Team

Prof. Konduru Nagabhushan Raju is a Professor in the Department of Instrumentation, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur. He holds a B.Tech., in Mechanical Engineering, M.Tech in Energy Conservation & Management and Ph.D. in Instrumentation. His professional career started with Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) wherein he received a specialized training from as a part of India-EC Energy Bus Programme and was involved in the energy efficiency technology absorption studies in over 30 medium and large scale industries during his stint for 3 and half years. He has the distinction of getting selected as youngest Scientist ‘C’, at the age of 26 by the CSIR Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, and was the awardee of Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary British Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. in Energy Conservation at UMIST, Manchester, UK.

Being passionate towards academics, he pursued his career in Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur since 1993. He has completed four Major Research Projects sponsored by ISRO and UGC. 18 candidates have been awarded Ph.D. and 2 candidates M.Phil., under his research guidance. He has so far 110 publications to his credit in national and international journals. He has also authored Four books and a book chapter. He has participated in more than 70 Conferences of different nature in different roles. He has the distinction of receiving both A.P. State Scientist Award on February 28, 2009 and A.P. State Teacher Award on September 5, 2015 by the Govt. of A.P.

He has held several responsibilities such as Head, Dept. of Instrumentation; Coordinator & Head, Dept. of Electronics; Placement and Career Guidance Officer at SKU College of Engg.; Regional Coordinator for Jawahar Knowledge Centres; Principal, SKU College of Engineering & Technology; and currently the Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology; and the Director, Centre for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Incubation, S.K.University. He is also the Founder Director of the Atal Incubation Centre sanctioned by NITI Aayog, Govt. of India. He is in the Boards of Studies and Boards of Examiners of different Universities. He is an Academic Senate member of SK University and Adikavi Nannaya University and served as a member in Academic Councils of JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur and G Pulla Reddy Engineering College, Kurnool and SRIT, Anantapur. He has served in a number of committees at State and University level. He is a fellow of IETE and NESA and member of Instrument Society of India and ISTE.

He is actively associated with a number of society conscious nonprofit organizations like ADI Foundation, BREAD Society, eSseNce Society etc. He has visited number of Universities in USA like Stanford, University of Washington, Georgia Tech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Deakin University, Australia. He is a seasoned motivator and a freelance career counselor. Apart from giving frequent radio talks, he appeared occasionally on Doordarshan Saptagiri Live phone-in programmes on career guidance for engineering students. Born on 9th September 1965, he hails from Rayachoty town of YSR Kadapa Dist in A.P.

Prof. Ramana’s career is embellished with inspirational teaching and research resulted in providing Doctoral Degrees in his areas of specialization such as Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour and International Business but also led to quality research publications in reputed National and International journals. He presented papers, acted as Resource Person and Chaired the sessions at various National and International Seminars / Conferences / Workshops. The books penned by him deal with HRD through DWACRA and employee morale and job satisfaction among the employees working in Commercial Banks. He has published about 3 books and 32 research papers in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour and International Business.

Prof. Ramana served the University in various capacities such as Registrar of the University, Member in Advisory Committees of Directorate of Admissions, Directorate of Distance Education, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, UGC Sponsored Coaching Programmes for Competitive Exams and others. His extension and community service activities include Resource Person for various governmental training institutions on Personality Development programmes for Group I and II Officers and police officers of Government of Andhra Pradesh. He actively participated as the District Resource person for Janma Bhumi program, and enlighted the rural people on various social problems. Dr. Ramana also served as the Coordinator for Finishing School initiated by the AP State Council of Higher Education at S.K. University, Ananthapuramu. He also participated in Social Service activities in association with Rotary Club, Ananthapuramu. He is life member of All India Commerce Association.

Dr. M.S. Shivakiran has decade long experience of research, innovation, technology development, entrepreneurship and intellectual property.

 A decade plus experience in research, innovation, entrepreneurship, research, mentoring, technology development, and intellectual property.
 Currently, he is theChief Executive Officer, at Atal Incubation Centre at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh supported by NITI-Aayog, Govt of India.
 Involved in setting up of Incubation Centre, Policy drafting, Strategy, Portfolio, Partnership, Fund Raising & Management, and Talent management. Mentored 20+ startups. One of the key activities is to handhold different academic institutes including Universities in the building startup ecosystem, chiseling out policy frameworks for the same, and bringing our new practices to synergize the conventional learning into the non-conventional entrepreneurial learning process.
 Under his leadership, AIC-SKU has supported 50+ startups, 26 incubates, 09 startups received funding, handholding 15+ colleges, developed 8 technologies and conducted 75+ programs. AIC-SKU also received fundings from different sources such as Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, HDFC Foundation & Arjas Steel.
 The key interests and contributions were made in agriculture, Lifesciences, Energy, Circular Economy, Entrepreneurship Learning, and Education.
 Earlier, he was the Incubation Manager of Atal Incubation Centre-Sri Krishnadevaraya University,
 He oversaw operations of the incubation center, mentored the startups, raised and managed the funds, conducted programs and training to orient and empower the participants towards entrepreneurship/innovation, and forged partnerships with corporate, academia, and ecosystem experts for buildingan effective network.
 Before that, he wasthe Founder and CEO of Vignan Technology Business Incubator; Associate Dean of R&D, and Scientist at Vignan’s University.
 He has 02 patents granted, 05 patents filed, 12 research articles published, 05 technologies developed, and led 03 research projects funded by different agencies.
 Recipient of DRDO Technology Group Awards for the contribution towards developing new technologies in Genetic Engineering.
 Developed low-cost diagnostic tools for Defence Applications and Vaccine molecules against biological weapon agents.
 Research consultant/Advisor to biotechnology companies.
 Expert member on various committees representing Incubation and Startup ecosystem.
 Doctorate in Biotechnology from Defence Food Research Laboratory, DRDO, Mysore and DRDO post-doctoral fellowship, DRDO-BU Centre for Lifesciences, Coimbatore.
 Masters in Lifesciences from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi;

Over decade+ years’ experience in research, mentoring, product development, training and 4+ years’ of experience in startup eco-system, currently working with AIC – SKU Confederation (Atal Incubation Centre – Sri Krishnadevaraya University) as Technical Executive (Innovations, Startups, Business Incubation, Strategic Program & Policy Development, Mentoring & Product Development), Dr. Mouli is a fervent start-up coach with experience in motivating and supporting various early-stage start-ups and MSMEs to achieve their corresponding entrepreneurial goals. He also facilitates startups in incubation centre and looks after the operational execution of the incubation centre. He is responsible for the Incubator Operations and Programs, Strategic planning for early-stage Pre-incubation & Startup management, Collaboration, Startups/Product Management. Earlier he worked as trainer in PMKK & mentor in skill development centre, Sri Krishnadevaraya University.

Dr. Mouli is a mentor to some of the Technology Focused startups, he is recognised as Mentor of Change by AIM, NITI Aayog. With his trailblazing skill set on various technologies, he voluntarily contributes as a evaluator, coach and mentor to ATL students through SIP and Tinkerfest Programmes initiated by AIM, NITI – Aayog, Govt. of India. Being a Technical Expert, Dr. Mouli is Tech consultant to some of the Startups in Energy, IoT, Healthcare and Deep tech.

During his tenancy, he has published 1 Book, 20 national and international research articles, trained and mentored over 500+ students and most of them are serving various IT, private & government organisations. Also, he got selected for Major Research Project Fellowship funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi for a period of two years and he was also awarded Basic Scientific Research Meritorious Fellowship from UGC, New Delhi.

Dr. Mouli shares his knowledge and experience with some industries as Business and Technical adviser and He is also a certified social media marketer.

He has obtained certifications from Start-up India Learning Program from Invest India, Innovation Readiness Series™ from The IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and also obtained Advanced Diploma in Real-Time Embedded Systems from Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.

Post graduate in computer science from Sri Krishna Devaraya University. He has 10+years of experience in marketing field, System admin and computer operations. He has worked as System Admin, Asst Branch Manager for TEAM LIFE CARE COMPANY INDIA PVT.LTD, relationship manager in AVIVA LIFE INSURANCE and senior sales officer for HSBC for home laons. He has competencies in providing suitable financial solutions to individuals based on their tax and saving tools and responsible for selling financial products like Mutual Funds, Tax Saving Bonds, Sips, Insurance products and other investments. Rajasekhar supports finance and overall administration of the Incubation centre.

AIC-SKU Confederation.

Motivated Embedded based Instrumentation & Electronics researcher.

One year nine months experience in Megabyte Technologies, Bangalore on Real
Time Embedded Systems, Microcontrollers and Digital Design.

Hands On Experience on∙Microprocessor
∙8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers
∙Keil IDE
∙8051 based microcontroller
∙ARM microcontrollers
∙MS Office
∙Proteus
∙OrCAD
∙Mobile App Development
∙IOT(Internet of Things)

More than three years of research experience at Sri Krishnadevaraya
University, Anantapur on Real Time Embedded Systems, Virtual
Instrumentation, Microcontrollers, Photo-acoustic Instrumentation etc.

More than seven years of teaching experience In Department of Skill Development, Sri Krishnadevaraya University

Mentor (August 2016 to till date)
Teaching and Hands on Experience on ARM controllers
Teaching and Hands on Experience on IOT
Teaching and Hands on Experience on Mobile App Development
Trained the students as per the industry needs

An entrepreneur by choice, I am in the EdTech space disrupting the way we look at education and skilling. My platform Skill2Earn, as the name resonates, is poised to provide upskilling courses in non-academic fields to create employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for all globally. Leading a social enterprise, I aim to generate employment and earning opportunities for uneducated, less educated, school dropouts, educated and senior citizens. This platform is unique in its offering, catering to one and all.
Having received a fellowship from Atal Incubation Center - SKU, I have developed my business plan and prototype to launch the platform with seed funding.