Adjunct/Visiting Professors
Arjun Bharadwaj
Arjun Bharadwaj is an author, translator, and researcher with deep interest in classical literature, arts, and philosophy. An engineer by training, he is well-versed in Sanskrit (Masters), Kannada, English, German, and Greek. Arjun works as a contributing editor of Prekshaa and is currently studying the comparative aesthetics of classical Greek and Indian arts. He has
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
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
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
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
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
Ritesh Jain
Ritesh Jain is a staff engineer at Renesas Electronics, Bengaluru, India. Previously, he was with Astrome Technologies, a deep-tech startup, where he was leading the hardware development. Ritesh received his PhD from University of Wuppertal, Germany in 2021 and M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India, in 2014, where he was awarded the