Dr. T.V. Ramachandra

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Title: “Sustainable Technologies for humanitarian Needs”

Speaker’s Profile:
"Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, FIE, FIEE (UK), FNIE obtained Ph.D. in Ecology and Energy from Indian Institute of Science. At present, Coordinator of Energy and Wetlands Research Group (EWRG), Convener of Environmental Information System (ENVIS) at Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES). During the past twenty years he has established an active school of research in the area of energy and environment (http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy). He is a member of Karnataka State Wetland Authority (since 2018), Karnataka State Audit Advisory Committee. He was a Member of Karnataka State level Environment Expert Appraisal Committee (2007-2010), appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and a member of Western Ghats task force appointed by the Government of Karnataka. Apart from these, TVR is serving in many committees of NGT (National Green Tribunal) related to wetlands of Bangalore. He is a recipient of Johny Biosphere Award for Ecology and Environment (2004), Satish Dhawan Young Scientist Award, 2007 of Karnataka State Government, ENVIS Award (Thrice: 2004, 2015, 2016), The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, GoI, Namma Bangalorean, 2016 award (Namma Bengaluru Foundation) and Rotary Exemplars 2017- Citizen Extraordinaire award (Rotary Club of Bangalore), Karnataka State Parisara Award, 2017-18, GoK, Khadri Achuathan Memorial Samvahana Award (Environment) 2018, on World Communicators Day by PRCI, research advisor at the NanYang Academy of Sciences, Singapore (2019) and Eminent Engineer, Institution of Engineers, Karnataka (2019). TVR (0.68%) features in the 2% of top scientists in the recent global ranking of scientists (2020). He is an Elected Fellow of National Institute of Ecology (2011), Indian Association of Hydrologists (India; 2006), Institution of Engineers (IE, India; 2003), Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK; 2005), and a Senior Member, IEEE (USA; 2000) and Association of Energy Engineers (USA; 2000), and many such professional societies. TVR’s research interests are in the area of aquatic ecosystems, biodiversity, ecological modeling, Western Ghats ecology, energy systems, renewable energy, energy conservation, energy planning, geo-informatics, environmental engineering education research and curriculum development at the tertiary level. He has published over 328 research papers in the reputed peer reviewed international and national journals, 69 book chapters, 333 papers in the international and national symposiums as well as 21 books. In addition, he has delivered several plenary lectures at national and international conferences. Publication “Milking diatoms for energy is seminal work in biofuel research evident from reports in Scientific American, BBC, national dailies, etc. He has guided 154 students for Masters dissertation and twelve students for Doctoral degrees. TVR has travelled widely across the country for field research and also for delivering lectures at Schools and Colleges. He has taken initiatives through biennial symposium (popular as Lake series), training programmes and workshops for capacity building at various levels. Publications are available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/T_V_Ramachandra/publications https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Woh1fa8AAAAJ&hl=en https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ramachandratv"