Adjunct/Visiting Professors
Prof. Satyavolu Srinivas Rau
Dr. Srinivas Rau has 25 years of teaching experience in Mathematics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels; this includes work in Eritrea and Libya. Research output include around 25 publications in Spectral Geometry and Analytic Number Theory; one Research Project for SERB was successfully completed as Principal Investigator. The topic was L series of Quadratic
Smt. Usha Subramanian
Smt. Usha Subramanian is an alumna of BITS, Pilani with two master’s degrees, in Computer Applications and in Software Systems. Her strength lies in demystifying concepts and techniques to students at the undergraduate level, and challenge learners at the postgraduate level to make them excel. In her career of 33 years, she has served as
Prof. P. V. Venkitakrishnan
Dr. P.V. Venkitakrishnan graduated with a Master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1989 and 2006, respectively. He obtained his B.Tech. from Cochin University in 1983. He also holds an MBA & Post-Graduate Diploma in Production Management to his credit from Annamalai University. He started his career as Grade Scientist in 1983
Sri Ajay Rawul
Prior to joining Chanakya University, Ajay was an entrepreneur, a business mentor, an innovation & management consultant, and an investor. He possesses in-depth and highly specialized knowledge of products/services and has wide exposure to nurturing innovation-led growth. In addition to providing his services in the field of IT Solutions/ products in India, Ajay has worked
Paul A. Barresi
Paul A. Barresi is Professor of Political Science and Environmental Law at Southern New Hampshire University (U.S.A.) and Adjunct Professor of Law at Sun Yat-sen University (China), where he was a Fulbright Lecturer in Law in 2016. He teaches courses in American politics, the American legal tradition, environmental law and politics, sustainable societies, and win-win
Prof. Habil Narahari Rao
Dr. Habil Narahari Rao is also the founder of the Sri Vagdevi Vidyaa Pratisthana or Vagdevi Educational Trust, a trust to support research on cultural and educational issues in India. Born in 1946 in Mangalore, India, he had his Graduation in 1968 in Chemistry and Botany from the Karnataka University, Dharwar and obtained his Masters-degree
Dr. M. Sivakumar
M. Sivakumar, completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras. He served in the School of Physics of the University of Hyderabad for more than three decades, after a few years of post-doctoral research. His research interest spans several areas of theoretical physics, ranging from the general theory of relativity to condensed matter physics and has
Dr. Meena Nair
Dr. Meena Nair is a Geographer by academic training having done her graduation in Geography Hons from Miranda House, Delhi University, and her M.A, M. Phil and PhD from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). After being awarded her Ph.D in 1997, she joined
Dr. Kowshik Thopalli
Kowshik Thopalli is a Machine Learning Scientist and a postdoctoral researcher with the Machine Intelligence Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research focus lies in developing robust and adaptable machine learning models capable of performing consistently well under varying test conditions, including shifts in data distribution. Kowshik’s work has been published in prestigious machine learning