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Former Minister for Home, Transport & Finance , GoK.
No. 448, 33rd Cross, 18th Main, 4th "T" Block, Jayanagara Bengaluru-560041
An Engineering Graduate turned Politician, Shri.P.G.R. Sindhia is a household name in Karnataka. Born to a family of Warriors, he continues for fight for social justice and communal amity, no matter whether he is in the ruling party of in the opposition.
He was born at Doddamaralawadi, a village in Kanakapura taluk, adjoining Bangalore on 19th September 1949. His ancestors were valiant warriors in the service of Maharajas of Mysore held senior positions in then King’s army and won the appreciation of the Mysore Kings.
Mr. Sindhia had his preliminary education in his village and higher education in Bangalore and obtained a degree in Civil Engineering from a prestigious R.V.Engineering College, Bangalore. Exhibiting leadership qualities during his college days, he was the President of the Bangalore University Students' Council during 1972-78 and Secretary of ABVP. . It was at this juncture he came in contact with the political leaders of national stature. He was instrumental in organising Lokanayak Jayaprakash Narayan's movement in Karnataka, popularly known as 'JP Movement'.
Because of such political initiatives he was imprisoned for 20 months during the Emergency. During his prison days he came in direct contact with the national leaders like Sri. Atal Bihari Vajapayee, Prof. Madhu Dandavate, Sri. Ramakrishna Hegde, Sri.S.N. Mishra, Sri.J.H. Patel, Sri H.D. Devegowda and others in the Bangalore Central Jail. He was the President of Yuva Janata in 1977 and General Secretary of State Janata Party in 1978. He had the good fortune of working with Sri Morarji Desai, Babu Jagajivan Ram,H.N. Bahuguna, Madhu Dandavate, S.N. Mishra, Ram Dhan, Choudhari Charan Singh, Rajnarain, Karpoori Takoor and other national leaders during 1977-1980.
A refreshed young man, Mr. Sindhia got himself involved in rural reconstruction works in his native Kanakapura Taluk even while teaching in an engineering college. After two years he has up teaching and devoted all his time for rural activities. He became popular among the masses because of his dedicated social work, humility and friendliness towards one and all.
He was elected as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983 and became Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the cabinet headed by Sri. Ramakrishna Hegde. Later, he was also the Minister for Irrigation.During his period, Jayadeva Inst.of Cardiology &, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital have start functioning and Karnataka was able to get the IPP (India Population project ) of the Govt.of India.
Mr. Sindhia's popularity is such that his voters never failed him even once since 1983. Getting elected six times from Kanakapura Constituency he was Minister under 5 Chief Ministers like Sri. Ramakrishna Hegde, Sri.H.D. Deve Gowda, Sri.S.R. Bommai, Sri.J.H. Patel and Sri. Dharmsingh. He held important portfolios like Social Welfare, Transport, Industries, Infrastructure and Finance. As Min.for Transport, his achievements are remarkable. He created 4 divisions for KSRTC and thus saved the organisation from loss. As Home Minister, he fought for curbing communal forces and anti-social elements and he was responsible for resolving the long pending Edgah Ground issue in Hubli. The International Airport work has commenced when he was the Industries Minister. He also brought ONGC project and Investors to Karnataka .
When not in the ruling party, he ably conducted himself as a floor leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly.
An erudite speaker and an endearing leader, Mr. Sindhia is always in demand to resolve social and industrial disputes. As Home Minister he played a pivotal role in solving The Edga Maidan dispute at Hubli. As Transport Minister he ably managed the State Transport undertaking and implemented the Sindhia Committee report. Because of his vision and efforts the KSRTC is proved to be one of the best in the Country.
By heading various ministries and by studying various social ventures Mr. Sindhia has acquired vast knowledge in many fields. He has visited many countries including the USA, UK, the erstwhile USSR, the Philippines, Germany, Sweden, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Nepal, Cuba and China.
Whether holding a Cabinet Portfolio or sitting in the opposition benches, Mr.P.G.R. Sindhia is always involved in social and rural welfare activities. Currently he is ;
Chairman, MEMG International India Ltd., Bengaluru.
Mohan is the Chairperson of the Board of Manipal Global Education Services Private Limited. He has co-founded AARIN Capital with the intention of funding operational support in Technology, Ecommerce, Health Care and Life Science. In addition, Aarin has helped start 10 VC funds in various asset classes over the last 3 years. He is based out of Bangalore, India. Mohan actively interfaces with key leadership at Indian regulators to improve the business ecosystem. His areas of focus are Education, Information Technology (“IT”) and Human Resource Development aimed at improving the quality of education and availability of skilled human capital in the Country.
Mohan was a Trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) Foundation, the body that oversees the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), for nearly six years now. Mohan was a Member of the Dr. Anil Kakodkar Committee on Autonomy for the IITs and the Karnataka Knowledge Commission. He was a Member on the Boards of IIT – Bhubaneswar and IIT, Hyderabad. Mohan was a Member of the Kelkar Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to reform direct tax regulations. He was also a Member of the Non-Resident Taxation Committee, the High-Powered Committee on e-Commerce and Taxation, and the Empowered Committee for setting up the Country’s Tax Information Network.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2015, and the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2004. He had served on the Board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and is currently the Chairman of SEBI Primary Markets Advisory Committee. He is now on the Board of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Havells India Limited.
Until mid-2011, Mohan was a Member of the Board at Infosys Limited, Bangalore. Mohan joined Infosys in 1994 and was elevated to a Member of the Board in 2000. He was Infosys’s CFO from 1994 to 2006. In 2006, he voluntarily relinquished the role to lead Human Resources and Education & Research. In June 2011, Mohan stepped out of Infosys to pursue his other long-standing passion - higher education for human development. At Infosys, Mohan led the first listing of an India-registered company on the NASDAQ and the first sponsored secondary offering of American Depositary Shares by an Indian company. Mohan was an early adopter of US Sarbanes Oxley regulations, considered the world’s most demanding requirements on corporate governance. Infosys was among the first corporations outside of the United States of America to comply with this regulation.
Mohan has a keen interest in human development through education such as illiteracy eradication through the promotion of primary education. In 2000, he along with certain other philanthropists set up the Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bangalore - a mid-day meal program for school going children. Today, the mid-day meal program feeds over 1.5 million children each day in 11,000 government schools across 10 Indian states. This program aims to feed 5 million children each day by 2020. Mohan continues to make substantial personal contributions to the program. This initiative has become the largest mid-day meal program in the world. Mohan holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) from Bangalore University. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Vice Chancellor, Azim Premji University, PES Institute of Technology Campus Pixel Park, B’’ Block Electronic City Hosur Road, Bengaluru
The Foundation is committed to a vision of “contributing towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society”. It runs institutions and programs in India for improving school education and for other areas of human development. The field work of the Foundation is in collaboration with various State governments, to help improve equity and quality of the public education system. The current geographical focus of this work is in 7 states of India, which have over 350,000 schools. The Foundation also does significant work on policy and curricular reforms across India. The Foundation has established the not-for-profit Azim Premji University, with teaching and research programs focused on the fields of Education and Development. Anurag also serves as the President of this University. He is closely involved with Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, to support not-for-profit organizations working on certain specific issues in the social sector, by providing grants. Anurag has been engaged with efforts to improve education in India for the past sixteen years. He has been a vocal advocate for the critical importance of public systems, in particular the public education system. His many years in business have given him an insider’s view in to both the possibilities and limits of markets. For the past few years he has also been engaged with environmental and ecological issues. He writes widely, including a fortnightly column for the newspaper Mint. Anurag has earlier played leadership roles in business. As the CEO of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, he led the business from being No. 20 in the world to being the No. 1 in 5 years. The business has operations in Europe, India, Brazil, US and China. He has been responsible for many corporate functions for Wipro including Brand, Quality and Innovation. In the early part of his career he was part of the team that built the leadership position of Wipro GE Healthcare in South Asia. He continues to be associated with Wipro, providing oversight to the social and ecological initiatives of the Wipro Group, as its Chief Sustainability Officer. He is a member of Wipro’s Group Executive Council. Anurag has served on various Boards including that of Wipro GE Healthcare Ltd, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and of the TERI University. He serves on many government & sector councils, such as the National Mission on Teachers and Teacher Education, the Government of India implementation committee for the Justice Verma Commission, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, and with the CII’s National Climate Change Council. He was elected as a ‘Young Global Leader’, by the World Economic Forum in 2008. He has an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a BE in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Trichy. Both institutions have honored him with their Distinguished Alumnus award. He enjoys long distance running.
The Foundation is committed to a vision of “contributing towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society”. It runs institutions and programs in India for improving school education and for other areas of human development. The field work of the Foundation is in collaboration with various State governments, to help improve equity and quality of the public education system. The current geographical focus of this work is in 7 states of India, which have over 350,000 schools. The Foundation also does significant work on policy and curricular reforms across India. The Foundation has established the not-for-profit Azim Premji University, with teaching and research programs focused on the fields of Education and Development. Anurag also serves as the President of this University. He is closely involved with Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, to support not-for-profit organizations working on certain specific issues in the social sector, by providing grants.
Anurag has been engaged with efforts to improve education in India for the past sixteen years. He has been a vocal advocate for the critical importance of public systems, in particular the public education system. His many years in business have given him an insider’s view in to both the possibilities and limits of markets. For the past few years he has also been engaged with environmental and ecological issues. He writes widely, including a fortnightly column for the newspaper Mint.
Anurag has earlier played leadership roles in business. As the CEO of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, he led the business from being No. 20 in the world to being the No. 1 in 5 years. The business has operations in Europe, India, Brazil, US and China. He has been responsible for many corporate functions for Wipro including Brand, Quality and Innovation. In the early part of his career he was part of the team that built the leadership position of Wipro GE Healthcare in South Asia.
He continues to be associated with Wipro, providing oversight to the social and ecological initiatives of the Wipro Group, as its Chief Sustainability Officer. He is a member of Wipro’s Group Executive Council.
Anurag has served on various Boards including that of Wipro GE Healthcare Ltd, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and of the TERI University. He serves on many government & sector councils, such as the National Mission on Teachers and Teacher Education, the Government of India implementation committee for the Justice Verma Commission, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, and with the CII’s National Climate Change Council. He was elected as a ‘Young Global Leader’, by the World Economic Forum in 2008.
He has an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a BE in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Trichy. Both institutions have honored him with their Distinguished Alumnus award. He enjoys long distance running.
Ex-President and SERB YOS-Chair Professor, JNCASR, Bengaluru
M.R.S. Rao was born on 21st January 1948 in Mysore, Karnataka. He obtained B.Sc and M.Sc degree from Bangalore University. He received his Ph.D degree from IISc. Subsequently he went to Baylor College of Medicine, USA for his postdoctoral work during 1974-78. He was an Assistant Professor during 1977-78 before returning to India.On returning to India, he joined the Faculty of the Department of Biochemistry, IISc, where he built an active school of Chromatin biology. He has made very original and insightful contributions on the role of histone and their variants in modulating chromatin structure to facilitate important biological processes. He was the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry during 1998-2003. In the year 2003, he was invited to take up the position of President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He has authored over 150 publications and has mentored 30 Ph.D students and several postdoctoral fellows. His research interests include Chromatin structure & function, Meiotic recombination & repair, cancer genetics and RNA biology.Prof. Rao has been a Member/Chairman of several national and international committees. He was chairman of the Research Council of CCMB, Hyderabad and IICB, Kolkata. He was also the Chairman of the DBT Task Force on Human Genetics and Genomic Analysis. He was the first Chairman of the Board of Governors of IISER, Trivandrum. He is a member of Science and Engineering Research Board. Prof. Rao is a Fellow of The Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medical Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (Italy). He is the recipient of S.S.Bhatnagar Prize (1988), Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award (1999), O.P. Bhasin Award (2002), FICCI Award (2004), Sir M. Visveswaraya Award (2004), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award (2005), TWAS Medal Lecture (2008), Padma Shri (2010) and SERB Distinguished Fellowship (2014).
M.R.S. Rao was born on 21st January 1948 in Mysore, Karnataka. He obtained B.Sc and M.Sc degree from Bangalore University. He received his Ph.D degree from IISc. Subsequently he went to Baylor College of Medicine, USA for his postdoctoral work during 1974-78. He was an Assistant Professor during 1977-78 before returning to India.
On returning to India, he joined the Faculty of the Department of Biochemistry, IISc, where he built an active school of Chromatin biology. He has made very original and insightful contributions on the role of histone and their variants in modulating chromatin structure to facilitate important biological processes. He was the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry during 1998-2003. In the year 2003, he was invited to take up the position of President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He has authored over 150 publications and has mentored 30 Ph.D students and several postdoctoral fellows. His research interests include Chromatin structure & function, Meiotic recombination & repair, cancer genetics and RNA biology.
Prof. Rao has been a Member/Chairman of several national and international committees. He was chairman of the Research Council of CCMB, Hyderabad and IICB, Kolkata. He was also the Chairman of the DBT Task Force on Human Genetics and Genomic Analysis. He was the first Chairman of the Board of Governors of IISER, Trivandrum. He is a member of Science and Engineering Research Board.
Prof. Rao is a Fellow of The Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medical Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (Italy). He is the recipient of S.S.Bhatnagar Prize (1988), Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award (1999), O.P. Bhasin Award (2002), FICCI Award (2004), Sir M. Visveswaraya Award (2004), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award (2005), TWAS Medal Lecture (2008), Padma Shri (2010) and SERB Distinguished Fellowship (2014).
Delixus Software India Pvt. Ltd, # 303, 3rd Floor, Blue Cross Chambers, Infantry Cross Road, Infantry Road, Bengaluru - 560 001
Dr. Nazeer Ahmed is a retired NASA space scientist. He was a chief engineer on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope and a Team Lead on the Lunar Land Rover and Apollo programs. He was a program manager on several Space Based Surveillance LWIR sensor programs. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, AeE and MS degrees from Caltech, MBA from Rider and BE from the University of Mysore. He holds twelve US patents and is an author of several books on history and culture. In 1978 he was elected MLA from Tumkur. Currently, he is a director of the World Organization for Resource Development and Education in Washington, DC and Chairman of the Delixus group focusing on Cyber Security and Big Data Analytics. Dr. Ahmed’s scientific career spans over forty years. He worked on solid propellant rocket fuels at Caltech and JPL (61-63), NASA Apollo moon landing project at the Marshall Space Flight Center (64-65), advanced composite structures (67-77) at Princeton, and manufacturing technologies at Western Electric. He was a Project Manager on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope (79-82) and Program Manager on LWIR airborne and space-based sensors (82-90) as well as pilot ejection systems (97-98). Dr. Ahmed holds twelve United States patents in several engineering disciplines. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Basic Engineering and other journals. He served as adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico and Chapman University (95-96).
Dr. Nazeer Ahmed is a retired NASA space scientist. He was a chief engineer on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope and a Team Lead on the Lunar Land Rover and Apollo programs. He was a program manager on several Space Based Surveillance LWIR sensor programs. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, AeE and MS degrees from Caltech, MBA from Rider and BE from the University of Mysore. He holds twelve US patents and is an author of several books on history and culture. In 1978 he was elected MLA from Tumkur. Currently, he is a director of the World Organization for Resource Development and Education in Washington, DC and Chairman of the Delixus group focusing on Cyber Security and Big Data Analytics.
Dr. Ahmed’s scientific career spans over forty years. He worked on solid propellant rocket fuels at Caltech and JPL (61-63), NASA Apollo moon landing project at the Marshall Space Flight Center (64-65), advanced composite structures (67-77) at Princeton, and manufacturing technologies at Western Electric. He was a Project Manager on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope (79-82) and Program Manager on LWIR airborne and space-based sensors (82-90) as well as pilot ejection systems (97-98). Dr. Ahmed holds twelve United States patents in several engineering disciplines. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Basic Engineering and other journals. He served as adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico and Chapman University (95-96).
Director, C.L.H.R.D, Valencia Circle, Mangalore - 575002.
While he was working in an undergraduate institution, he established SOFA – Student Orators’ Forum of Action in 1975 to train students in leadership and public speaking.For developing teachers as Facilitators, in 1986, he converted SOFA into IID – Institute of Individual Development and started Facilitator Certification in HRD course. 117 batches of F.C. in HRD have already been conducted till March 2013.In need of a regular learning and development centre, he left teaching in 1992 and started ‘FEEL’ – Facilitating Excellence in Effective Leadership as a brand after converting IID into AIM INSIGHTS – Academy for Intense Motivation for Identifying Natural Skills, Independent Growth, Humane Thoughts and Strategies.He started BHRD as a graduate programme offered by College for Leadership and HRD which was established as a unit of AIM INSIGHTS in 1999 and BHRD as a Composite Graduate Programme is being offered in different colleges since then.His first action research was on a definition of Human Resource which he did in a period of ten years involving more than one lakh people and 500 professors from several universities. Subsequent to this, he did a second action research on ‘Virtual Presence’ as the reason for effectiveness of people who are resourceful. Simultaneously, he also worked on negative Virtual Presence which creates ineffectiveness in people. At present, he is working with 37 professors of different colleges to make a template of competencies of 50 great world leaders of the past 25 centuries for research on using them for developing effectiveness of students.He has offered ‘FEEL Employable’ learning and development intervention to 78,000 students and ‘FEEL Teacher’ programmes for 15,000 teachers during the last 15 years,Apart from being an effective speaker, he has authored several manuals for human resource developers. While his personal website is www.sunneytharappan.name and CLHRD’s website is http://www.clhrd.ac.in
While he was working in an undergraduate institution, he established SOFA – Student Orators’ Forum of Action in 1975 to train students in leadership and public speaking.
For developing teachers as Facilitators, in 1986, he converted SOFA into IID – Institute of Individual Development and started Facilitator Certification in HRD course. 117 batches of F.C. in HRD have already been conducted till March 2013.
In need of a regular learning and development centre, he left teaching in 1992 and started ‘FEEL’ – Facilitating Excellence in Effective Leadership as a brand after converting IID into AIM INSIGHTS – Academy for Intense Motivation for Identifying Natural Skills, Independent Growth, Humane Thoughts and Strategies.
He started BHRD as a graduate programme offered by College for Leadership and HRD which was established as a unit of AIM INSIGHTS in 1999 and BHRD as a Composite Graduate Programme is being offered in different colleges since then.
His first action research was on a definition of Human Resource which he did in a period of ten years involving more than one lakh people and 500 professors from several universities. Subsequent to this, he did a second action research on ‘Virtual Presence’ as the reason for effectiveness of people who are resourceful. Simultaneously, he also worked on negative Virtual Presence which creates ineffectiveness in people. At present, he is working with 37 professors of different colleges to make a template of competencies of 50 great world leaders of the past 25 centuries for research on using them for developing effectiveness of students.
He has offered ‘FEEL Employable’ learning and development intervention to 78,000 students and ‘FEEL Teacher’ programmes for 15,000 teachers during the last 15 years,
Apart from being an effective speaker, he has authored several manuals for human resource developers. While his personal website is www.sunneytharappan.name and CLHRD’s website is http://www.clhrd.ac.in
Former Director of IISC, Emeritus Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012.
Professor G. Padmanaban is the first student of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru to have become its Director. He contributed significantly to the initiation of recombinant DNA research in the country with his studies on liver cytochrome-P450 gene expression. He has been working with the malaria parasite biology for the last three decades. His group discovered and characterized the heme-biosynthetic pathway and its role in parasite development during the transmission stages. He has shown that curcumin has tremendous potential to treat malaria as an adjunct drug. He has produced over 50 Ph.Ds and published over 150 papers. He continues to be active in research after his formal retirement in 1998. Professor Padmanaban has spent his entire career at IISc, except for his visits to the University of Chicago as a visiting scientist/Professor for over a decade during 1973-1986. He is widely travelled and given lectures at several international meetings. He has played an integral part in the growth of Life Sciences and Biotechnology in the country. He has mentored a generation of students, junior and senior scientists and entrepreneurs. He chairs several technical committees for government S&T establishments. He also chairs the technical committees of BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council), a section 8 company established by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He is a member of the Vision Group for Biotechnology constituted by the Government of Karnataka. He has received several awards including the civilian awards, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.
Dean (Academic), Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Biotech Park, Electronic city Phase I, Bengaluru -560100.
Dr. Gayatri Saberwal did her PhD in the life sciences at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. She then did post-doctoral work at at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York. She has been involved with the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) since its establishment in 2001, and has had a range of institution-building and administrative responsibilities. In the past, her group has researched the health-related industries, primarily biotech and pharma, in India and abroad. Such studies, both quantitative and qualitative, should prove useful to policy making that is geared to supporting industrial innovation. Currently Dr. Saberwal’s group is focussed on clinical trial registries (around the world). Several of her group’s publications have been in the prestigious journal Nature Biotechnology. In addition, it has had a series of general articles and editorials in Current Science. It hopes that these will contribute to a debate that is vital to producing a knowledge driven industry, itself important to ensure a healthier India.
Director, IIIT-B, 26/C, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bengaluru -560100
Professor Sadagopan, Director of IIIT -Bangalore, is an alumnus of Madras University, India and Purdue University, USA. He taught for over 25 years at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras and IIIT-Bangalore, in addition to short teaching assignments at RUTGERS, USA and AIT, Bangkok. He has authored seven books, several book chapters and papers. He is a Fellow of IEE (UK) and Computer Society of India. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, ACM and AIS. He consults widely and lectures extensively on all aspects of IT. He is and has been a member of Boards of several Universities – IIIT Dharwad, IIIT-Gwalior, IIIT Delhi, Jain University, Dayanand Sagar, Chairman –IIITD&M Kancheepuram IBAB / Corporations – Bank of India, NMDC, BEL, NSE, BEML to mention a few. Committees- NSEIT, NESL, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and Non-Executive Chairman, IDRBT Governing Council. He serves / served as Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Chief Minister's Vision Group on IT, NASSCOM Regional Council, Indian Electronics Semiconductor Association (IESA) Executive Council and ACM India Council. He was the Chair of IEEE Computer Society, Bangalore Chapter.
Chairman and Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bengaluru
A cardiac surgeon of repute and a successful entrepreneur, Dr. Shetty is a highly respected luminary for his ingenious ideas for reforms in healthcare sector. His visionary leadership to make quality healthcare affordable for all has drawn global recognition. Treading the path of economies of scale to bring down the cost of healthcare delivery, Narayana Hrudayalaya has been an interesting case study for the likes of Harvard University and The Wall Street Journal. In association with Government of Karnataka, Dr. Shetty pioneered Yashaswini, a very inexpensive micro health insurance scheme benefitting about 4 million rural poor. Dr. Shetty has also served as member Board of Governors of Medical Council of India in 2010-11. The government of India, state governments, trade bodies and global policy think tanks invite him regularly for discussions on healthcare policies for future. Dr. Shetty is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, The Economist Innovation Award, Ernst and Young – Entrepreneur of the Year, Financial Times Arcelor Mittal ‘Boldness in Business’ Award, Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic and Business Innovation. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from University of Minnesota, University of Mysore and IIT, Madras. After his post-graduation from Kasturba Medical College and having undergone higher training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at NHS, UK, Dr. Shetty held positions in BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata and Manipal Heart Foundation, Bangalore before becoming the Founder and Chairman at Narayana Hrudayalaya Group of Hospitals.
Director (U.S.M), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum
I. Medical Teacher - Since 1966 in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum. II. Principal - Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, 1985 -2002. III. Director of Health Sciences of K.L.E. Society from 2002 – till date. IV. Director, USM-KLE International Medical Programme, Medical School, Belgaum, Since 2009. V. Member of Medical Council of India - 1989 to 2000. VI. Member of Senate, Academic Council, Syndicate of both Karnataka University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, between 1985 to 2005. VII. Member of Academic Council and Board of Management of K.L.E. University, Since 2006. VIII. Dean, Medical Faculty,Karnataka University 1994-1996. IX. Dean, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences -2003-2004 X. Dr. B. C. Roy National Award as Eminent Medical Teacher 1989. XI. Karnataka RajyotsavaAward 1991. XII. Instrumental in Getting Deemed to be University Status to the K.L.E.Society, 2006. XIII. Established, Department Public Health, Started Master in Public Health Course in 2007 XIV. President Nada HabbaSamiti , Belgaum, Since 2008.
I. Medical Teacher - Since 1966 in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum.
II. Principal - Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, 1985 -2002.
III. Director of Health Sciences of K.L.E. Society from 2002 – till date.
IV. Director, USM-KLE International Medical Programme, Medical School, Belgaum, Since 2009.
V. Member of Medical Council of India - 1989 to 2000.
VI. Member of Senate, Academic Council, Syndicate of both Karnataka University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health
Sciences, between 1985 to 2005.
VII. Member of Academic Council and Board of Management of K.L.E. University, Since 2006.
VIII. Dean, Medical Faculty,Karnataka University 1994-1996.
IX. Dean, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences -2003-2004
X. Dr. B. C. Roy National Award as Eminent Medical Teacher 1989.
XI. Karnataka RajyotsavaAward 1991.
XII. Instrumental in Getting Deemed to be University Status to the K.L.E.Society, 2006.
XIII. Established, Department Public Health, Started Master in Public Health Course in 2007
XIV. President Nada HabbaSamiti , Belgaum, Since 2008.
Ex-Vice Chancellor, Manipal University, Manipal.
Professor Belle Monappa Hegde, a Padma Bhushan awardee (2010) is a medical educationist, author, thinker, orator and cardiologist of international repute. He is the Editor-in-Chief of an international medical journal called the Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes. A former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal, India, he also was the Visiting Professor of Cardiology at The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London between 1982 and 2002. He is the Affiliate Professor of Human Health,University of NorthernColorado. Among various academic and healthcare programmes he is involved in are as chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore Centre, Mangalore and Chairman of Bihar State Health Society’s Expert Committee,Patna.Dr B. M. Hegde has been working at the cutting edge of modern healing sciences. He has a self-critical approach to one’s own profession. Abandoning the misleading term “evidence-based” medicine in favour of the "Whole Person Healing" practices which cover, among other things, ancient Indian Ayurvedic practices including the positive effect of spiritual healings. As a leading protagonist of the Whole Person Healing practice, he has been successfully educating audiences the world over on the virtues of the broader approach to human wellness. This has contributed in no small measure to the rewriting of medical philosophy in the 21stcentury with the buzz word Whole Person Healing (WPH) - healing of the body, mind and spirit.Thirty five books, thousands of lay articles in several leading publications, 249 medical research papers in the leading Indian and international medical journals, professor Hegde teaches and examines for the British andIrishRoyalCollegesin addition to many Indian Universities. CovetedDr.BC Roy and JC Bose national awards for life science research in addition to Best teacher, Best researcher, Hon. Doctorate, and Distinguished physician of India awards to name a few are his achievements.
Professor Belle Monappa Hegde, a Padma Bhushan awardee (2010) is a medical educationist, author, thinker, orator and cardiologist of international repute. He is the Editor-in-Chief of an international medical journal called the Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes. A former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal, India, he also was the Visiting Professor of Cardiology at The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London between 1982 and 2002. He is the Affiliate Professor of Human Health,University of NorthernColorado. Among various academic and healthcare programmes he is involved in are as chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore Centre, Mangalore and Chairman of Bihar State Health Society’s Expert Committee,Patna.
Dr B. M. Hegde has been working at the cutting edge of modern healing sciences. He has a self-critical approach to one’s own profession. Abandoning the misleading term “evidence-based” medicine in favour of the "Whole Person Healing" practices which cover, among other things, ancient Indian Ayurvedic practices including the positive effect of spiritual healings. As a leading protagonist of the Whole Person Healing practice, he has been successfully educating audiences the world over on the virtues of the broader approach to human wellness. This has contributed in no small measure to the rewriting of medical philosophy in the 21stcentury with the buzz word Whole Person Healing (WPH) - healing of the body, mind and spirit.
Thirty five books, thousands of lay articles in several leading publications, 249 medical research papers in the leading Indian and international medical journals, professor Hegde teaches and examines for the British andIrishRoyalCollegesin addition to many Indian Universities. CovetedDr.BC Roy and JC Bose national awards for life science research in addition to Best teacher, Best researcher, Hon. Doctorate, and Distinguished physician of India awards to name a few are his achievements.
Vice Chancellor, Sri. Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Agalakote, B.H.Road, Tumkur-572107.
Dr Balakrishna Shetty did his MBBS/ MD (Radiology) from KMC Mangalore/ Manipal with Distinction in many subjects. He received National Merit Scholarship, DGHS Scholarship. He did Pediatric Radiology fellowship from University of Texas. He is one of the very few Foreign Medical Graduates to get the Fellowship in Body Imaging from Baylor College of Medicine in 1995. In 1995 Dr Shetty was appointed as faculty Pediatric Radiology, at Children Hospital, Montréal, Canada. He came back to India, worked as Chief of Radiology at reputed Hospitals in Bangalore like Narayana Hrudayalaya, St Johns Medical College, Bangalore Institute of Oncology and Medinova. He worked as Prof and Head of the Dept of Radiology at Kempegowda Medical College and Sri Siddhartha Medical College. He worked in many International hospitals and Universities like Yale University, Texas Children Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital and the very prestigious Cleveland Clinic, USA. In 2007 he took over as Chief of Radiology at ISHA Diagnostics, one of the best Diagnostic Centers in Malleshwaram Bangalore. He is involved in Research Activities on Whole Body Imaging, Stem Cell Imaging and rare Muscular Dystrophy. He is known internationally for developing MR PET technology, for early detection of Cancer without Radiation. He is well known for his lectures on, Health maintenance and Cost effective Health Care by Natural Living. He is member of Malaysian Scientific Society, European Society of Radiology, and American Medical Association. He is the only member from Asia in the Scientific Committee and Editorial Board of Society for Advancement of Science in Africa (SASA). He is member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission and the youngest Vice Chancellors of Medical Universities.
Chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, Karnataka
Alva’s Education Foundation (R) was founded by the chairman Dr. M. Mohan Alva, a Physician by profession. Dr. M. Mohan Alva was born in an agrarian family on 31st May, 1952. He secured his Bachelor's degree in Ayurvedic Medicine. At present 19,000 youths are studying under various institutions of Alva’s Education Foundation. He thought of establishing institutions providing basic education starting from Pre-University to Post Graduate courses. At present totally 19 collages are running under Alva’s Education Foundation. Student Adoption Scheme: Out of 19,000 students 3000 students are brought under this scheme. This scheme is open to all the deserving students irrespective of their Caste, Creed, Religion. The beneficiaries chosen are under four categories namely: 1. High Distinction/Meritorious Category 2. Excellence in Sports Category 3. Excellence in Cultural Performances Category 4. Physically Challenged Category Dr. Alva’s love for sports: Alva’s give special emphasis to sports. Nearly 3000 students have been adopted under this scheme and where trained properly with free food and accommodation. Out of these nearly 150 sports men and women have earned fame and name for Alva’s Institution in State and National Level and now they are well settled in life. Alva’s Nudisiri (Promotion of Kannada literary activities): The service he rendered to the promotion of Kannada language by organizing Nudisiri, a national literary meet speaks volumes for his love for the language of the land. Alva’s Virasat - A cultural extravaganza (Promotion of Indian Classical Dance and Music): Dr. Alva's crowning achievement in the field of dance and music is Alva's Virasat. It is a National Cultural Festival held in Moodbidri every January. Artistes of National and International fame from all parts of India are invited to perform. Starting of Special School for mentally challenged. In the year 2008 he decided to start a school for the mentally challenged for providing a quality life for these children. Presently 25 children are getting trained in the school. Up-liftment of SC, ST Community: Children from scheduled communities such as Koraga, Siddi, Malekudiya, Soliga and Kudubi are adopted by Alva’s Education Trust. Nearly 100 students from these communities are getting free education.
Awards and Honours
Distinguished Professor Vikram Sarabhai, P&PR Unit, ISRO Hqs, Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bengaluru-560 231
He is presently, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Delhi, a premier Engineering Academy of the Country and Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Bangalore. He is also member of Board of Governors, IIT Madras and Chairman, Governing Council, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore. After his degree in Science and Engineering from Mysore University he took his Post Graduate degree from IIT Madras. He got his Doctorate under Commonwealth Scholarship in Control Systems from Salford University, UK. He joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum in 1969 and discharged several responsibilities before taking over as Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in 2003 and served four and half years till end November 2007. He took over as Founder Director for the newly established Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Trivandrum in 2007 and served for three and half years till Nov 2010. He was Member, Space Commission for four years. He served as Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor for 5 years at ISRO HQ from 2011. He is a fellow of several professional bodies like Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Astronautical Society of India (ASI), Aeronautical Society Of India (AeSI) Indian Society of systems for Science and Engineering(ISSE) and International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) at Paris. He is also Fellow and past President for System Society of India (SSI). In the international arena, he was Head of Indian delegation for the United Nations Committee for space on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space at Vienna, Austria during 2004-07. He was Chairman of the United Nations Scientific and Technical Committee for the year 2006. He was Vice-President for S&T Committee for International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Paris and Chairman for the selection of members in S&T area for IAA for five years. He was also Chair Programme Committee, for the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in 2007. He has delivered several guest lectures in prominent Institutions, national conferences and at several International Institutions. He has won several awards & honours and prominent among them are “Dr. Biren Roy Space Science design Award” from Aeronautical Society of India, “Agni Award” from DRDO for achieving the self-reliance, “ASI Award” for contribution to space technologies, by Astronautical Society of India. “Distinguished Alumni Award” from IIT Madras, “Outstanding Achievement Award” by Department of Space, Govt of India, “Lifetime Contribution Award” in engineering by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), “National Systems Gold Medal” from System Society of India , “Aryabhata Award” the highest award by Astronautical Society, “Karnataka State Rajyotsava Award” for 2014 for Science & Technology, the top award from Government of Karnataka, and “Life time Achievement Award” from Karnataka State Science and Technology Academy in 2015 and "Sir M Visweswariah Science Award" by the Karnataka Branch of "Vijnana Bharathi" in 2016. In recognition of his meritorious contributions for Science and Technology, Govt. of India conferred on him “Padmashree” in 2002 and “Padma Bhushan” in 2013.
Vice-Chairman, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, No. 30, Prasanna Kumar Block, Y Ramachandra Road, Gandhinagara, Bengaluru
Shri S.V. Ranganath belongs to Indian Administrative Service (Karnataka-75) cadre. He has worked as a Civil Servant in various capacities both in Government of India and Government of Karnataka. He was the Chairman, Indian Coffee Board, Resident Director, Indian Investment Centre, Abu Dhabi, Principal Secretary to various Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Department of Space, Member (Finance) to the Space Commission, Atomic Energy Commission and Earth Commission. He retired in Oct. 2013 as Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka. Currently, he is Vice Chairman, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, Bengaluru.
International Athlete, No. 516, 16th E Cross, 17th A Main Koramangala, 6th Block, Bengaluru- 560094
Ms. Ashwini nachappa is an accomplished athlete and a film actress. She began her sports careen in 1975 and achieved many awards in sports.
1986 – THE SPORTSWRITERS AWARD (Best sportsman of the year) 1987 – THE DASARA AWARD (Karnataka State Award) 1990 - RAJYOTSAVA AWARD (KARNATAKA – Highest award of the State) 1990 - THE ARJUNA AWARD (India’s most coveted sports award) 1991 - SPORTSWRITERS AWARD (Best sportsperson) 1992 – THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD by the Vice-President of India 1993 - THE SHIROMANI VIKAS AWARD She acted in five (5) Telugu Movies, the first of which was ‘Ashwini’ – the first sports biopic in which the subject acted his/ her own part herself. She was honored with The Fine Arts Award, Chennai (best new comer) Vamsee Awards, Govt of Andhra Pradesh (best new comer) in the film field. She headed the PR & Publicity Department as well as the Sports department as the Sports Officer of the bank teams. She was associated with the Special Olympic program for 12 years after she retired from competitive athletics, an organization providing year-round sports training in different sports disciplines to the Mentally challenged children and adults.
She was the Advisory board member of Parikrma Humanity Foundation since 2003 and also the President of ‘Clean Sports India’, a not-for-profit movement that was set up by former International Sportspersons of the Country in 2010 before the Commonwealth Games, to highlight the plight of Indian Sports System. OTHER AREAS OF WORK/ AND ASSOCIATIONS • Member of the Committee headed by Justice Mudgal to draft the National Sports Bill • Governing council member of the Sports Authority of India • President of Bangalore District Athletic Association as well as Vice President of the Karnataka Athletic Association • Founder of Ashwini’s Sports Foundationwww.asfedge.org • Managing Trustee of Karaumbiah’s Academy for Learning and Sportswww.kalschool.com • Trustee of Bangalore Political Action Committee (BPAC) headed by MsKiranMazumdar Shaw. Established to promote good quality of life for all citizens of Bengaluru City. www.BPAC.com
Professor, IIM-Bengaluru, Dept. of QM & IS, Indian Institute of Management Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru -560076
Dr. Pulak Ghosh is a Professor of Decision Sciences and Information Systems at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). His main research and teaching interest are in data analytics, Big data, Machine learning, Business Analytics, AI, Statistics, Economics, and public policy. Pulak has published over 50 research articles in internationally reputed journals. He is currently serving in the editorial board of the Journal of Royal Statistical Society and served in the editorial board of Journal of the American Statistical Association. Based on his outstanding and innovative contribution to research, the International Indian Statistical Association awarded him with the ``Young Scientist Award” in 2011. Govt of India awarded him the prestigious CR Rao award in 2015 and Econometric Society awarded him the Mahalanobis Award in 2016.
Prof. Ghosh also serves as a senior fellow at Niti Ayoog (Govt of India’s highest policy making body) and has been in the Advisory group of Big data at the United Nations (UN) Global Pulse, a big data initiative by UN. He also an academic fellow at the Center for Advanced Financial Research and Learning promoted by Reserve Bank of India. Recently, he has been named as one of the top 5 data scientist in the world (of Indian origin) by Techradar.
Academician , No. 6, RIEESH Layout, J C Nagar, Mahalakshmipuram, Bengaluru -560086
Presently serving as the Hon’ble Secretary of Bangalore North Education Society, Prof. K.E Radhakrishna, began his career as a teacher in English Literature at Sheshadripuram College, Bangalore, and he became the youngest professor in Collegiate Education and adored the Principal-ship of the college for 20 years and later worked as the Principal of Surana College, for seven years. He has the distinction of being one the longest standing Principals of the Degree Colleges in India. He is an Institution builder and Institution by himself.Prof.K.E. Radhakrishna has held various key positions spread over the entire canvas of education and related fields during the last four decades, as the National President of Indian Colleges Forum, as the President of Federation of Principals Association of Karnataka and held almost all positions of importance in the Bangalore University as a member of Syndicate, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Chairman of Board of Examiners and expert Committees of University Grants Commission – New Delhi. He served as a member of the Syndicates of Bangalore, Mangalore, Bijapur Universities and the Karnataka State Sanskrit University. Prof. Radhakrishna was a Member of the General Council of National Assessment and Accreditation Council and Member of the Academic Advisory Board, NAAC.Prof. Radhakrishna, in various positions, has presented papers and lectured during his long and eventful career. Be it Science and Technology or Art and Literature, he is perfectly at ease talking about any subject. He has attended and presented papers in many International Conferences.Involvement in Culture: Prof. Radhakrishna is a keen promoter and lover of Art and Culture. Himself being a Yakshagana and theatre artist, he served Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy as a member and he is associated with many cultural forums of Bangalore. He is the executive committee member of South Zone Cultural center – Tanjavore. His work Gopikonmada has been adopted as a Dance Ballet and into Yakshagana, and is translated into 7 Indian Languages. A Writer He is also a well-known Poet, and Writer both in Kannada and English. He is a regular and Long standing columnist in Kannada continuously writing a Weekly column in Samyukta Karnataka for the last 6 years. He is an award-winning Tulu Writer, the 2nd one to write in Shivalli Tulu Dialect. Some of his publications are Kannakadu, Gopikonmada, Prabhuthva Khatana and many more award winning writings.Awards: He has been awarded with Rajyotsava Award, a prestigious award honored by Government of Karnataka, Bhargava Prashasthi, & ‘Excellence in Education’ by Public Relations Society of India Karnataka, Sansa Award by State Nataka Academy ‘Kempegowda Prashasthi’ by The Bangalore City Corporation, Guru Raghavenra Sadbhavana Prashasthi, Gorakanatha Prashahsthi and many others. An Academic magazine Technoworld called him as “Untiring Academician” and DVG Prathishtana has awarded him with DVG Puraskar for his contribution to literature. The Public Relation Council of India has bestowed on him the National Chanikya Award for Education. He was awarded Sandesha Prashasiti as Best Teacher. His students honored him with the title ‘Loka Mitra’ on the occasion of his 60th Birthday. Prof. Radhakrishna has been awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Karnataka State Open University Mysore for his contribution to Literature and Education. He was awarded prestigious Vardhamana Prashasthi for his poetry – Kannakadu (2017). Prof. Radharkrishna is one of the very well-known public figures of India.
Presently serving as the Hon’ble Secretary of Bangalore North Education Society, Prof. K.E Radhakrishna, began his career as a teacher in English Literature at Sheshadripuram College, Bangalore, and he became the youngest professor in Collegiate Education and adored the Principal-ship of the college for 20 years and later worked as the Principal of Surana College, for seven years. He has the distinction of being one the longest standing Principals of the Degree Colleges in India. He is an Institution builder and Institution by himself.
Prof.K.E. Radhakrishna has held various key positions spread over the entire canvas of education and related fields during the last four decades, as the National President of Indian Colleges Forum, as the President of Federation of Principals Association of Karnataka and held almost all positions of importance in the Bangalore University as a member of Syndicate, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Chairman of Board of Examiners and expert Committees of University Grants Commission – New Delhi. He served as a member of the Syndicates of Bangalore, Mangalore, Bijapur Universities and the Karnataka State Sanskrit University. Prof. Radhakrishna was a Member of the General Council of National Assessment and Accreditation Council and Member of the Academic Advisory Board, NAAC.
Prof. Radhakrishna, in various positions, has presented papers and lectured during his long and eventful career. Be it Science and Technology or Art and Literature, he is perfectly at ease talking about any subject. He has attended and presented papers in many International Conferences.
Involvement in Culture: Prof. Radhakrishna is a keen promoter and lover of Art and Culture. Himself being a Yakshagana and theatre artist, he served Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy as a member and he is associated with many cultural forums of Bangalore. He is the executive committee member of South Zone Cultural center – Tanjavore. His work Gopikonmada has been adopted as a Dance Ballet and into Yakshagana, and is translated into 7 Indian Languages.
A Writer He is also a well-known Poet, and Writer both in Kannada and English. He is a regular and Long standing columnist in Kannada continuously writing a Weekly column in Samyukta Karnataka for the last 6 years. He is an award-winning Tulu Writer, the 2nd one to write in Shivalli Tulu Dialect. Some of his publications are Kannakadu, Gopikonmada, Prabhuthva Khatana and many more award winning writings.
Awards: He has been awarded with Rajyotsava Award, a prestigious award honored by Government of Karnataka, Bhargava Prashasthi, & ‘Excellence in Education’ by Public Relations Society of India Karnataka, Sansa Award by State Nataka Academy ‘Kempegowda Prashasthi’ by The Bangalore City Corporation, Guru Raghavenra Sadbhavana Prashasthi, Gorakanatha Prashahsthi and many others. An Academic magazine Technoworld called him as “Untiring Academician” and DVG Prathishtana has awarded him with DVG Puraskar for his contribution to literature. The Public Relation Council of India has bestowed on him the National Chanikya Award for Education. He was awarded Sandesha Prashasiti as Best Teacher. His students honored him with the title ‘Loka Mitra’ on the occasion of his 60th Birthday. Prof. Radhakrishna has been awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Karnataka State Open University Mysore for his contribution to Literature and Education. He was awarded prestigious Vardhamana Prashasthi for his poetry – Kannakadu (2017). Prof. Radharkrishna is one of the very well-known public figures of India.
Former Research Fellow, IIM-B, No. 120, 2nd Main, KUS Layout, (Next to National Law School of India University) Nagarabhavi 1st Stage Bengaluru -560072
Dr. KP.Basavarajappa, Former Research Fellow of IIM-Bangalore, he obtained Science Bachelor Degree, PG in Economics, Diploma in Management and PhD in E-Governance Initiatives in India. Dr. Basavarajappa’s research interests are- Business Re-engineering, Process Re-engineering for Government system, E-Governance, Technology & Public Policy. During his tenure at IIM-B, he has been involved in several consulting and research assignments. Few worth mentioning assignments are- “Technology Priorities for India”, “Technology assessment study for ISRO”, “Patents, Technical Change Competition and Strategy”, “Application of Business Re-engineering model in public system: The recent works are- Research Projects:• E-Governance Initiative in India: Empirical Study to Examine the Impact of Value Creation by Bhoomi-An On-Line Land Records Delivery System of Karnataka • Public Value Creation through Private Partnership -A case of Bangalore–One and Nemmadi (Rural Kisok), one-stop shop. • Designing a Sustainable Rural CSC: A PPP Pilot Project in cooperation with Government of Karnataka and IIM-B lead consortium, consortium comprises of Academia-Government-Industry. • Study on Service Level Benchmarking for water supply: This study was for MoUD, Governamnet of India. • Crop Inventory and Updation: A GPS-GIS Technology Approach • Pilot project on Tele-Education Programme using SAME (Satellite & Advanced Multimedia Education) In 1000 Rural Government and Aided Schools in Karnataka. In cooperation with Government of Karnataka and IIM-B lead consortium, consortium comprises of Academia-Government-Industry. • Curriculum to Career- Personalized learning & HOT (Higher Order Thinking) through e- Enabler: A blended Informative & Interactive Type of Pedagogy with an Offline/Online Model of Teaching-Learning for Rural Schools- An action research experiment. • Health Care & Remote access- a case of telemedicine at PHC to validate Technology, Organization and Eco-System (this is based on action research experiment, study yet start) He also published and presented papers in Journals and conferences. The publications as one of the authors: • Fostering inclusive growth through e-Governance Embedded Rural Telecenters (EGERT) in India, Government Information Quarterly, Volume 29, Supplement 1, January 2012, Pages S82-S89”. This paper also won the best research award at 4th international Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance at Beijing, China. • Making E-governance Center Finically Sustainable in Rural India. Proceedings of the seminar held at IDHEP, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research and Projects of IFIP EGOV and ePart, pp.218-225. • Using geospatial technology to strengthen data systems in developing countries: The case of agricultural statistics in India. Applied Geography, 43(2013), pp. 99-112 Paper is ready for Publication: • Determinants of Citizen Satisfaction in an e-Gov implementation in a Developing Country: A study of Online Land Record Management in India.
Dr. KP.Basavarajappa, Former Research Fellow of IIM-Bangalore, he obtained Science Bachelor Degree, PG in Economics, Diploma in Management and PhD in E-Governance Initiatives in India.
Dr. Basavarajappa’s research interests are- Business Re-engineering, Process Re-engineering for Government system, E-Governance, Technology & Public Policy. During his tenure at IIM-B, he has been involved in several consulting and research assignments. Few worth mentioning assignments are- “Technology Priorities for India”, “Technology assessment study for ISRO”, “Patents, Technical Change Competition and Strategy”, “Application of Business Re-engineering model in public system: The recent works are- Research Projects:
• E-Governance Initiative in India: Empirical Study to Examine the Impact of Value Creation by Bhoomi-An On-Line Land Records Delivery System of Karnataka • Public Value Creation through Private Partnership -A case of Bangalore–One and Nemmadi (Rural Kisok), one-stop shop. • Designing a Sustainable Rural CSC: A PPP Pilot Project in cooperation with Government of Karnataka and IIM-B lead consortium, consortium comprises of Academia-Government-Industry. • Study on Service Level Benchmarking for water supply: This study was for MoUD, Governamnet of India. • Crop Inventory and Updation: A GPS-GIS Technology Approach • Pilot project on Tele-Education Programme using SAME (Satellite & Advanced Multimedia Education) In 1000 Rural Government and Aided Schools in Karnataka. In cooperation with Government of Karnataka and IIM-B lead consortium, consortium comprises of Academia-Government-Industry. • Curriculum to Career- Personalized learning & HOT (Higher Order Thinking) through e- Enabler: A blended Informative & Interactive Type of Pedagogy with an Offline/Online Model of Teaching-Learning for Rural Schools- An action research experiment. • Health Care & Remote access- a case of telemedicine at PHC to validate Technology, Organization and Eco-System (this is based on action research experiment, study yet start) He also published and presented papers in Journals and conferences. The publications as one of the authors: • Fostering inclusive growth through e-Governance Embedded Rural Telecenters (EGERT) in India, Government Information Quarterly, Volume 29, Supplement 1, January 2012, Pages S82-S89”. This paper also won the best research award at 4th international Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance at Beijing, China. • Making E-governance Center Finically Sustainable in Rural India. Proceedings of the seminar held at IDHEP, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research and Projects of IFIP EGOV and ePart, pp.218-225. • Using geospatial technology to strengthen data systems in developing countries: The case of agricultural statistics in India. Applied Geography, 43(2013), pp. 99-112 Paper is ready for Publication: • Determinants of Citizen Satisfaction in an e-Gov implementation in a Developing Country: A study of Online Land Record Management in India.
Professor of Geography (Retd.), Karnatak University, Dharwad
Native of Walgeri of Hangal taluk. Has completed primary education in the rural schools. Graduated from Karnataka college with open merit scholarship. In 1966 obtained M.A (Geography) with first class from Karnatak University, Dharwad. Awarded UGC research scholarship. Appointed as a lecturer in Karnataka Science College in 1968 and was selected for the post of lecturer in Karnataka University in 1980 after obtaining Ph.D. Was promoted as reader in 1985 and was selected as professor in 1994. Was the chairman of the P.G. Dept during 1995-1997?Taught Geography for thirty-two years to various courses that is Pre- university, Degree, Post graduate, M-Phil and IAS. Participated in designing courses as a member of Board of Studies at under graduate and post-graduate levels. Delivered lectures as resource person in Refresher courses conducted by various universities. Worked on UGC committee for NET. Worked as the member of Editorial Board for Geography of Karnataka University.Examiner for several universities and was the member of Board of Appointment of some universities. Was the chief examiner for Karnataka Public Service Commission and examiner for Union Public Service Commission. Was the member of Academic Council of Karnataka University and Syndicate member of Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijayapura. Worked as the president of Karnataka State Universities’ Teacher’s Federation, Bengaluru.Areas of Research interest include Urban, Medical and Tourism Geography. Eleven persons obtained Ph.D. under my guidance while 5 persons were guided for M. Phil. Eleven research papers were published in reputed journals. Eleven projects were completed. Attended several National and International conferences and seminars and presented thirty-seven research papers. Many of these studies are related to different aspects of Urbanism, Tourism, Agriculture and Public Health in North Karnataka and Goa. Headed several technical sessions.Life member of six professional bodies like National Association of Geographers (formerly member of EC), Institute of Indian Geographers, Bombay Geographical Association, Indian Science Congress, Regional Science Association, Land use Management Society of India, Hyderabad.
Native of Walgeri of Hangal taluk. Has completed primary education in the rural schools. Graduated from Karnataka college with open merit scholarship. In 1966 obtained M.A (Geography) with first class from Karnatak University, Dharwad. Awarded UGC research scholarship. Appointed as a lecturer in Karnataka Science College in 1968 and was selected for the post of lecturer in Karnataka University in 1980 after obtaining Ph.D. Was promoted as reader in 1985 and was selected as professor in 1994. Was the chairman of the P.G. Dept during 1995-1997?
Taught Geography for thirty-two years to various courses that is Pre- university, Degree, Post graduate, M-Phil and IAS. Participated in designing courses as a member of Board of Studies at under graduate and post-graduate levels. Delivered lectures as resource person in Refresher courses conducted by various universities. Worked on UGC committee for NET. Worked as the member of Editorial Board for Geography of Karnataka University.
Examiner for several universities and was the member of Board of Appointment of some universities. Was the chief examiner for Karnataka Public Service Commission and examiner for Union Public Service Commission. Was the member of Academic Council of Karnataka University and Syndicate member of Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijayapura. Worked as the president of Karnataka State Universities’ Teacher’s Federation, Bengaluru.
Areas of Research interest include Urban, Medical and Tourism Geography. Eleven persons obtained Ph.D. under my guidance while 5 persons were guided for M. Phil. Eleven research papers were published in reputed journals. Eleven projects were completed. Attended several National and International conferences and seminars and presented thirty-seven research papers. Many of these studies are related to different aspects of Urbanism, Tourism, Agriculture and Public Health in North Karnataka and Goa. Headed several technical sessions.
Life member of six professional bodies like National Association of Geographers (formerly member of EC), Institute of Indian Geographers, Bombay Geographical Association, Indian Science Congress, Regional Science Association, Land use Management Society of India, Hyderabad.
Professor, MILE Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute Science, Bengaluru
A G Ramakrishnan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Indian Institute of Science and a Founder-Director of RaGaVeRa Indic Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a startup incubated by IISc. He is an invited member of the Senate of IIIT-Prayagraj and Vice-President, Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. He is well-known for his research in speech and document processing. He is a pioneer in solving problems in Indian language technology having societal significance. He led the national research consortium on handwriting recognition in eight languages and was joint coordinator of the consortium on document image understanding in twelve scripts. He is currently developing speech recognition technology for Kannada and Tamil. Prof. Ramakrishnan has graduated 28 research students - doctoral and Masters. His ex-students are faculty members in IIT-Delhi, IIT-Guwahati, IIIT-Bangalore and Scientist-G in DRDO. A student received Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award, 2015. He has 240 publications, 3300+ citations and 4 patents.Blind students are using 600+ Braille and several audio books in Kannada and Tamil, converted from printed books using his OCR and TTS technology, which received the prestigious Manthan Award (South Asia & Asia Pacific) in the category of e-inclusion and accessibility in 2014 and in the e-education category in 2015. Madhura Vaachaka (Kannada TTS) and Thirukkural (Tamil TTS) were adjudged second in the Blizzard TTS Challenges conducted by Univ. of Edinburgh and CMU in 2013 and 2014. The online handwriting recognition engines developed by him for Kannada and Tamil are available for download from the DeitY website for both Android and Windows operating systems. He received Jaya Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering in 2016 from IISc. Earlier, the research work he did on leprosy won him Sir Andrew Watt Kay Young Researcher's Prize from RCPS, Glasgow. He was a postdoc in Fetzer Institute, USA; Principal Research Scientist in HP Labs India; President, Biomedical Engineering Society of India. He also conducts research on the mechanisms of yoga and placebo.
A G Ramakrishnan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Indian Institute of Science and a Founder-Director of RaGaVeRa Indic Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a startup incubated by IISc. He is an invited member of the Senate of IIIT-Prayagraj and Vice-President, Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. He is well-known for his research in speech and document processing. He is a pioneer in solving problems in Indian language technology having societal significance. He led the national research consortium on handwriting recognition in eight languages and was joint coordinator of the consortium on document image understanding in twelve scripts. He is currently developing speech recognition technology for Kannada and Tamil.
Prof. Ramakrishnan has graduated 28 research students - doctoral and Masters. His ex-students are faculty members in IIT-Delhi, IIT-Guwahati, IIIT-Bangalore and Scientist-G in DRDO. A student received Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award, 2015. He has 240 publications, 3300+ citations and 4 patents.
Blind students are using 600+ Braille and several audio books in Kannada and Tamil, converted from printed books using his OCR and TTS technology, which received the prestigious Manthan Award (South Asia & Asia Pacific) in the category of e-inclusion and accessibility in 2014 and in the e-education category in 2015. Madhura Vaachaka (Kannada TTS) and Thirukkural (Tamil TTS) were adjudged second in the Blizzard TTS Challenges conducted by Univ. of Edinburgh and CMU in 2013 and 2014. The online handwriting recognition engines developed by him for Kannada and Tamil are available for download from the DeitY website for both Android and Windows operating systems. He received Jaya Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering in 2016 from IISc.
Earlier, the research work he did on leprosy won him Sir Andrew Watt Kay Young Researcher's Prize from RCPS, Glasgow. He was a postdoc in Fetzer Institute, USA; Principal Research Scientist in HP Labs India; President, Biomedical Engineering Society of India. He also conducts research on the mechanisms of yoga and placebo.
Professor of Law & Registrar, National law School of India University, PB.7201, Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru - 560072
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Director, Nightingales Home Health Services and the Nightingales Medical Trust, 8P6 3rd A cross, Kasturinagar, Banaswadi, Bengaluru 560043
With a brilliant academic career and over thirty years of medical experience, Dr. Radha Murthy has established herself as an eminent doctor who believes in humane and personalized care. She along with Mr Premkumar Raja established the Nightingales Home Health Services and the Nightingales Medical Trust – two prominent organizations in Bangalore. The Nightingales Home Health Services (NHHS) was established in January 1996 with the primary objective of providing doorstep medical care for patients, mostly bedridden elders, who had difficulty in visiting hospitals and availing treatment. With the non-availability of such services earlier, they became the pioneers in providing comprehensive personalized and affordable home care services In India. Apart from health issues, elders also had to deal with loneliness, emotional issues and financial insecurities. Dr. Radha co-founded Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) in 1998 which initiated several need based support systems to cater to physical, emotional, financial and social needs of elders of all social economic groups. The projects of the Trust include 3 Dementia Care facilities in Bangalore and Kolar, 3 Dementia Day Care centres and 4 Elders Enrichment Centres, Elders Helpline run in association with Bangalore City Police, 2 Centre for Active Ageing and Jobs 60+ to promote skills and jobs for elders. Dr. Radha is the recipient of Rajyothsava Award and Namma Bengaluru award and under her leadership the Trust was also awarded the Vayoshreshtha Samman Award by the Govt of India for exemplary services to the elderly. She served as a member of the Elders Task Force and the expert committee for planning new schemes for elderly under the Planning Commission. The models of age care and dementia care set up by the Trust are now being replicated all over the country.
Professor & Head of Cardiology Director, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular, Science & Research, 9th Block Jayanagar, Bengaluru – 560069
Dr.C.N.Manjunath, Senior Professor of Cardiology and Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru. Under his leadership, the Institute has recorded 500% overall growth and the Bed Strength has been increased from 330 to 1250 beds exclusively for cardiac care which makes Jayadeva Institute a largest single centre cardiac care destination in South East Asia. He has introduced and practicing the "Treatment First Payment Next Concept" and exclusively implemented that "Every Needy Patient should be given quality treatment irrespective of financial affordability". "Life is more important than the File" and "Humanity is priority".Under his leadership, Hospital has treated more than 50 Lakh patients and conducted 5 Lakhs Interventions in the last 10 years. He has shown the Country that Government Hospital can function as a five star corporate hospitals. IIM Bengaluru, Leadership School of Singapore, London School of Economics, Yale University of USA have appreciated Jayadeva Model of high quality patient care at an affordable cost. American President Barack Obama has applauded the Institute's work under his guidance. The Poor Patients with cardiac disease were treated subsidized cost and free of treatment is given in deserving poor not only for patients of Karnataka but also other parts of the country. He and his team has conducted 200 Angioplasties in 5 days free of cost which is a world record.He has mobilized more than Rs. 50.00 Crores donations from various charitable organizations. He has donated 2 acres of land for establishing Primary Health Centre in his native village which is functioning. He is instrumental in opening 400 bedded State of Art Cardiac Hospital at Mysore and also 125 bedded Hospital at Kalaburagi which is catering to Hyderabad-Karnataka Region which was deprived of this facility in the last 70 years. Institute is running a biggest Post graduate Courses in Cardiology with Annual Intake of 21 Seats and 12 Seats in M.Ch Cardiothoracic Surgery and 8 Seats in DM Cardiac Anaesthesia.He has innovated a New Technique of performing Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in difficult cases which is called as "Manjunath's Technique". He has done highest number of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasties with Accura Balloon in India. Has published more than 300 publications. He has conducted "Left Atrial Thrombus Classification" which is called as Manjunath's Classification and has distinction in training Doctors from USA, UK, China, French etc. Has performed more than 35000 Interventions. He was awarded Padma Shree in 2007 & "Millenium Plaque of Honour" by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India at 103rd Indian Science Congress, Mysuru in 2016.
Dr.C.N.Manjunath, Senior Professor of Cardiology and Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru. Under his leadership, the Institute has recorded 500% overall growth and the Bed Strength has been increased from 330 to 1250 beds exclusively for cardiac care which makes Jayadeva Institute a largest single centre cardiac care destination in South East Asia. He has introduced and practicing the "Treatment First Payment Next Concept" and exclusively implemented that "Every Needy Patient should be given quality treatment irrespective of financial affordability". "Life is more important than the File" and "Humanity is priority".
Under his leadership, Hospital has treated more than 50 Lakh patients and conducted 5 Lakhs Interventions in the last 10 years. He has shown the Country that Government Hospital can function as a five star corporate hospitals. IIM Bengaluru, Leadership School of Singapore, London School of Economics, Yale University of USA have appreciated Jayadeva Model of high quality patient care at an affordable cost. American President Barack Obama has applauded the Institute's work under his guidance. The Poor Patients with cardiac disease were treated subsidized cost and free of treatment is given in deserving poor not only for patients of Karnataka but also other parts of the country. He and his team has conducted 200 Angioplasties in 5 days free of cost which is a world record.
He has mobilized more than Rs. 50.00 Crores donations from various charitable organizations. He has donated 2 acres of land for establishing Primary Health Centre in his native village which is functioning. He is instrumental in opening 400 bedded State of Art Cardiac Hospital at Mysore and also 125 bedded Hospital at Kalaburagi which is catering to Hyderabad-Karnataka Region which was deprived of this facility in the last 70 years. Institute is running a biggest Post graduate Courses in Cardiology with Annual Intake of 21 Seats and 12 Seats in M.Ch Cardiothoracic Surgery and 8 Seats in DM Cardiac Anaesthesia.
He has innovated a New Technique of performing Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in difficult cases which is called as "Manjunath's Technique". He has done highest number of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasties with Accura Balloon in India. Has published more than 300 publications. He has conducted "Left Atrial Thrombus Classification" which is called as Manjunath's Classification and has distinction in training Doctors from USA, UK, China, French etc. Has performed more than 35000 Interventions. He was awarded Padma Shree in 2007 & "Millenium Plaque of Honour" by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India at 103rd Indian Science Congress, Mysuru in 2016.
Ex-Chairman, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, E-79, 6th A Cross, Manyata Residency Behind Manyata Tech- Park, Hebbal Ring Road, Bengaluru-560045
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Vice- Chancellor (Rtd), Chairman, Vishranta Kulapatigala Vedike, Res: No 2437 Vidvath, Vijayanagar 2nd Stage, Mysuru – 570017
