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Anumakonda Jagadeesh

BIO: Anumakonda Jagadeesh, Director

Dr. Anumakonda Jagadeesh obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, and his Doctorate degree in Wind Energy from the prestigious University of Roorkee {now the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)}. He has been involved in teaching and research for the last 30 years. He founded "Society of Science for the People" in 1973, an NGO which has been acting to formulate innovative science and technology programs and projects. Dr. Jagadeesh widely interacted with several global and national organizations in Science and Technology projects; his programs attracted worldwide attention, especially in Appropriate Technology, Afforestation, Renewable Energy, Environment, etc. Dr. Jagadeesh also founded "Nayudamma Centre for Development Alternatives" in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1994 which has been acting as a think tank in promoting Energy, Environment, and Appropriate Technology programs and projects. He has been Resource person to several organizations connected with Sustainable Development in India and abroad. Dr. Jagadeesh has traveled to over 30 countries and worked in Italy, Denmark, Sultanate of Oman, etc. He has held many important positions such as Director, Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre, Chennai, India; Vice President, Subhash Projects and Marketing Ltd, Bangalore, India; Director, Infrastructure Consulting and Engineers Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore; and currently Professor and Head, Centre for Energy and Sustainable Resources, R.M.K. Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.Jagadeesh is also Vice Chancellor (Scientific Communications), Australian Institute of High Energetic materials, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Jagadeesh's pioneering work won him several international and national awards including the prestigious "Margaret Noble Foundation, Seattle" Award for Research in Energy. He has membership in several international and government bodies in India. It is rarely one finds an Innovator, social scientist and crusader for the promotion of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, all blended into one. Dr. Anumakonda Jagadeesh is also a member of several Important International and National Committees: Network for Science and Technology for Sustainability, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC,USA. Served as Member, Media Lab Asia Programme, MIT, USA. Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. World Federation of Engineering Organization Energy Standing Committee Wind Task Force, Brazil. Member, working groups of the UN Foundation for Sustainable Energy for All, which is based in Washington DC .The groups relate to supply chains & Entrepreneurship and energy & agriculture. Served in 12 Committees of DNES (Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources), Government of India. Member Editorial Review Board of Science of International Journal of Green Economics and Production (IJGEP) of Target Journal (ISSN 1929-2813)