Speakers

Dr. B.R Ramakrishna (Vice Chancellor, S-VYASA Deemed to be University) Awarded Gold Medal & Karnataka State Award for topping the University. Member of Senate, Syndicate, BOS, Academic Council & AYUSH faculty, RGUHS, Bangalore. Member of BOS, BOE, Academic Council and S-Vyasa Yoga University, Prashanthi Kuteeram, Jigani, Bangalore. Member of Sub-Committee, Task Force for AYUSH, Government of India New Delhi. Member of Sub-Committee, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government. of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Karnataka Fee Regulatory Authority for professional Courses, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Board, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Integrative Cancer Programme , Government of India, New Delhi. International Exposure: Conducts Ayurveda & Yoga Workshop at Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Dr. Balakrishna Shetty is the Vice-Chancellor of Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University). He is recipient of National Merit Scholarship and DGHS Scholarship for Higher studies. He completed his Medical Education (MBBS) (1986) from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore with Distinction in many subjects. Later he did his Masters degree (MD) in Radio diagnosis (1989) from the prestigious Kasturba Medical College Manipal with highest marks for the University. In July 1995 Dr. Shetty joined as Asst. Professor of Radiology in Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur to became Professor of Radiology and Director of PG Studies in 1999. He continued to head the department till he became Vice-Chancellor of Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education in January 2012. He is known in the International arena for developing the MR PET technology for early detection and staging of Cancer without Radiation. As an eminent Radiologist, Dr Shetty has worked in many International hospitals and Universities like Yale University Connecticut USA, Texas Children Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, St Lukes Episcopal Hospital Houston, Hamad International Hospital, Doha, and Cleveland Clinic, USA. He has many Scientific Publications for his credit. He is very well known for his guest lectures not only in India but also in USA, Malaysia and Middle East.

Prof Dr S Jayarama Reddy is the Chancellor of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (Deemed to be University), Kanchipuram. Previously he was the Vice-Chancellor, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati; President, PRIST (Deemed to be University), Thanjavur; Chairman, UTF, Centurion University, Bhubaneswar; Chairman, University Advisory Board, Shri Guru Ram ai University, Dehradun; Chairman, University task force, Jain University, Bangalore. Prof. Reddy is Member, Board of Governors, Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI), Hyderabad; Council Member, AP State Council of Higher Education, Hyderabad; Member, Board of Governors, A P Residential Educational Institutions Society and several others. He has received many awards and honours, to name a few, Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal for significant contributions to chemical research; Best University Teacher Award by Andhra Pradesh State Government; Life Time Achievement Award for Academic Excellence, National and International Collaboration, Administrative and Organisational Capability, S V University. Prof. Reddy has guided 35 PhDs and 9 M.Phils. He has 270 research papers, 8 review articles and 16 general/popular articles in national and international journals, dailies such as The Hindu and Indian Express. He has authored 4 books.  

Dr. G R C Reddy is the first Vice Chancellor of SR University. Before the current position, Dr. Reddy served as, Director of NIT Calicut & NIT Goa, Director In-charge of NIT, Warangal during the period 2005-2017, Mentor Director of NIT Sikkim, IIIT Kottayam & NIT Andhra Pradesh and Vice-Chancellor of Sharda University. Prof. Reddy graduated from Osmania University with majors in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. He obtained his M.Sc. (Tech) in Engineering Physics and Ph.D. from Faculty of Engineering and Technology, REC (NIT) Warangal. His research area focuses on Optical Information Processing. He joined as a faculty in the Department of Physics at NIT Warangal in 1979 and became a full Professor in 1995. Dr. Reddy was the principal investigator in several research projects sanctioned by CSIR, MHRD, and DRDO, etc. He published over 80 research papers in various National and International journals/Conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of Optical Society of India, Member of SPIE and OSA. He is also a Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences.

Dr. S.N. Sridhara is the Vice Chancellor of Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. He has completed his B.E. (Mechanical) from Bangalore University, M.E. (Aerospace Engineering) and Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has 32 years of experience working in academic institutions, during which he has developed expertise in Pedagogy, Research & Education Administration; and has contributed in terms of developmental activities in these fields. Dr. Sridhara has guided several scholars through their Ph.Ds. and produced more than 150 research papers in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He has also successfully carried out several research and consultancy projects from government and private agencies. He has been awarded with ‘Best-Principal’ award from ISTE, New Delhi, and by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka. He has also won the Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary International. He is the life member of prestigious professional bodies such as Aeronautical Society of India, Combustion Institute (India), and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). Dr. Sridhara was previously Director at Amity University Haryana, Gurugram before joining HITS.