worked as a faculty in Dept. of Compute Sciences in Dr. Ambedkar
Institute of Technology. In 1988 shifted to HOCL, an industry at Cochin, India, for 10 years in positions from Systems Analyst to EDP Manger before Joining APTS. Hyderabad in 1998. While in Cochin, developed integrated applications for online attendance, HR,
Inventory, Accounting, Billing & Invoicing using technologies - dbase, UNIFY, Oracle in
DOS, UNIX and Windows Environment.
At APTS, as a consultant & Program Manager successfully executed more than 25 major IT projects, a team member of DFID funded OR study for computerization for Orrisa State Govt., India. During 2007 -2010, associated with IT&C department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh as Joint director (e-governance) and implemented online Government orders System.
He has Graduated in Bachelor of Engg (BE), Computer Eng. from Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, India. Post graduated (M Tech.) in CS from Birla Institute of
Technology, Ranchi, India. PhD in IT Security with JNTU, Hyderabad.
He has Membership in IEEE, ISACA and Fellow in IETE, Certified Information System Auditor (CISA). Certified Software Quality Professional by Govt. of India. Published around 10 white papers on e-governance, BPR and IDS.
Twenty 28 years of IT experience includes ICT policy, IT Audit, Project implementation models, Program Management, BPR, interoperability & standards, training, IT Architecture, SLA preparation, Quality control, Project feasibility, Systems Analysis, Design and Development of Software.
Sri J Raja Kishore :
Sri Raja Kishore is presently working as Asst.Vice President CSC eGovernance Servcies
India Ltd
Sri Raja Kishore is a self-motivated personality, passionate about driving the CSC schemes, heads the states of AP and Telangana in their implementation. He is an aggressive promoter of CSC drives for the rural and urban e-governance initiatives empowering the common man with digital technology creating social enterprises i.e
CSC’s run by dynamic VLE’s. He always believes in the motto “JAM “– “Jandhan – Aadhar – Mobile” which can change the face of India and believes smart governance is paperless governance.
He has done MBA with 18 Years of Rich Experience in Project Management, Information Technology, eGovernance, Marketing and Business Development.
Sri Kalyana Rama:
Sri Kalyana Rama is presently working as Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering in Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad.
He has done his PhD (Civil Engineering), M.Tech (Structural Engineering) from V R
Siddhartha Engineering College, affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUK), Kakinada, B.Tech (Civil Engineering) from V R Siddhartha Engineering College, affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. Currently Pursuing at Birla
Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus)
His Research Interests are:
Fracture mechanics of Concrete and Metals (Analytical, Numerical and
Experimental)
Seismic Performance of High rise structures Non-linear behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures with different
plasticity models.
Behavior of structures with conventional and novel strengthening techniques subjected to lateral Loads-Theoretical and Numerical. Scientific ways of mix design for Geo-Polymer Concrete/Self Compacting
Concrete incorporating Sustainable Materials.
Finite element modeling of Composite Materials
His articles were published in various national & international journals like Feasibility studies on the strength characteristics of GGBS based Self-Compacting Geopolymer
Concrete, Comparative Study on the Lateral load Resistance of Multi-storied Structure with Bracing Systems, Finite Element modeling of an orthotropic laminated plate under cylindrical bending etc.
Dr. Kathiresan :
Dr Kathiresan currently working as Principal Technical Officer at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad.
Associated with a national level ICT project ‘India Development Gateway (InDG)’ since
2006. The multilingual knowledge portal ‘Vikaspedia’ developed as part of InDG initiative hosts information and services in 22 Indian languages, across 6 domains.
He has done his B.Sc Agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, M. Sc and
Ph.D in Horticulture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
Before joining C-DAC in 2006, he worked in 3 Agri-business companies, including Jain
Irrigation Systems Limited as Farm Manager.
In the last 9 years at C-DAC, involved in various ICT for Development based projects including -
- India Development Gateway (InDG)
- Model e-Village project implemented in Arunachal Pradesh
- Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP) developed by ICAR
- Mobile based Maternal Health Awareness (MOTHER)
For the past 2 years, he is coordinating the pilot project HARITA-PRIYA entrusted to C-
DAC by Government of Andhra Pradesh and implemented at Anantapur District. This is an IoT based model developed and implemented for sending personalised advisories to Groundnut farmers. This project got recognition at international and national level by bagging 2 prestigious awards.
Sri Keshav Desiraju, IAS (Retd.):
Sri Keshav Desiraju has recently retired from a career with the Indian Administrative Service.
In 2013 he was Secretary, Health & Family Welfare to the Government of India.
He continues to remain engaged with issues in public health, particularly mental illness and mental health, primary health care and community health, and serves on the board of several non-profit organizations in the sector.
Sri K R M Kishore Kumar, IPS:
Sri Kishore Kumar is a 1989 batch IPS Officer. He is a post graduate in MBA from
Madurai Kamaraj University, Maduri. Sri Kishore Kumar is presently working as
Additional Director General, Railway Police, Hyderabad.
He worked as Assistant Superintendent of Police and Additional Superintendent of Police, Rampochodavaram, East Godavari from December 1992 to March 1995. He worked as Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District from 1997-1999.
He also worked as Joint Director, AP Police Academy, Hyderabad and Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kurnool Range.
He worked as Chief vigilance and Security Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams in Planning and implementation of security arrangements in Tirumal Temple - CCTVS,
Biometrics, Scanners were installed.
On deputation to United Nations International Police Task Force for one year (1196 to
1997) - member of 76 nation force -represented.
Trained in Indian Institute of Management, Ahamadabad on Application of IT in Government.
He was awarded Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Presented by the present Chief Minister of AP.
Shri M V Krishna Rao, IPS:
MV Krishna Rao (IPS-1974 AP Cadre) worked as Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad
City (2002&2003) and Visakhapatnam City(1991 to 1993)
Earlier he worked as Director of AP police Academy(1993 - 1998); Managing Director of
APSRTC(2004 to 2006), and retired from Government of India(New Delhi) in 2010 as
Director General of SSB(which guards the Indo Nepal and Indo Bhutan border), after an illustrious career of 37 years in the Indian Police Service. Since then he has been teaching Internal Security at several Training and Coaching Institutes all over India.
Sri Siripurapu Koteswara Rao:
Sri Koteswara Rao completed his Post Graduation in Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. Presently working as Project Head, Schoolguru - ANU CDE ICT Division for
Online Education, Acharya Nagarjuna University from July, 2014
He worked from 1979 to 1995 in Pharmaceutical Industry. Worked for Alembic
Chemical Works for 16 years in different Marketing levels and positions. 1995 to 2005 in Other Industry, Worked as DGM and GM in Bommidala BBM Group for their Non-
Tobacco Industries. 2005 till now representing HEALTH 4 ALL (LLC), Sultanate of
Oman in India
He has also worked as HR Trainer and Member of Guest Faculty from 2007-08 in
Department of International Business, Acharya Nagarjuna University teaching for MBA in Personality Development, Business Communication, Soft Skills, Global Sourcing, Business Development, Export Management and Strategic Management
He received All India Super Star Area Manager award for 1992-93 by M/S Alembic
Chemical Works, Baroda, "EXCELLENCE AWARD" for 1998-99 by Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi for outstanding performance in Productivity, Management, Quality and Innovation and "UDYOG RATTAN AWARD" for 1999-2000 by Institute of Economic
Studies, New Delhi for management of Maxwell Health Foods.
Sri Krishna Sastry Pendyala:
Mr Krishna Sastry Pendyala is the Head, Fraud Management & Digital Forensics, Enterprise Security & Risk Management group of Tata Consultancy Services. Mr. Sastry has over 23 years of experience with Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India as Digital
Forensic investigator and handled a large number of Cyber Security incidents & Crime Investigations of national and international importance. Sastry examined more than
1400 cases involving digital evidence referred by various state & central Law- enforcement agencies and deposed evidence in various Courts of Law. His core area of expertise includes Cyber security incident/attack investigation, Incident response
Management, Malware analysis, e-discovery and off-line & online Digital Forensic investigations.
He was Project Leader and Steering Group member for several Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Govt. of India, funded projects and instrumental in setting up of Digital Forensic Laboratories in various Central and State Law enforcement units. Sastry is a guest/visiting faculty at various universities, management academies, professional bodies and speaker at various national/international conferences. Through INTERPOL General Secretariat, Lyons & national central bureau (INTERPOL) India, Sastry as a subject matter expert trained
Law Enforcement officials from more than 90 countries in Asia, Africa and Pacific regions in Electronic Fraud & cyber crime investigations, Digital Forensics etc.,
Currently Sastry is a member of INTEPOL Global Cyber Crime expert Group and Reserve Bank of India IT security & Examination advisory group.
He received a large number of Awards, commendations, appreciation letters. A few are,
"Union Home Minister Award for Meritorious Service" in the year 2004 (youngest to receive this award); Directorate of Forensic Science, Ministry of Home affairs award for
“promoting New technologies in the Field of Forensic Science”. Sastry co-authored the first Indian book on Cyber Forensics titled "Computer Crimes and Forensics". He was the Chief reviewer of “Electronic storage of records” manual of Indian Banks
Association and contributor for Cyber Crime Investigation, Cyber Crime training manual of Data Security Council of India (DSCI).
Sri Krishna Sastry is an M.Tech from Banaras Hindu University, did his Post Graduate
Program (PGP) in Public Policy Management from Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore and “Computer Forensics Incident Response Team" Professional
Development Programme at Wright State University, USA. Sastry is a certified ISO
27001 Lead Auditor, CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified Hacking &
Forensic Investigator (CHFI) and a DNV Certified Vulnerability Assessor. He is
INTERPOL certified “Train the Trainer” in the field of Computer Forensics and a member of Indo-USA (FBI) forensic exchange team.
Sri M V S S Nagendranath : Sri M V S S Nagendranath is Working as Associate Professor & Head, Department of CSE, Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering from Dec 2006 to till date, worked as Assistant Professor in Department of CSE, Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering from Dec 2005 to Dec 2006, worked as Assistant Professor in Department of IT, P.V.P.S.I.T, Vijayawada from Dec 2004 to Dec 2005.
His Academic Achievements are :
• Attended one day Symposium on “Systems approach to Project management”@
Project Management Institute, Pearl Chapter, Hyderabad, India on 6th Feb 2005.
• Mentor for “The Great Mind Challenge -2011” Annual National Software Development
Program by IBM @ SITE, Tadepalligudem.
• Attended for two days National Workshop on “Web Designing and PHP Programming” by IIT, Kharagpur @ JNTU, Hyderabad from Aug 5th and 6th, 2012.
• Attended One week Development program on “ORACLE” from 10th May’14 to 15th
May’14, Organized by Oracle Campus at Banglore.
His publications are : Share Point Server 2007 for Business Intelligence, International
Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Science, 2012. A SIP based VOIP to avoid
Vulnerabilities in designing VOIP network in Enterprises, ICSE-2012., Fabric Defect detection Using Image Analysis, International Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Science, 2012 etc.
Sri K Rajasekhar: Sri K Rajasekhar is presently holding the position of Deputy Director General, NIC, APSC, Hyderabad.
He has over 25 years of work experience in all the vital areas of Information & Communication Technology : DSP & e-Governance. Harnessing following technologies :
Datawarehousing and Mining, Security, Citizen IT Interface, Computer Telephony Integration, Mobile Computing, Bio-metrics, GIS, Local Language Computing, remote
Sensing, Internet, Image Processing, Cloud and Cluster Computing.
He has received 20 National & International awards for various e-Governance initiatives. Authored and published/presented over 15 papers. He is currently doing
Ph. D in Computer Science and Engineering at JNTU.
He is associated with State Level e- Governance Projects like Missing & Found Persons, e-Agni Suraksha, The Girl Child Protection Scheme, etc and National Level e-
Governance Projects like Hortnet, Vidyawaan, Mobile Applications for Anganwadis, Nursing HRHMIS, e-Kisan, CGHS and Mahila-Shishu.
He has vast experience of function as State Informatics Officer of NIC in Meghalaya from January 1990 to September 1197. He has successfully established NIC State and district centres in the North Eastern Region especially in Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram.
There are 24 National & International Awards won by the eGovernance projects contributed by him, some of them are Online Scholarship Management System - Won e-
Governance 2010 Award and Skotch Challenger 2010 Award. Mobile Disease Based
Surveillance System has won mBillionth 2010 Finalist Award. e-Medlabs IPM - Best ICT initiative for diagnostic services won - eIndia 2011 Award - Jury Choice, Disha - Sanskirt
Manuscripts won Manthan South Asia Finalist 2010 Award etc.
Ms K Sasipriya:
Ms Sasipriya Karumanchi is currently the senior faculty at Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, India, a Unit of Aravind Eye Care System. Been with LAICO for last 15 years; currently heads consulting initiative at LAICO.
About LAICO: Established in 1992 with the support of the Lions Club International
SightFirst Programme and Seva Sight Programme, is Asia's first international training facility for blindness prevention workers from India and other parts of the world. It contributes to improving the quality of eye care services through teaching, training, research and consultancy.
Sri Kritarth Jhala
Sri Kritarth Jhala pursued post graduation in Cyber Security & Digital Forensics from Gujarat Forensics Science University. He is also a Certified Oracle DBA 10g, Sun Certified
JAVA Programmer and Certified Android Developer.
He has over 6 years of experience in the field of IT Industry, Digital Fraud Investigation and Cyber Forensics across various organizations. Having a good background of working on various technologies & IT infrastructures and combined with experience in Cyber forensics, cyber threat defense & critical infrastructure security. Mr. Kritarth
Jhala brings a unique blend of technology, investigations and risk management that makes him one of the very few experts in this domain. In Cyber Security his focus groups have mainly been mobile security, mobile malware analysis and working on mitigation of the ever evolving spectrum of threats faced by organizations by using Forensic techniques.
His experience includes setting up of Cyber Forensic and Incident Response Management teams for fraud management and cyber forensics investigations across various sectors such as various Law enforcement, private detective agencies, corporate, etc. His experience also stretches to deploying preventive/proactive security solutions.
He worked As a Software Developer at Panamax Info Tech Ltd., Ahmedabad, Cyber
Forensic Analyst at Gujarat Forensic Science Laboratory, Gandhinagar and as a Digital Forensic Analyst at eSF Labs Ltd.
Dr K S Vijaya Sekhar:
Dr K S Vijaya Sekhar has 25 years of rich experience - He is presently working in
Research Center for eGovernance at IIIT Hyderabad. Previously, he was associated with
Center for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Administrative Staff College of India
(ASCI) and ICRISAT.
Sri Vijaya Sekhar holds PhD in Public Administration. His interest areas include eGovernance, Public Service Delivery and Inter-disciplinary approach towards ICT applications. He has Master of Commerce (M.Com), Master of Computer Applications
(MCA), Master of Business Management (MBA) in HRM and Master of Social Work
(MSW) to his academic profile.
He has published over 20 research papers in International and National conferences. He is recipient of ‘Best Paper Award’ for his research paper on ‘Measuring Sustainability in Government Projects’. He is the Co-editor for three books (1) eGovernance Initiatives in
India (2) Envisioning Digital India and (3) Digital India in Action.
He is Secretary to Computer Society of India’s (CSI) Special Interest Group on eGovernance (CSI-SIGeGOV) from its inception – the year 2005 and to CSI Nihilent eGovernance Awards (CNEA) since the year 2003. He is Life member of CSI and recipient of ‘CSI Service Award’ for his significant contribution to e-Governance at
National Level for the year 2012.
Sri K Rama Reddy :
Sri K Rama Reddy is working as Vice President, Information Technology eFresh . -
Global He is a Graduate in Statistics, Certified Microsoft Professional, Certified Lean Six .
Sigma Green Belt holder and Certified Lead Auditor ISO QMS 9001 2008, Trained on :
CMMi Version 1 3 SEI CMMI and also holds ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT . ( - )
Service Management .
He has Designed and implemented the e commerce activities of eKraftsindia an - initiative supported by NABARD eKraftsindia portal was launched by Honorable .
Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley in Jan 20015 Currently designing e commerce . . -
Business in the area of Marketing Healthy Foods .
Prior to joining eFresh Global, Mr Rama Reddy has held varied positions in IT . management, including Project Management, Head of Information Security and Quality Assurance for BSE listed IT Services Company Mr Rama Reddy has extensive . . experience in configuration management, CMMi Process Development, SDLC Development, strategized project scoping and specifications documents and has led initiatives to produce in house ERP applications - .
Other Important Assignments held by him are :
Independent software consultant in the areas of process implementation and • improvement to several corporate .
Creation, Development and operationalization of software solutions and all the • associated activities for eFresh .
Associated with M s Emerson Climate Technologies India in conceptualization and • / development of save energy calculator .
Active member of qualitygurus com an international forum for quality professionals • . –
Sri K Ratna Kishore :
Sri K Ratna Kishore is presently working as Programme Manager-DBT, Department of
Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
He has done his Post Graduation in MBA from Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam. He Joined the present department in 2010. Implemented the Smartcard Biometric project (EBT) in disbursement of both Social security pensions and MGNREGS wages.
Later it was replaced with DBT Aadhaar Enabled Payment system (AEPS) in which wage payments will be disbursed using Aadhaar authentication through department of Posts.
At present as per the GoI instructions the payments were crediting into the individual wage seekers PMJDY account through Aadhaar Payment Bridge System(APBS).
He has played key role in Successful implementation of e-FMS system (Electronic fund management system), Development of AEPS and APBS platforms, Introducing and
Implementing the IRIS authentication, Real Time MIS report-Monitoring the disbursement of MGNREGS wages.
Sri K V Suresh:
Sri K V Suresh Retired as Senior Deputy General Manager from ECIL Hyderabad .
He is a graduate from Karnataka University In BE E & C in the year 1978,from ( )
Gulbarga Engineering Collage,
He joined ECIL's Computer Group Hyderabad as Technical officer Trainee in March 1979 Worked on ECIL Mainframe computer production and Cyber mainframe project . up 1993 Served for systems engineering and network planning for Mumbai and Vizag .
Port Networking projects Worked on ECIL's Secure Surveillance & data network for .
Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi .
Developed and marketed Data Security Products like Integrated Threat Management, Appliance ITMA and Secure Network Access System SNAS ( ) ( ).
Superannuated from ECIL on 1st August 2016 as Senior DGM .
Sri M Kumar:
Sri M Kumar is presently working as Sr. Technical Officer, m Governance Project, CDAC,
Hyderabad.
Sri M.Kumar received his Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering degrees in
Electronics and Communication Engineering from University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, India in 2005 and 2002 respectively. Also, he is pursuing his Phd from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH).
Between 2006 and 2008 he worked as a Project Engineer under “National RFID
Programme” and succesfully implemented “RFID based Parcel Tracking System” project for Department of Post between NewDelhi and Mumbai. From 2008 to 2011, he was associated with “National Ubiquitous Computing Research Centre” at C-DAC,
Hyderabad and is instrumental in carrying out research in “Ubiquitous Learning” domain. Currently, he is working as a Senior Technical Officer and implementing
“Mobile Applications in Indian Languages” project.
He received various awards like “Certificate of Appreciation” award from C-DAC in the
Year 2016, “Best paper Award” during IEEE International Conference on Control,
Instrumentation, Communication and Coputational Technologies(ICCICCT) in 2015, “Best Paper Award” during IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced
Learning(ICTEE) in 2012 and “Best Performer of the Year” award from C-DAC in 2011.
He co-authored twelve research publications at national and international levels. His areas of interest include RFID, context aware computing, mobile application development, assistive technologies, e-learning and ubiquitous learning technologies.
Sri Madhukuri Sitaramanjaneyulu
Sri Madhukuri Sitaramanjaneyulu is presently working as Assistant Optometrist, VT & DOT program Incharge, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Hyderabad.
Sri Anjaneyulu MSR completed his Vision Technician course from LVPEI’s Bausch &
Lomb School of Optometry in 2002 followed by Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques (DOT) from FOREC in 2011.
He is a certified ophthalmic assistant from International Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (IJCAHPO), USA. He worked at Venkatalakshmi Eye centre, Karamchedu a secondary centre of LVPEI for 7 years before joining as Assistant Optometrist in Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreo Retinal Diseases at LVPEI KAR campus in 2009.
Currently he is incharge for VT & DOT program and faculty at Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry (BLSO), LVPEI, and Optometry Consultant in LVPEI’s Refractive Clinics. His areas of teaching interest are in Clinical Optometry, ocular anatomy & Physiology, Ocular diseases and optics & refraction.
Professor Dr Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu ( .)
Professor Dr Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu known with pen name ( .) (
Madabhushi Sridhar is an Author of 30 books on Law & Journalism both in English and )
Telugu languages He was professor of law at National Academy of Legal Studies and .
Research NALSAR University of Law at Hyderabad till 20th November 2013 which he ( ) resigned to take up the position of Central Information Commissioner at New Delhi on 22nd November 2013 .
He is a double post graduate with LL M , and M C J Journalism from Osmania . . . . ( )
University, he achieved FIVE Gold Medals in all He has penned more than 100 research . articles, developed lessons in Media Law and Journalism, presented papers at International and National Seminars on subjects of socio legal importance and a - columnist both in English and Vernacular Telugu on socio legal issues in Daily -
Newspapers and the web journals He wrote edit page articles in Eenadu, the Largest .
Circulated Telugu Daily and Property Law matters in Deccan Chronicle, Indian Express, The Hindu and The Hans India, Hyderabad Besides, he also designed and presented . various legal awareness programs on popular tv channels like ETV and HMTV His .
BhoomiKosam for land program on HMTV has spread awareness about land rights in (= )
AP He wrote several articles on media and law in www thehoot org and . . . indiacurrentaffairs org websites . .
He wrote four books on Right to Information subject He was a resource person at . training workshops on Right to Information for the Information Commissioners organized by National Law School of India, Bengaluru and Center for Good Governance, Hyderabad He was training different administrative officers, scientists, engineers and . academicians at Administrative Staff College of India ASCI Hyderabad on RTI Some of . his popular books are Right to Information Law and Practice, Nirbhaya Act, Legal : -
Language, Law of Expression, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Professor Sridhar is . given Best Teacher Award by Andhra Pradesh Government in September 2013 .
At NALSAR University of Law Hyderabad, he was coordinator of Center for Media Law and Public Policy and Registrar, Coordinator of NALSAR Proximate Education, MHRD Chair Professor of IPR in 2009 10 Prior to 2005 he was engaged by AP Government to - . draft legislation on Right to Information Bill He led the teams to draft the legislations . on Right to Redressal of Grievances, Rent Controls, Abolition of Child Labour and Compulsory Education, for Andhra Pradesh Government For International Water .
Management Institute IWMI he studied thousand judgments of District Courts on ( ) enhancement of compensation for Land Acquisition, and presented an analytical report, based on which a paper also was presented at International Workshop on Inter linking - of Rivers and Issues, at New Delhi in 2009 For ILO he studied the status of Contract .
Labour in Andhra Pradesh in 2008 Dr Madabhushi is also associated with the efforts . . of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in evolving recommendations on education of children to abolish child labour .
Born on 10th November 1956 to Freedom Fighter and Founder Editor of Janadharma Weekly and Warangal Vani Daily, Late M S Acharya and Mrs Ranganayakamma, Dr . . .
Sridhar is educated in Masoom Ali High School, AVV Junior College, CKM College, Law College Warangal, and Osmania University, Hyderabad .
Dr Madhu Uddaraju:
Dr. Madhu Uddaraju has done MBBS from JJM Medical College, Davangere., Completed his Basic Course in Ophthalmic diagnostics in LVP-Zeiss International Academy,
Hyderabad.
Dr Madhu Completed his M.S in Ophthalmology from Narayana Medical College, Nellore with his Thesis on Microbial Keratitis which was selected by Academic and Research Committee of Andhra Pradesh State Ophthalmological Society for the Research Scholarship award and Grant.
Dr Madhu Uddaraju is presently working as Medical Director, Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology, East Godavari and serving as Medical Director for Badam Balakrishna Eye Bank
He Worked as an observer in comprehensive ophthalmology in L.V.Prasad Eye Institute,
Vishakapatnam, worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute.
He Presented 42 free papers, 27 posters and E-Posters in AP state conferences, National
Conferences and International Conferences. He served as a Conference-coordinator for the 35th APOS Meeting.
He Delivered an instruction course on Limbal stem cell deficiency in 36th APOS meeting, Guntur in 2012, delivered an instruction course on Smear Guided Anti-Microbial
Therapy in 37th APOS Meeting, Warangal in 2013, delivered an instruction course on Cornea Diagnostics in 38th APOS Meeting, Rajahmundry in 2014.
Dr Madhu Uddaraju received Vishnuvardhan best anterior segment paper award and G R Reddy Best paper of the conference in A P state conference -2016 He Published 5
Articles in International Peer Reviewed Journals.
Dr Meenakshi Gautham :
Dr. Meenakshi Gautham is a Research Fellow with the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine. She is the India Country Coordinator of LSHTM’s IDEAS project, an evaluation project in maternal, newborn and child health, implemented in Ethiopia, India and North East Nigeria. She is also the Principal Investigator of a study on the drivers of antibiotic use by informal private healthcare providers in the state of West Bengal in India. Prior to working with LSHTM, Meenakshi was a post-doctoral fellow
(2008-2012) with the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University,
Netherlands, and the Micro Insurance Academy in New Delhi, working on health services research to support development of micro health insurance programs in low income communities. She completed her PhD at LSHTM in Public Health and Policy in
2006. Before that she worked as India Programme Manager with Intrahealth
International (1997-2001).
Ms Meenakshi’s health systems research interests are broad and crosscutting. They include rural health services and human resources in health, maternal and child health, equity and quality of healthcare, mobile health applications for low resource settings, and a growing interest in antimicrobial use and resistance. She has a special interest in evidence based policy reviews and debates, especially those that have an impact on the availability and quality of healthcare for the most impoverished and underserved communities.
For several years now, she has advocated for policy shifts for training a new cadre of mid-level practitioners to deliver basic clinical health care close to every village home.
In 2009 she filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Delhi High Court, along with senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan, asking the central government to start such a programme. They won the case in 2010. She has critiqued the model of medical education and medical profession followed in India. In November 2015 she contributed to a review of the functioning of the Medical Council of India conducted by the Parliamentary Committee on Health. She writes on public health issues for the Indian
Express and The Hindu newspapers in India.
Sri Muppalla Subba Rao
Sri Muppalla Subba Rao is presently working as an Advocate, Member Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh, Rajahmundry .
He has done his graduation in BSC and Bachelor of Law He has 26 years of experience . as a Lawyer .
He served as State President , Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Association, Convenor AP Lawyers Joint Action Committee, Ex President and Ex General Sectetary of District Bar Association .
He has also worked as Member Monitoring Committee, East Godavari Legal Services Authority, Founder President of Samachara Hakku Chatta Rakshana Vedika “ ”. He has Conducted Awareness camps with RTI Activists with the cooperation of EENADU .
Sri Muraleedharan Manningal :
He is currently heading eGovernance Initiatives in Kerala as the Head of State eGovernance Mission Over 2 decades, he played various leadership role in the . corporate sector which includes Global Head and VP for SunTec Business solution, Director Delivery and operations for UK Europe and APAC, Head of Microsoft /
Technology Practice, Enterprise Architect etc with Tata Consultancy Services His . career focus was to Help individuals and organisations to realise and achieve their full potential towards excellence and sustainable growth, drive successful and large transformational programmes .
He is a member of the Institute of Directors, Life member of the All India Management Association, Member of IEEE and Computer Society He has done his .
Master in Engineering from NIT Calicut, MBA in Systems and has undergone multiple leadership programmes .
His areas of interest include Business strategy, Technology Innovation, Mentoring and large programme management .
Dr. Mohan Kanda
Dr Mohan Kanda is an IAS Officer, 1968 batch of Andhra Pradesh Cadre and Retired as Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his Ph.D. (Doctorate in Cooperative Agricultural Credit) – from the Department of Business Management, Osmania University and M.Sc. (Mathematics) – Osmania University, First Division with distinction – Stood first in the University.
He has Long experience (over two decades) in the Agriculture and Rural Development sectors - having earlier served as Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of
Cooperative Societies, Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of Andhra Pradesh and also as Joint Secretary, Special Secretary and Secretary (Agriculture) to the Government of India in the Ministry of
Agriculture. Formerly Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with the rank and status of a Union Minister of State.
He served as a Member of the Governing Board of ICRISAT both as Secretary, Agriculture, Government of India and Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Directly involved in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the “Single
Window” system in the Agriculture Credit and Marketing cooperative structure of
Andhra Pradesh State. He Served as a Member of the Steering Committee for the
Agriculture and Allied Sectors of the Planning Commission for the formulation of the 12fth Five Year Plan.
He is Currently serving as Adjunct Faculty in the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Chennai, as Member of the Court, Central University, Rajasthan, as Member of the Board of Management of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Andhra Pradesh etc.
He is an Author of several publications like “The Tinctured Canvas (Concept, Practice and Strategies in Rural Development), “Vasundhara” (An Anthology of Land Resources in India)”, “Forgiving Earth” (The Dynamics of Policy Support Reforms for the
Millennium Farmer in the Asia Pacific Region) etc. Dr M Naresh Babu :
Dr M Naresh Babu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering at Sree Vidhyanikethan Engineering College in Tirupati. He is having 10 years of Teaching and Research experience.
He has trained Scientists of DRDO and Scientists of Cabinet Secretary on Cryptanalysis and Reverse Engineering. He has published more than 15 papers in different international journals, conference proceedings and edited research volumes. He has edited two research volumes for the Springer publications.
He is in the editorial board or review panel of over 3 international journals. He is a life member of Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI), life member of CSI, member of
ISCA, IEEE. His research interests are Cryptology, Computer Networks and
Computational Systems Biology.
Dr C Nagaraju:
Dr C Nagaraju is working as Associate Professor, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa.
He has comleted PhD on Digital Image Processing at JNTU, Hyderabad, M.Tech in
Computer Science with distinction from JNTU Hyderabad, B.Tech in Computer Science &
Engineering from JNTU Anantapur.
He has nearly 21 years of teaching experience. His research interests are Digital image processing, Data warehousing and Mining, Big Data Analytics, Network Security and IOT.
He received OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST AWARD in the category of Engineering / Image
Processing, National level AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE-2013, State level
AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE-2013 and The life time achievement AWARD OF
RAYALASEEMA VIDHYA RATNA-2013 .
His publication records are 88 research articles, 36 conference articles and 2 book chapters.
Sri Nagaraja Kumar Masuluri:
Sri Nagaraja Kumar is a Scientist & In-charge, Marine Fishery Advisory Services at
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES), Government of India. He is the Secretary of Indian Ocean Global Ocean
Observing system (IOGOOS which is a regional alliance of GOOS of IOC/UNESCO with 29 marine institutes from 17 countries.
As In-charge of Marine Fishery Advisory Services (MFAS) programme, he is leading the popularly known service “Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) Advisories” that provides advisories to the fishing community on the most probable fish aggregation areas using remote sensing data. The service is recognized, among global scientific community, as a matured geospatial application wherein the economic benefits are getting accrued directly to the fishing community. Significant contributions were made through designing innovative solutions using geospatial and ICT tools for taking the benefits of science to the society through this PFZ advisory service. PFZ Advisories mission has been highlighted in the international scenario as one of the major elements under Societal Applications in Fisheries & Aquaculture using Remotely-Sensed Imagery
(SAFARI) and also recognized as one of the Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs) by Global
Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
He holds a Masters degree in Physics and working in Remote Sensing & GIS Applications for the past 15 years.
His research interests are Remote Sensing application to fisheries, Marine Resource Management, Satellite telemetry studies for fisheries.
Sri Y Niranjan Kumar:
Sri Y. Niranjan Kumar is Head of Vision Centre Network at Gullapalli Pratibha Rao
International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute since August 2016. Niranjan is a Post Graduate in Personnel Management and completed PG
Diploma in Business Management from University of Hyderabad. He started his career at L V Prasad Eye Institute as Patient Care Services Supervisor and further worked in various departments at L V Prasad Eye Institute. He also worked for Maytas Infra Pvt
Ltd as its Administration Manager, worked as Centre Head - Apollo Clinic, Hitech City,
Administrator - India Vision Institute and Asst Director – Projects, L V Prasad Eye
Institute.
Niranjan’s areas of expertise are Operations Management, Project Management and
Patient Care Services. Dr Nirmal Kumar Mandal:
Dr Nirmal Kumar Mandal is a specialist in e- Governance & ICT (Information &
Communication Technology) enabled Development projects. He is having a career spanning 20 years with experience in both Management Consulting Services and Project Implementation with national & international level organisations.
Worked with large range of stakeholders (Government, NGOs, Cooperatives, Community
Based Organizations, Corporates & International Donor Agencies)
His areas of interest are Designing e- governance project, ICT enabled Development
Project, Government Process Re-engineering, Designing Business Model, Public Private
Partnership, Monitoring and Evaluation of e-Governance & Development Projects,
Capacity Building & Change Management.
He has done PGDRM from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), 1992 – 1994.
He is working as Deputy General Manager in National Institute for Smart Government, Hyderabad from September 2006 – Present (10 years).
He worked as Project Manager in World Bank Funded Project for Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Government of Andhra Pradesh from June 2003 – September
2006 (3 years 4 months), Senior Consultant in Mott MacDonald, Kolkata, Coordinator in
National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India, Anand in Gujarat.
Dr N S Raju:
Shri N S Raju Studied MBBS from Rangaraya medical college, kakinada. Later on, done
PG Dip in Geriatric Medicine from IGNOU. Master of Health Science (Diabetology) from
Annamalai university. Certificate course in pain and Palliative medicine from
Trivendrum institute of palliative sciences, Trivendrum.
He is full time dedicated to social work. With twin objectives of Providing Geriatric care and Palliative care, founded Age Care Foundation, a Regd. charitable trust. Since its inception, have been the Managing trustee and Medical Director.
Sri K. Sivasankara Rao:
Sri K Sivasankara Rao is presently holding the position as Deputy Director, Disaster Management (Revenue), Secretariat, AP.
He is a post graduated in M.B.A., M.Com., M.A., (Social work), M.A.,(Sociology), B.Ed.,
PGDCA, PGHRM, (Ph.D)
Previously he worked as Project Director, DRDA, MEPMA, NCLP, Project Officer,UCD,VMC and DMWO.
His Experience in Disaster Management : Trained in Civil Defence and Disaster
Management, Trained in Incident Response System (IRS), Attended Annual Joint HADR
Disaster Management Exercise, Worked as Special Officer, Floods, Cyclones since last 10 years.
Sri Sivasankara Rao has received 30 above in District level & 2 in State level awards/Meritorious Certificates.
Sri S P Parameswar
Sri S P Parameswar is presently working as District General Secretary, Zilla Samachara Hakku Parirakshana Vedika, Anantapur District.
He has done his post graduation in MA, NET, MPhill (LLB). He worked as District
Coordinator in Eennadu Mundhadugu (RTI Cell) from 2007 to 2013. He is a Social
Worker and Resource Person for the subjects relating to Right to Information Act, 2005, Human Rights Act, 1993, A.P. Lokayuktha Act, 1983 and Consumers Protection Act,
1986.
He has conducted 450 Awarness Campaigns wherein nearly 96,281 persons attended from the year 2008 to till date.
He is the author of various articles published in Eenadu Telugu Daily like Grammena Upadhiki Saha Hamee (NREGS), Swachanda Nidhulapy Sha Nigha (NGO’S),
Sakramangane Sekaristunara? (LAND ACQUISITION), Samachara Divveto Akshara
Velugulu (RTE Act) etc.
Sri Sai Ramesh:
Sri Sai Ramesh is a Senior IT leader with 20 years of experience for delivering complex, high risk, high value ICT Interventions. He has done his Bachelor of Technology in Civil
Engineering from Nagarjuna University, India, Member, Technology World Conference UKITC, London, 2010 and Author for Technical Student Guide on Microsoft Project 2010 for Aptech Group, 2012.
He worked as Principal Consultant for DPR, RFP for Computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System across Central and 4 Pilot States AP, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, Principal Consultant ESCIMS Excise Supply Chain Information Management System including As-Is Assessment, To-Be Solution, Technology Architecture, Functional
Requirements, DPR, RFP including Technical and Commercial Evaluation for Excise Department, GNCTD, Delhi, Principal consultant for Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Program for Meghalaya, Principal Consultant and Technical expert for Orissa Health Management Information System, Principal Consultant for Orissa Department of Labour & Directorate of Factories & Boilers
He handled various e-gov assignments like DPR and POC for Water Tanker Route
Optimization for Delhi Jal Board, RFP deliverables for Orissa Urban Citizen Service Centers, GoI, Technical architecture and visual model for eSagu, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, Technical Architect for VAT to GST Implementation for Govt. of Puducherry etc.
His major IT assignments are Technical Architect, Delivery Manager for Gentis, Transgenomic Health Services, USA, Technical Manager, Cell Guidance, Cambridge Centre for Karyotyping Imaging Services for Human Cells, Technical Manager, i-Trax Inc
Health Management for US Military Health Services, Solution Designer for Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project covering 66 Hospitals etc.
Sri Sandhana Mahalingam:
Sri. Sandhana Mahalingam has obtained his Master degree in Communication Systems from the department of ECE PSG Tech, Coimbatore under the supervision of Dr.
P.T.Vanathi. He got the opportunity to work with renowned scientist Mr.Saurabh sukla at Defense Avionics Research Establishment, an important wing of DRDO, as a project trainee and had developed a compact antenna for EW systems of Fighter Aircrafts.
He is presently working as an Assistant Professor at Vignan’s University, Guntur. His
Current areas of research are Superluminal Communication, Quantum Entanglement, RF & Microwave Antenna design, Ancient Indian technologies for aircrafts.
Sri Muppalaneni Sesha Sambasiva Rao
Muppalaneni Sesha Sambasiva Rao retired as Associate Professor in Bapatla Engineering College, Guntur.
He is an M.Sc. Post Graduate and Ph.D. in Geology from Andhra University.
He Worked as Scientist with Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum for 3 years from Oct,1979 to Oct,1982.
He Worked as Faculty member in Department of Civil Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla from Nov, 1982 to March, 2016. The subjects taught by him are
Engineering Geology, Environmental Studies and Professional Ethics & Human Values
Dr. Sripathi Dwarakanath:
Dr Sripathi Dwarakanath Graduated in Law from University College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Completed Master’s degree in Law ( LL.M ) in 1989, specializing in International Law from the same university and completed Ph.D. in
1994 in the field of Law of the Sea. Published number of articles on various topics of law in standard Law journals. Attended more than 20 National and International
Seminars and Conferences and presented papers.
He was Resource person at several national seminars, workshops and UGC Refresher Courses. Key-note Speaker in workshops and seminars. Guest Faculty at International
Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) Hyderabad, A.P. Police Academy and Marri Chenna Reddy Institute for Good Governance, Hyderabad. Judge for
International Moot Court Competitions (Phillip Jessop and Stetson). Associate Member of Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi. Life member of centre for Advanced
American Studies, Hyderabad. Initially Vice Principal and subsequently Principal of
University College of Law, Osmania University. Presently working as Professor of Law,
Department of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
He was Invited by Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece, to speak at their Annual International Conference on Law in July 2014, on the topic “ Minority Rights
Protection in India and Greece – A Comparative Study of Recent Developments. In July
2015 again presented a paper titled “ Live-in-Relationship – Vanishing point of
Institution of Marriage” organized by ATINER, Athens, Greece. Visited Seoul, South
Korea to attend a Conference on Peace. Member, General Council, NALSAR. Presently
Chairperson, Board of Studies (LAW).
Sri R.Subba Rao IAS(Retd.):
Sri R Subba Rao is a 1992 batch Andhra Pradesh Cadre IAS Officer.
He is a Post Graduate in MA History from Andhra University.
He worked as Deputy Collector, RDO, ED SC Society in Mahabubnagar and Krishna Districts, Special Grade Deputy Collector: DRO Nellore, General Manager SC Corporation
Hyderabad, Assistant Secretary assignments O/o CCLA.
He worked as Project Officer, ITDA Utnoor, Joint Collector and Collector Adilabad District, Secretary, Commissioner appeals (O/oCCLA), Secretary State SC/ST
Commission. Presently he is working as OSD State SC/ST Commission.
Dr. Sudheer Kumar Terlapu :
Dr Sudheer Kumar has done Ph.D in Electronics and Communication Engineering at
Andhra University College of Engineering, Andhra University, Master of Technology in Radar and Microwave Engineering at Andhra University College of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication at Andhra University College of Engineering and Special Diploma in Electronics with Specialization in Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at Government Institute of Electronics(GIOE),
He has been Nominated as Member of the Academic Senate of Andhra University by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2013.
He is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, Bhimavaram.
He worked as Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant under TEQIP in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil
Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, Part time visiting faculty in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
He Published more than 25 Technical Papers in various International Journals, National and International Conferences
Sri S P Shorey:
Sri S.P Shorey is working as Urban Planning and Management Consultant. Sept 2016.
He studied architecture at the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpore (1972),urban planning at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
(1974) and Architectural Conservation at the International Centre for Conservation,
Rome (ICCROM). He worked with Hyderabad Urban Development Authority1976-2008 on preparation of Master Plans, AP Vision 2020, Hyderabad Mega Cities Project, AP Urban Development Strategy etc besides urban conservation and legislation.
He was convener of Andhra Pradesh Urban Art Commission 1978-83, Member
Secretary, Hyderabad Heritage Committee 1996-2008 of the Government of AP and coordinator of the Hyderabad Urban Conservation Study 1981-1985 supported by the
Ford Foundation.
Sri Shorey was later Director (Urban Management),Centre for Good Governance,
Hyderabad 2011 - 2014 and Regional Programme Coordinator RAY under the GOI –
DFID partnership 2011-2014 on Urban Housing.
He also worked as Advisor Urban Planning at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad in 2014. He was short term consultant to World Bank and UNESCO on urban infrastructure and conservation programmes. He has been visiting faculty at the
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, International Centre for Conservation, (ICCROM) Rome and other reputed institutions. He is author of more than 100 published papers and articles on Urban Planning and development.
Sri Shorey is presently independent consultant based at Hyderabad.
Sri S.S.SARMA
Shri Sarma is working as Director/ Scientist ‘F’ in the Indian Computer Emergency
Response Team (CERT-In).
He is handling computer security incidents reported to CERT-In, and coordinates response and remediation actions for incidents of malicious code infections, Botnets, web intrusions and attacks on Industrial Control Systems.
He is involved in tracking of cyber threats and issuing security alerts and advisories. He is a CISSP and Certified Ethical Hacker. He is trained in Information Security and incident handling at CERT/CC, Carnegie Mellon University. He has overall experience of
25 years in computer communications, broadcasting and cyber security.
Sri Srujan Kumar Nakidi, I.R.S.:
Sri Srujan Kumar Nakidi is presently holding the position as Deputy Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise, Customs Preventive Division, Ongole, Prakasam District.
He is done his M.Tech. in Microelectronics from IIT Bombay.
He worked as Design Engineer in Texas Instruments, Bengaluru(2006 to 2009),
Assistant Manager in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),
Trivandrum (2010) and Assistant Commissioner, Krishnapatnam Port Custom
House(2013 to 2016) Sri Srujan Kumar Has patent with US PTO in VLSI Design. (Enhanced control in scan tests of integrated circuits with partitioned scan chains WO 2011050292 A3)
He is interested in following cutting edge technological developments, and Interested in socio-economic development of rural people.
Dr.G. Syamala Rao :
Dr G Syamala Rao is presently holding the position as SEBI- Financial Education
Resource Person and Associate Professor,Department of Management Studies, G.V.P.College for Degree & P.G.Courses, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam
He is working on UGC-Major Research Project on “Problems and Prospects of Life
Insurance in Rural Markets with reference to Coastal Andhra Pradesh, 2013-15.Sri
Syamala Rao is an Editorial Board Member & Reviewer of 5 International Journals.
He is an Empanelled as SEBI Financial Education Resource Person, Resource Person to Entrepreneur Development Program organized by District Industries Centre and IGIAT , Visakhapatnam on 27-02-2016 & 03-03-2016. He is also a
Resource Person to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL) in Training Program on
Financial Planning to Executives organized on 17-06-2016.
He is also Working as Associate Professor, Department of MBA, G.V.P. College for
Degree and P.G.Courses(Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, Incharge H.O.D.,& Chairman,
Board of Studies , Department of BBM, G.V.P. College for Degree and
P.G.Courses(Autonomous), Visakhapatnam.
Sri Syamala Rao authored 3 Bools and 15 Papers published in National and International Journals.
Prof P S Roy:
Presently Prof P S Roy is Honorary Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India, Chair Professor, University Centre for Earth & Space Science, University of Hyderabad, and Former Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun, (2009-2012); Former
Director, Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific, Dehra Dun, Dean, Indian institute of Remote etc.
He is specialised in Earth Observation Satellite and Geoinformation Sciences working on generation of information services, feature extraction using all kind of satellite data and Climate Change Natural Resource Management (nearly 40 years of experiences in this field). He has more than 200 research publications in international journals with ~ 350 impact points and 2900 citation. He has authored/edited 4 books. He has guided 21 Ph
Ds.
The awards received by him are Indian National Remote Sensing Award, 1991; Sri Hari Om Ashram Preit Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Research Award, 1993 by Physical Research Laboratory ; B. P. Pal National Environmental Fellow Award, 1996; ISRO-
Astronautical Society of India Award for Space Applications, 2005; ISRO Merit Award, 2007; Dr. Boon Indrambarya Gold Medal Award by Asian Society of Remote Sensing for permanent value to humanity, 2009; Team Excellence Award for Assessment of Irrigation Potential of project in India using CARTOSAT data, 2009. Indian Society of
Remote Sensing’s Lifetime achievement Bhasakara Award, 2010; Maharana Udai Singh Award for the distinguished service of permanent value to the society in the field of Environment, 2012.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS);
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences; National Institute of Ecology; Indian Geophysical Union; Academy of Forest and Environmental Sciences.
Dr. Palla Trinadha Rao
Dr. Palla Trinadha Rao is a tribal rights activist and lawyer supporting the cause of tribals. He has been involved in addressing issues of tribal land alienation, forest land and governance issues in both the States of Andhra and Telangana.
He is also associated with the State and National (Government) Institutions in relation to Trainings, Research, and Legal affairs in relation to tribals. He is author of a number of articles and couples of books on adivasi issues in Telugu and English. He is an independent and collaborative Researcher. Interested research areas are Scheduled
Tribes, and Tribal Areas.
Dr Praveen Vashist:
Dr Praveen Vashist is presently holding the position as Professor and Head, Community Ophthalmology, Dr. RP Centre for Opthalmic Sciences, All Indian Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi.
As head of Community Ophthalmology at the apex ophthalmic institute of the country, he has been instrumental in developing models for community outreach services and strengthening epidemiological research & training in the field of community eye care.
He has developed a successful model of integrating primary eye care in 15 urban health centres of the Delhi Government. In addition, he involved in organizing outreach camps for screening cataract and other blinding conditions in rural areas and ensuring free cataract surgeries to poor patients; school based vision screening in schools and dedicated camps for screening of diabetic retinopathy, childhood blindness and glaucoma. With these efforts, community outreach services through the department have been extended to more than 100,000 people per year. I developed an operational model for utilizing ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) - community based volunteers for provision of primary eye care in rural areas. Based on the model and continuous advocacy, National Health Mission, Delhi government has made provisions for providing incentives to ASHAs for referring patients with cataract and refractive errors.
He has been a Principal Investigator of 19 research and community eye care projects, most significant of them being the Sightsavers Vision Delhi Project on Primary Eye Care Services in Urban Slums, LSH&TM Epidemiology of Age-related eye disease in India
(INDGEN) study, Multi-centric-ICMR Study on Impact of Global Warming and UV radiation on Ocular Health and DST study on Awareness and Health Seeking Practices for Eye Diseases in Urban Slums.
He has 80 publications in international and national peer-reviewed journals and also supervised 15 research scholars including five PhD scholars, ten post-graduates and one WHO Fellow in community ophthalmology.
He delivered more than 250 lectures as resource person/faculty in conferences and
CME programmes organized at International and National level. He is also leading the
NPCB-National Trachoma Prevalence Survey and National Trachoma Rapid Assessment being conducted in 24 districts all over the country.
Dr Praveen Vashist was awarded AIIMS Excellence award, 2014 for the best researcher and was awarded by Vision 2020-Right to Sight India in its 8th National Conference for services as voluntary resource person in eye care programmes. He was also awarded by Community Ophthalmology Society of India for exemplary individual contribution in the field of Community Eye Care Services for the year 2014. He received the
"Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India (ACOIN) Gold Medal" for services in community eye care consecutively in 2014 and 2015.
Sri P Purardhana Reddy :
Sri P Purardhana Reddy is presently working as Deputy Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his M.Tech in
Transportation Engineering from REC Warangal
He has Joined the department in 1987 as Assistant Executive Engineer and now working as Deputy Executive Engineer in E-Governance Cell at the office of the
Engineer-in-Chief (Admin Wing) . Successfully implemented Priorotised Projects
Monitoring System (PPMS) which deals with Monitoring progress and payment of EPC projects. At present Implementing CNFMS (Canal Net Work Flow Management System) which will be finally linked to CM dash board to show the Discharges in various canals, Ayacut Localised Vs Irrigated under various Irrigation Projects. He has played a key role in successful implementation of PPMS System, Development of Training Management System for WALAMTARI, Co-ordinated with TCS on display of
Irrigation data Hon’ble CM’s CORE dash board, Creation of Neeru Chettu works Drill down Progress reports from state level to village level.
Sri P Satyanarayana :
Sri P.Satyanarayana joined NRSC/ISRO in 1999 after successful completion of first
RS&GIS course of CSSTEAP affiliated to United Nations at IIRS Campus, Dehradun in 1996 and obtained first M.Tech (RS&GIS) degree from Andhra University with first rank.
He has also successfully completed M.Sc from Geo-Engg Dept. of Andhra University. He is currently working as Scientist / Engineer ‘SE’ at National Remote Sensing Centre,
ISRO, Department of Space, Hyderabad and having multiple task capabilities.
He has contributed in Disaster Management Support Programme of NRSC/ISRO and worked 24X7 for preparing necessary maps and action plans during Orissa super cyclone and also for Tsunami period.
He is a Team member in SISDP project, AIBP project, India-WRIS project, Inventory and
Monitoring of Glacial Lakes project, Landslide Hazard zonation mapping project and acted as facilitator for capacity building, State and Central Govt. departments, project students, researchers and individuals for remote sensing and GIS technology and applications.
Currently, he is working for major national projects of NRSC/ISRO:
India-WRIS Web GIS (India Water Resources Information System)
SIS-DP (Space based inputs for decentralized planning in the country)
Bhuvan Panchayats portal and EPRIS.
River morphology project of CWC
He has received award for ISRO Team Excellence Award for AIBP project in 2008 and ISRO Team Excellence award for India – WRIS, project in 2010.
Sri K Srinivas:
Sri K Srinivas is presently holding the position as OSD, New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited .
Sri K Srinivas Graduated from AU College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam and completed MBA.
He Joined in NREDCAP during the year 1985 and completed more than 30 years of experience in the field of renewable energies and worked in different positions and presently working as Officer on Special Duty. Presently responsible for promotion of
Wind Power and Solar Power Projects and Programmes.
Sri Srinivas is Instrumental in setting up of own wind power projects by NREDCAP of capacity 12.80 MW in Anathapuramu, Kurnool and Nellore districts. Also successfully implemented 1 MW Canal Top Solar Power Project in Bhimavaram Rural(M), West
Godavari District which is the first project commissioned out of Pilot Demonstration Scheme of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India.
Dr A.P. Rangarao:
Dr A P Rangarao is resident of Hyderabad and has graduated in medicine (M.B:B.S) from Osmania University, and later worked and obtained post graduated qualifications in Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Tropical Medicine from United Kingdom.
He joined AP medical services and worked in Tribal areas for 7 years as a clinical Doctor.
Later he moved to Hyderabad and was on deputation as founder and first Managing director of Government corporation "AP Viklong Coop Fiancé corporation" and introduced Jaipur foot Technology in AP for polio affected persons and amputees. He established Braille press and sound library for visually challenged and provided hearing aids to Hearing handicapped and Special education teacher training programme for mentally challenged.
He was in additional charge as State secretary of Indian red cross society twice and organized relief in Godavari monsoon floods. He was advisor to National Red cross during IPKF operations and provided relief to civilians during conflict.
He was the head of India population project 8 and served as Additional Director Family welfare and promoted Double puncture Laparoscopy sterilization and helped stabilize AP Population. He retired in 1999. Afterwards he was consultant to GOI for blindness control programme, consultant to Nandi foundation, Catholic relief services (CRS), GHK international, Unicef, Harvard University, SERP, CGG, etc.
He was advisor to Satyam foundation, EMRI (108 services), HMRI (104 services), and provided concept, architecture, protocols, algorithms etc. He was consultant to IRDA and GI council sponsored and just concluded pilot project "HERAM " for prevention of accidents and management of accidents on NH 65 from Hyderabad to Vijayawada-
Currently engaged in understanding impact of soil health on human health through organic farming in his village. He widely travelled on official work in UK, Srilanka,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, China, Brazil, and USA.
Dr Y Rajavara Prasad:
Dr. Raja Vara Prasad got his PhD from IIT Hyderabad in 2015. He completed his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in 2009. Dr. Raja Vara Prasad is presently working as Assistant
Professor, ECE Dept, IIIT Chittoor
He has three international journals and ten international conference papers. His research area include Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSAN), Internet of
Things (IoT) and New protocols for Smart Cities. He is active member in the major sponsored projects like Smart Buildings, Cyber Physical Systems and IoT which are funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) during his PhD.
Dr Rajeswar:
Dr. Rajeswar Jonnalagadda is a Senior Subject Specialist on Climate Change &
Environment, at Intercooperation Social Development India (ICSD). His Current responsibilities include Policy-Advocacy, Operational Research and Monitoring &
Evaluation of Climate Change Action-Plans in different sectors. He undertakes Policy-
Advocacy, Capacity Building and Training of Trainers (ToT) activities on Mitigation &
Adaptation strategies for Low-Emission development in different sectors. He pursues policy research towards integrating portfolios of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Low-
Emission Development and Inclusive Growth.
Dr Rajeswar is a Member in Roster of Experts for UNFCCC Adaptation Fund in Environmental and Social Risk Management, and also in Roster of Experts for Climate & Development Knowledge Network: (CDKN)
Prior to current position, worked for more than five years as Director (Training &
Research) of the Centre for Climate Change at MCR HRD Institute, Hyderabad, India – a governmental administrative training institute. Earlier, for about twelve years, he worked overseas as an Academic Editor for UNESCO project, the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. He pursued his M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Life Sciences from the University of Hyderabad and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. He did his Post-
Doctoral research at Center for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Sri Rajeev Anand Sahu:
Sri Rajeev Anand Sahu is currently working as Assistant Professor, C R Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) , University of
Hyderabad Campus and also Lecturer in NIT Raipur.
He has done his Ph D Cryptography in the year May 2013 from NIT, Allahabad, India . . and M Sc Mathematics Central University, Bilaspur . . ( ) .
His Research interests are Digital Signatures Proxy signature, Anonymous signature, -
Identity Based Cryptography Searchable Encryption and Elliptic Curve Cryptography - . . Sri Sahu Guided 6 M Tech students in Cryptography and 7 research publications in .
International Journals and 13 papers in International Conferences.
Sri Rakesh Dubbudu:
Sri Rakesh Dubbudu is a well known transparency campaigner from India and has been working on Right to Information (RTI) related issues for the last decade. He is currently one of the co-convenors of the National Campaign for People's Right to Information
(NCPRI) in India.
He is also the founder of ‘FACTLY’ (www.factly.in), an initiative aimed at making government data/information more meaningful for the common citizen. Within a short period of time, the portal has become one of the best in the public information space.
Sri Rakesh brings immense experience in dealing with Government Data, Policy and various government related information. He is also an engineering graduate from one of the foremost engineering institutions in India. His technical skills give him a unique advantage. Sri Rakesh has also played a significant role in the launch of the 'Open Data
Policy' by the Government of Telangana, the newest state in India.
His RTI trainings reached more than 12000 people across the country comprising a variety of stakeholders from government, civil society etc. He has also constantly engaged with the various government departments in ensuring better information disclosure under the Indian RTI law. He also has experience in leading various research
& impact studies on the RTI law in India and has been a Right to Information Fellow of the Government of India in 2014. He is a regular columnist in the leading Telugu and
English dailies on issues related to transparency, opening up government.
He was Selected for the South Central Asia Region Legislative Fellows Program (an exchange program for Young leaders from 5 South Central Asian countries sponsored by the U.S. Department of State). He is one of the five from India in 2014. He Was one of the speakers at the 'International Open Data Conference 2016 (IODC 2016)' on 'From supply based to demand based strategies in Open Data'. He was selected as a ‘RTI
Fellow’ for the year 2014 by Government of India. He received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from NIT Warangal and he won a special Jury award in the first ever Citizen Journalist.
Sri Ravi Katukam :
Sri Ravi Katukam is Chief Executive Officer of Ennovator Ingineering, Hyderabad. He founded Ennovator Ingineering for best & Best innovation solutions from India for the world.
Sri Ravi holds an M.Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical from Osmania University.
Sri Ravi brings with himself 13 years of experience in the R&D and innovation arenas.
He has worked extensively in the nuclear, aerospace and defence, oil and gas, and aviation (both government and corporate) domains. He has worked extensively in the nuclear, aerospace and defence, oil and gas, and aviation (both government and corporate) domains. As an engineer & scientist and a business leader, Ravi has developed first-of their-kind methods, algorithms and products across various engineering disciplines.
He is a well-known innovation guru and universal mentor for young engineers from premier India institutions. He is one among the few innovation professionals in India who specialize in problem identification and problem definition for IP creation.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards / rewards for his par excellence scholastic achievements namely the Chief Minister’s Andhra Pradesh Gold Medal in
1997, the Institution of Engineers Award in 1999, the AERB Fellowship in 2005, and the ANSYS Best Paper award in 2013 etc. Ravi has been a speaker at national and international forums on engineering innovation and leadership and has published 70 papers in national and international conferences and journals. He also has multiple patents to his credit. He has written a book on One India-N Zeros.
Sri Ravi Kishore Koppuravuri :
Sri Ravi Kishore is presently working as Technical Officer, E Security team, CDAC, Hyderabad .
Mr Ravi Kishore has received his M Tech degree in Computer Science from JNTU . .
Hyderabad He is associated with R & D, Center for Development of Advanced .
Computing C DAC , Hyderabad from last 8 years in System Software, Web ( - ) +
Application and Network Security domain He is a SANS Certified professional in Web . “
Application Penetration testing & Ethical Hacking He has published various research ”. papers Browser JSGuard, JavaScript Defender in the area of Web based Malware ( ) detection and prevention .
He has experience in various projects like Malware Prevention System MPS , USB ( )
Prathirodh and Secure Browser Add on Browser JSGuard etc His areas of interests - ( ) . include End System Security, OS level security deployment, Malware Analysis and Prevention, Linux System Programming, Linux Kernel Programming & Driver Development .
He had served on several academic positions such as Chairperson/Member, Board of
Studies in Computer Science and Engineering at Kakatiya University, Warangal.
Member/Academic Advisory Committee of “Monad University, New Delhi” and Advisor of 21st Century Gurukulam, Kakatiya Unviersity, Warangal. He is the Member/Chief
Editor on Editorial Boards of several international Journals. Currently, he is the Member of Academic Council at S R Engineering College, Warangal.
Sri K Rajabapai:
Sri K.Rajabapaia is presently holding the position of Chief Engineer, Operation Zone,
Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, Vijayawada.
He has done B.E EEE from A.U college of Engineering, Vizag in the year1980-84.
He worked as an Assistant Engineer in Guntur, Tenali, Assistant Divisional Engineer (Operation) Tenali and worked as Divisional Engineer/Technical, Guntur.
He has received Best Divisional Engineer, Technical from APSPDCL, Best Divisional Engineer Operation by District Collector, Guntur, Best Superintending Engineer, Operation from APSPDCL, Best Operation Circle, Guntur by APSPDCL for the year 2009-10 and Best Guntur District officer in APSPDCL by District Collector/ Guntur for 4 times
in between 2008-2011.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister of A.P, Sri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu has felicited Sri
Rajabapaia with a certificate in appreciation of excellent service rendered during Hudhud Cyclone relief & restoration of power supply in a record time during October 2014 and appreciation of excellent service rendered in maintaining uninterrupted power supply during Krishna Pushkarams 2016.
Sri R. Ramasubramanian:
Sri R Ramasubramanian joined M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation as a Mangrove
Biologist - Scientist in October, 1996 after completing his Ph.D. from Center for
Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai. During Ph D He has worked on environmental biology particularly the Physico-Chemical and
Microbiological studies in both fresh water and in coastal waters. He has isolated bacterial strain tolerant to heavy metals and assessed its bio-accumulation and the physiological tolerance mechanism.
In M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation he is working in participatory mangrove conservation and management in Krishna and Godavari wetlands of Andhra Pradesh for the last twenty years. He has carried out large scale mangrove plantations jointly with the community and the state forest department. Then he implemented Integrated
Mangrove Fishery Farming System (IMFFS) where the mangroves and the aquaculture are grown together for sustaining the mangrove ecosystem and the livelihood of the coastal fishermen.
He implemented two DST supported major research projects for the halophyte cultivation using sea water (PI) and the other as Co-PI for demonstrating halophyte fodder grass cultivation during 2010-2014 and mobilized funds from International
Agencies like GIZ and Adaptation Fund for implementing climate change adaptation projects.
Sri Ramasubramanian has participated in national and international workshops, trainings and conferences during this period. I have published 16 research papers and 7 books. I have visited Netherlands, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Philippines and Sri Lanka for attending international workshops and conferences.
Sri R S Aravindakshan, IRS:
Sri R S Aravindakshan hails from Hyderabad and belongs to the 2007 batch of the Indian Revenue Service.
He served the Income tax Department at Vijayawada, Khammam and Hyderabad and has handled assessments of Partnership firms, companies, trusts, banks etc.
He also had a stint in the investigation wing of the Department at hyderabad, which undertakes search and seizure operations. Later, he served at the National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur, which imparts induction training to the probationers of Indian Revenue Service.
At NADT, he was the Associate Course Coordinator for the 88th Foundation Course conducted in association with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie for the officers selected in the Civil Service Examination, 2012. Later, he served as Assistant Course Director for the Induction Programme of
2013 batch of IRS and Deputy Director (Administration).
Presently, he is posted as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Range-1, Visakshapatnam.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering and loves to read and travel.
Dr Sandhyavali:
Dr Sandhyavali is presently working as Assistant Professor, Government General Hospital, Guntur District.
She has done MS in Opthalmology.
Earlier she worked as District Programme Manager, District Blindness Control Programme, Guntur
Dr. Sathyanarayana:
Dr Sathyanarayana is presently working as Associate Professor-Public Health
Foundation of India, Indian Institute of Public Health-Bangalore Campus. Dr. Sathyanarayana is a medical doctor; he has done MBBS from Karnataka state, MBA in health management and MPH from University College London and PhD in Health Policy from University College London. He served for 6 years in World Health
Organization as surveillance medical officer for polio eradication program in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh and in Karnataka states of India. Prior to this he served as district leprosy medical officer for two years. As surveillance medical officer, he made special innovative efforts to strengthen routine immunization in Karnataka state and actively participated to begin measles surveillance program in Karnataka state.
Currently he is teaching health policy-planning and health care quality modules at
Indian Institute of Public Health-Bangalore campus, India. His, research interests are on evidence for Universal Health Care, Health Policy And Systems Research and health policy transfer between national and international jurisdictions, especially in relation to local, regional and global health care and health care policies to create sustainable, integrated, patient focused health care system.
His Areas of interest:
Methods: Health policy analysis methods, mixed methods; political-social-institutional analysis; health impact evaluation.
Areas: Health systems and policy research, Universal health care research; evidence/role of PPPs in social health insurance; Vaccine policies; Traditional medicine policies.
Sri D Srinagesh: Sri D. Srinagesh had obtained his Masters degree in Applied Mathematics in 1984 from
Regional Engineering College, Warangal, presently known as NIT, Warangal and his Ph.D in
Geophysics from Osmania University in 1993.
He is currently the Head of Seismology observatory. Srinagesh has made significant contributions in seismology. Using modern techniques and state of art digital instruments, through passive seismology he has worked on problems which are of international relevance such as in understanding the evolution of Precambrian terrains by mapping the 3-D crust and mantle velocity structure. His work has been to map the seismically active faults in Koyna-Warna region and Kopili lineament in NE India.
He is presently working on projects related to seismic hazard in the Indo Gangetic plains which are of societal importance. He is also involved in disseminating information about earthquakes and the safety measures to be undertaken in the event of an earthquake to school students in NE India and by deploying 80 educational seismographs in schools under the western India school lab program. The prime objective of the latter project is to impart knowledge to high school students about earth and earthquakes while working with seismological data. In the last five years he has been providing scientific inputs for design of Projects to DRDO and Government of Andhra Pradesh as well as evaluating the hazard for Heritage structures due to the effect of horizontal ground motion generated by explosions. He has more than 54 scientific papers in international and national reputed journals and more than 20 Technical reports. He was also a guest editor of a special volume by Tectonophysics on Earthquake Prediction.
Sri Srinivas Madhav Sri Srinivas Madhav is presently working as Judicial Officer, State Information Commission, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
He has Drafted complete study material for the Online Certificate Course on RTI (15-
Day Course) and provided academic support to this Course including moderation of the online Discussion Forum, evaluation of the answer papers and so on during 2011-12.
He Took part in conduction of two Familiarization Programmes for the newly appointed State Information Commissioners of the Andhra Pradesh Information Commission jointly organised by AP Information Commission and Centre for Good Governance in May 2012 and February 2013.
He is a Resource person for more than 150 training programs on the RTI Act, for activists from civil society and officials from various departments - including Police,
Education, Health, Welfare, Agriculture and so on - at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National
Police Academy, National Institute of Rural Development, All India Radio, Centre for Good Governance, Institute of Company Secretaries India, Institute of Public Enterprise, Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Dr MCR HRD Institute of AP, AP Police Academy, AP
Forest Academy and so forth.
The books authored by him are Exemptions under the RTI Act: A Primer. Hyderabad:
Centre for Good Governance, 2012., Right to Information, 2nd ed. Hyderabad: Asia Law
House, 2008, Samachara Hakku: Avineethipai Brahmasthram (A Citizen’s Guide on RTI,
Telugu), 8th ed. Hyderabad: Asia Law House, 2010 etc.
Sri S.A.Srinivasa Moorthy :
Sri Srinivas Moorthy has over three decades of experience in the Electronics Industry with experience ranging from R&D, Product Design and Engineering, Manufacturing and has managing large business units. He did his M.Tech in Industrial Electronics from NIT
Karnataka in 1985.
He is currently the CEO of Andhra Pradesh Electronics & IT Agency (an autonomous society formed by AP State Government) spearheading the efforts to make AP as the number one destination for Electronics Industry and Information Technology in India.
He has worked in Govt., Private and MNC organizations at senior levels. He has developed path breaking products and services in Product Design and Engineering field.
He is an expert in Medical Devices, Networking & Telecom and Prosumer (Professional
Consumer) product design.
He has set up new organizations for designing Networking Products, Automotive Software and Hardware, Medical Devices and Consumer devices for both Indian and Overseas companies. Got India’s first ISO13485 certification for Medical Device design.
Worked on Avionics & Mil Certifications and products. He was selected as one of the top 100 people (84th and one of the two Indians) who contributed to Electronics
Manufacturing Services (EMS) Industry in 2012.
He is hands-on and mentors “Startups” working in Embedded Systems. He teaches
Undergraduate and Graduate courses in product design and engineering. Has helped
Indian and US universities in framing contemporary syllabus for the electronics engineering courses.
He writes regularly in leading professional journals and publishes papers in national and international conferences. Currently writing a book on “Outsourced Manufacturing for SMEs and Startups” Sri Moorthy is also a professional percussionist plays Indian and Western percussion instruments.
Sri S Srinivasan :
Sri S Srinivasan 'Chinu has been involved with issues of affordability, availability and . ( ") accesibility of health care for all over 35 years He has written books and articles and . spoken in various fora on the politics and public health aspects of pharmaceuticals including pricing policy regulatory and IP issues .
He is associated with LOCOST Vadodara which makes medicines at low prices and is involved in advocacy of related issues of access to medicine Srinivasan is also . associated with medico friend circle, All India Drug Action Network and PUCL - .
He has been involved in several PILs on pharma policy issues in the Supreme Court and High Courts He is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur, IIM Bangalore and has studied . epidemiology at John Hopkin University .
Sri D V S Someswara Rao:
Sri D V S Someswara Rao is presently working as Senior Accounts Officer, APGENCO, Hyderabad. He is a Post Graduate in MBA Finance. He is also working as faculty in
Central institute for rural electrification, Corporate training institute, Hyderabad, Dr NTTPS training institute, Vijayawada . .
Sri Someswara Rao has 25 years in commercial aspects in the field of Power purchase agreements, regulatory affairs .
Sri D Subramanyam :
Sri Dande Subramanyam was born at Amalapuram, East Godavari District on 8-11-
1955. He is native of Koilkuntla Mandal of Kurnool District and hails from a family of
Judges. He obtained his Degree in Bachelor of Science from Sri Venkateswara
University, Tirupati and Bachelor of Laws from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur.
He practiced as an Advocate in the Office of Sri M.Venkoba Rao for a period of four years at Kurnool. He was selected as District Munsif by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service
Commission and joined as such on 1-4-1987. He was promoted as a Senior Civil Judge on 30-1-2001 and further promoted as District and Sessions Judge on 25-7-2006. He was appointed as Secretary, Andhra Pradesh High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad till 10-2-2010. He was placed full additional charge of post of appointed
Member Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority and served for a period of two years. In February, 2010, he was appointed as Principal Secretary to the
Hon’ble Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and served for a period of two years. Later he was appointed as Devasthanam Law Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati.
He is presently working as Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission, Hyderabad.
Throughout the career he maintained good reputation and has good track record. As
Member Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority he did commendable job and conducted legal aid programmes in the State to bring awareness among the public about the legal services authority and the right of the public to approach the forum for support in resolving their disputes.
As Secretary of A.P. High Court Legal Services Committee with the permission of the
Hon’ble Chief Justice constituted special Lok Adalat Benches at Kadapa for disposal of land acquisition cases (Appeals) pertaining to Somasila Project and got disposed of
3000 appeals wherein compensation to a tune of Rs.13.00 crores was got awarded and paid to thousands of displaced persons.
He regularly attends as Resource Person to give lectures to the Trainee Junior Civil Judges at Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, Secunderabad, Dr.M.C.R. & HRD Institute,
Hyderabad, A.P.Police Academy. He was awarded Ugadi Puraskar in 2013 by
Annamaiah Kalapeetam, Hyderabad. He was awarded IARF-HRRC Peace Award 2016 during World Peaceday Celebrations 2016 at Khammam a Netherlands based Non Governmental Organization. Presently, he is working as Secretary and Chief Executive
Officer in State Human Rights Commission.
Sri Sushil Patil :
Sri Sushil Patil is a medical doctor trained as a public health specialist from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He coordinates the clinical services and research activities at Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Chhattisgarh.
He has organized the primary health care activities besides augmenting the specific programs for illnesses like tuberculosis, leprosy, cardiac care and services like the public health laboraftory, radiology diagnostics and, pharmacy. He has developed the Electronic Medical Record system of JSS and is now helping its further use in other health care set ups in the country.
He is involved in observational research on various issues like burden and pattern of illnesses and on cost and quality of care. He has also been actively involved in developing new programs like telemedicine in rural areas and in training of various cadres of middle level health workers. The Atlas of rural health has been developed with his editorial coordination.
Dr Sundar Balakrishna, IFS:
Dr. Sundar Balakrishna holds a Bachelors in Engineering (Computer science), a Masters in Science (Forestry), a Masters in Business Administration (Post-graduate Diploma in
Management) with finance concentration (from Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Indore), and a PhD (Fellow Program in Management) in the Economics area (from
Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad).
He is serving in the Indian Forest Service and is currently Director, Electronic Services Delivery, Government of Andhra Pradesh and holding additional positions of CEO, e-
Governance Authority, CEO, Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy, and, CEO, SAPNET Mana TV, in the Department of Information Technology, Electronics, and Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Sundar Balakrishna was awarded the “Skoch order of merit 2015 award” for one of the best e-government citizen services delivery initiatives at the national level by the
Skoch group (september 2015). He is also a recipient of the "CSI-Nihilent Award of
Appreciation 2015" for e-government initiatives in the mining sector.
He is a visiting faculty at Indian Institutes of Management Indore, Lucknow, and Trichy and teaches Microeconomics, Environmental and natural resources economics, Economics of Network Industries, and Regulatory economics. He also teaches Forest
Economics to forest ranger trainees in the State Forest Academy. He has publications in the economics area in Vikalpa, the IIM Ahmadabad Management Journal. In addition, he initiated several projects in vermi composting, while serving in the Indian Forest Service. He has sensitized the government on the invisible, yet dangerous problem of e- waste disposal".
Sri S Dinesh:
Mr.Dinesh Sandeboina (born 7th August 1993) is a public Speaker widely regarded as one of the Youngest motivational trainers of India. He took up motivational speaking at the age of 18 and made number of motivational sessions in many Engineering, Degree colleges and different cities on Entrepreneurship development, Positive Attitude, Personality Development, Impact of Modern Technology on Life and Life style of a man, etc.. Received an award of Best Speaker in Entrepreneurship Development Conference conducted by the Students of IIT Kharagpur in the year 2013 and also awarded as Best Motivator for his motivation in different conferences.
He is a self motivated young individual with great enthusiasm and determination to succeed. Hard working, reliable and resourceful with excellent Presentation, organizational and Team management skills and standing as role-model to the youngsters of Hyderabad.
He has done his Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from JBIT Hyderabad in 2015 and is presently working as Assistant Professor for Mining Engineering Department at J B Institute of Engineering &Technology, Hyderabad and also Lead Trainer for Corevision Edupreneurs Pvt Ltd, Jaipur.
Sri T V Bhaskar
Sri T V Bhaskar is presently working as State RTI Activist, Guntur District . He has established SIRI Organization at Phirangipuram , Guntur District in year 1992 As . a Chief Functionary of the organization he actively participated in rural areas He has . also taken participation in prestigious CHARKA programme of NACO and Government of India The SIRI organization set up KIOSK s to enlighten the people of all categories . ” at Jataras and festivals, such as Kotappakonda He is the Editor of SAAD HYAM Monthly .
Magazine,which focuses predominantly on RTI Act,2005 .
He has Participated in Pharmaceutical Event at Thailand, National Integration Camp held 2012, 2013 at Kerala, Review on Jankaari Software etc He has also participated in . the Central Information Commission Annual Convention held in 2011,2012 and 2013
He Worked as District Observer for National Election Watch in the year 2004 and 2009 .
Sri U Ramamohan :
Sri U.Ramamohan is working as Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crimes in CID
Hyderabad, and i/c Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad. He took part in technical investigation of around 5000 cases of bombs and bombings which include number of sensational crimes of India. Defused more than a lakh bombs of various types.
Participated in the investigation of many sensational cases such as Satyam fraud case, Navy war room leak case, Amway case etc., He has rich experience in handling digital evidence and has handled over 700 cases involving digital evidence, and gave successful deposition in west minster court UK.
He is trained at Scotland Yard Police training center in U.K on cyber forensics. Later he underwent training in Computer Crime Investigation with FBI, USA and with INTERPOL at Honkong.
He is decorated with two UN International police medals for working in Kosovo during 2000-01 and in Haiti during 2009 -10 and trained many police officers of those countries. He is also decorated with Indian police medal for the year 2006. His meritorious service has won him Two National Awards from Ministry of Home Affairs.
He received all the three A P state police medals for the distinguished service.
He has authored books “Cyber Crime and Law” Child in Cyber Space” and many articles in periodicals and published many papers in International Publications.
He studied M Sc statistics in S V University Tirupati, and PGDCS in UOH. He is regular guest faculty for all police academies, judicial academies, university of Hyderabad, Andhra, Osmania, Padmavati etc.,. He is regular faculty for the defense forces for cyber security.
Sri P Venugopal:
Sri Pasupati Venugopal is presently working as Project Manager (eProcurement), IT,
E&C Department, Vijayawada. He is an MTech post graduate in CSE.
He is working in the E-Procurement System-LIVE since 9th May 2016. Presently He is also working in E-Auction System, STQC Directorate, Government of India.
Shri K.Venkata Krishna:
Shri Venkata Krishna is currently working as Deputy Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
He is a Post Graduate in M.Com from University College, Nagarjuna University, LL.B from University College of Law, Osmania University
He is a Master Traier for DTS Course (DoPT), Recognised Trainer for DoT course
(DoPT) and Principal Trainer for PLA (participatory Learning and Action) trained by
Prof. Robert Chambers. National Core Team member in preparation of National
Framework for Capacity Building of Panchayat Raj functionaries
He worked as Centre Head for Decentralised Planning and Administration in AP Academy of Rural Development, Hyderabad.
Sri Vijay K Sarvepally:
Sri Vijay K Sarvepally working as Director, Community Eye Care Services, Head of Academic (Optometry & Vision Science), Pushpagiri Eye Institute, Secunderabad.
Sri Vijay K Sarvepally has Six years of progressive experience in strategic program development, management, coordination and advocacy towards elimination of avoidable blindness programmes. His experience includes working effectively in close collaboration with State Government, INGOs and Corporate bodies & other agencies, as well as setting up organizations from the ground up.
He is a graduate of BITS, Pilani holds graduate degree in Optometry and Vision Science.
He started his career as Clinical Optometrist at L V Prasad Eye Institute and Pursued a Research Fellowship at University of Bradford UK in Electrophysiology of Vision. He has been actively involved in teaching graduate and Post graduate Optometry & Ophthalmology Students.
For the past Six years, Vijay K Sarvepally has been working with Pushpagiri Eye Institute, a NABH Accredited Super Speciality Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology as Head of Academics (Optometry & Vision Sciences) and Director for Community Eye Care Services and Research Projects. Pushpagiri
Eye Institute, is a Not for Profit organisation established in the year 2007 with a motive of providing affordable eye care services to all with equity. Pushpagiri Eye
Institute, a member of VISION 2020 The Right to Sight India, is committed to elimination of avoidable blindness. In the current position as Director of
Community Eye Care Services, he is responsible for strategic direction and oversight of all Community Eye Care programme activities Conducted by the Pushpagiri Eye Institute in both state of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. His Current work includes implementing Vision centre Based Community Eye Health programme a proven model of comprehensive engagement for community and services which results in actual elimination of avoidable blindness on a sustainable basis within the Project area currently being implemented at Urban slums of Hyderabad.
He has been involved in many prestigious Public Health Research Projects conducted by Pushpagiri Eye Institute in Collaboration Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)
London, and London School of Hygiene & Topical Medicine. He Worked as the Principal Coordinator for “Multi-centric Collaborative study on the impact of environmental changes and Ultra Violet Radiation (UVR) exposure on ocular health in India”- 2013 in Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh in Collaboration with
ICMR, PHFI.
Presented Paper on “ Plateau Iris in Primary Angle Closure glaucoma : an ultrasound bio microscopy study” at Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APOA –
AIOS) January 2013 , Hyderabad
Sri Vijay Kumar :
Sri Vijay Kumar is a director of Future e – Learning Resources and Leadwinner Corp based at Raheja IT Park Mindspace Hyderabad.
He has spend 14 years of his IT Professional life in UK & Europe after his post graduation from London, his valuable services has been contributed towards building business ERP models for companies eg: SONY Australia, Hewelt Packard, Defense of
Australia, Royal bank of Scotland, BOSCH etc.,
Mr.Vijay Kumar is a leading techno entrepreneur has been part of novel creative innovations in Mobile technology, like Asia’s first Mobile ERP for infrastructure industry
& Government Project Monitoring System, Mobile App and Cloud.
Dr Vishal Saraswat:
Dr Vishal Saraswat is working as Assistant Professor, CRRao AIMSCS, Hyderabad. He is an External Faculty, IIT, Hyderabad and Honorary Lecturer, University of Hyderabad.
He has done his Ph. D in Cryptography, University of Minnesota, M.S. in Computer
Science and M.S. Mathematics from University of Minnesota. P G Certificate in
Statistical Methods and Applications, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.
Dr Vishals Research Interests are Number Theory and Cryptography, Anonymity and Privacy, Searchable Encryption, Post Quantum Crypto, Hardware Security and Side Channle Cryptanalysis.
Prof (Dr) Vishnupriya Yadlapalli:
Dr Vishnupriya is presently working as Dean, Faculty of Law, University College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Dr. Vishnupriya Yadlapalli did her Master of Arts (M.A.) with specialization in Industrial
Economics, Master of Laws (LL.M.) with specialization in Labour Laws. She did empirical research for her Ph.D. entitled Child Labour: a Socio-Legal Study with reference to Slate Mines of Markapur in Andhra Pradesh. She also did a Post-Graduate
Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management. She is qualified for UGC -
NET in Law. She has been teaching Labour Law, Family Law, Law of Contracts, Women and Law, Human Rights, Law & Social Change to LL.B. and LL.M. Students since June
1989. Doctoral and Post-doctoral Research Scholars are working under her guidance. She was the Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law, Osmania University from June 2012 to July 2014 and the Head, Department of Law, Osmania University from September 2015 to August 2015. Presently she is Dean, Faculty of Law, Osmania University and
Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law, Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, Telangana State. She is a Member of Governing Body and Selection Committee of various Law
Colleges, universities and institutions. She is a member of Board of Studies and
External Examiner of different Universities and Public service commissions. She delivered invited lectures in various Universities and Institutions. She was the Regional
Coordinator of LAW Common Entrance Test in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
She has published 40 research articles in standard legal journals and has participated in 60 National and International Seminars, Conferences and workshops. She has participated and presented papers in 16th IVR World Congress on ‘Law, Justice and
State’ which was held at Reykjavik, Iceland and Women’s Worlds Congress at
Hyderabad Central University in August 2014. She has submitted Indian report in IACL
World Congress organized by International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) at
Vienna in July 2014.
She is the coordinator of the UGC- Special Assistance Programme on Health Laws:
Socio-Legal aspects of Surrogacy in India including issues related to Human Rights.
She is a Member of Academic Council of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
She is Editorial board member of legal journals such as Indian Socio-legal Journal, Jaipur and Justicia, University College of Law, Osmania University. She is a Life member of
Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Comparative Law, Jaipur and International Women’s Peace Group (IPWG), South Korea and Central Social Welfare
Board, New Delhi. Her areas of interest are Human Rights and Law& Social Change.
Sri G Viswanath:
Sri G Viswanath is presently hold the position as Functional Project Manager, Andhra Pradesh Technology Services. He is an MBA Post Graduate in Marketing.
He is working in E-Procurement System-LIVE from 9th May 2016
He is also working on Design, Development, Implementation, Data Migration, Operations and Maintenance of new version of E-Procurement and E-Auction System for Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Sri V Satyanarayana
Sri V Satyanarayana is presently working as Convenor, AP State Committee UFRTI, Vijayawada.
He has nearly 20 years of experience as Freelance Journalist in various News Papers and Magazines.
As a General Secretary, Active Bicycles Association, Vijayawada he has participated in the Bicycle Rally in association with Acharya Nagarjuna University from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in the year 2011 to create awareness on Environment and Health among the people. He has also participated in the Cycle Yatra from Kullu Manali to Leh in the year 2009.
Prof V Praveen Kumar:
Dr.V.Praveen Kumar is Professor and Alternate Head, Department of Biotechnology at K
L University with 12 years of teaching and research experience.
He received his M.Tech and PhD degree from Acharya Nagarjuna University. He is an advisory member for Society for Biotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore and life member for AMI, ABAP for the past ten years.
He published 25 research papers in peer reviewed journals and authored 2 books. He received Best Teacher Award for 8 years and guided 150 B.Tech projects, 10 M.Tech projects and 3 PhD students. He contributed as a member of Academic council and
Board of Studies for various degree colleges. In the past 10 years he organized 5
National and 1 International conference, 3 workshops and 6 seminars.
Ms V Nagamani :
Ms V Nagamani is presently working as Principle Systems Analyst, NIC Telangana State Centre.
She has done her post graduation in M. Sc. Mathematics from Osmania University and
PG Diploma in Computers from Padmavathi University. She is a gold medallist in PG
Diploma in Computers.
She is working in NIC from 1989 and Currently looking after Eoffice implementation support to all the Central and State Government Departments in Telangana Trainings in all departments. Especiall GHMC trained 2500 employees for 10 days in 4 batches a day. She is also looking after eProcurement Training and implementation support to all the departments of Central Government and Public Sector Undertakings.
She is also supporting to PFMs Treasury Department working on SPARROW, IAD and IPS officers PAR Support to all the officers in case required. In Secretariat she is providing technical support to departments and officers.
Sri Yedukondalu Kumpati:
Sri Yedukondalu Kumapati is presently working as Consultant-AP Innovation Society.
Sri Yedukondalu started his career as a Scientific Assistant In Defense Research & Development Laboratory followed by stints in Direct public service. After his research, financial and entrepreneurial stint, he has been conducting entrepreneurial development programs all over the state of Andhra Pradesh in coordination with organizations connected with industrial and economic development.
A Mechanical Engineer Turned into technology evangelist 25 years ago served for APSFC, APSSIDC, APTS, eSeva . He was a member of conceptualization team of e-Seva whose replication is NeGP.
As Dy.Director of e-Seva, he was responsible for technology and operations behind eSeva transactions. He was instrumental in bringing the large number of Govt.. &
Private departments under eSeva platform and enhanced the services from 20 to 150.
His expertise is in designing the solutions by mapping the emerging technologies to real world citizen issues. Recipient of Chief Minister’s Award for Excellence in Service from current and previous Govt.
Shri Yarramsetty Jagan Mohan Shri Yarramsetty Jagan Mohan is presently working as AP State President, Samachara Hakku Prachara Aikya Vedika, Guntur District .
He did his post graduation in M A Psychology from Andhra University in the year - . ( )
1976 .
He worked in Andhra Bank in different cadres for 21 years and and took VRS in 2001 while working as Branch Manager .
He is serving the society as a member of SATYANVESHANA MANDALI, a Philosophical Organisation apart from working as AP State President, Samachara Hakku Prachara Aikya Vedika .