Biography

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration
• M.S. by Research in Industrial Engineering & Management
• B.E. (Mechanical)
• LL.B.
• M.L. (Contracts including Mercantile Law)
• M.A. (Sociology)
• Diploma in Journalism

Profession

• Chartered Mechanical Engineer
• Govt. of India Registered Valuer of Machinery & Plant
• Certified Arbitration Engineer

Fields of Specialization

35 Plus Years of Experience and Expertise in

• Engineering Inspection and Certification
• Appraisal of Machinery & Plant
• Arbitration
• Techno-legal Consultancy
• Teaching, Training and Research
• Disaster Management
• Educational Administration

Professional Affiliations

Founder Life Fellow

• BRICS Academy of Engineers

Fellow

• The Institution of Engineering and Technology, U. K.
• World Academy of Productivity Science, Canada
• The Institution of Engineers (India)
• Indian Institution of Technical Arbitrators
• Indian Institution of Plant Engineers
• Indian Institution of Production Engineers
• Indian Council of Arbitration
• World Academy of Engineers
• Institution of Valuers
• International Council of Consultants
• Indian Technology Congress Association

Member

• Institute of Standards Engineers (SEI)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)
• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)
• Indian Science Congress Association
• Karnataka Physics Association

Professional Accomplishments and Thought Leadership

• Transitioned from a successful Educator to a Certified Arbitration Engineer of high eminence. Consistently delivered comprehensive, fact-based, sector-specific, top-notch and high value Arbitration Awards that have stood the test of legal scrutiny. Built a reputation as a proponent of Institutional Arbitration. Appointed as Court Commissioner, Adjudicator and Sole Arbitrator in a number of techno-legal cases. Served as Co-Arbitrator along with retired High Court and Supreme Court Judges.
• Certified Chartered Mechanical Engineer of India with expertise in engineering inspection and certification.
• Govt. of India Registered Valuer of Machinery and Plant of over 25 years standing.
• Provided Technology Leadership as National President of the Indian Institution of Production Engineers.

Nominated as Member

• Production & General Engineering Council
  Bureau of Indian Standards
  Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi
• Board of Management, Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad
• National Committee for Certification of Professional Engineers & International Professional Engineers
• National Committee on Engineers’ Bill

Promoter

• World Academy of Engineers
• BRICS Federation of Engineering Organizations
• Indian Technology Congress Association
• Indian Society for Networked Autonomous Unmanned Systems
• The Institutions of Engineers (India) Alumni Association (IEIAA)
• Bangalore University Alumni Association

Empanelled as Arbitrator with

• The Arbitration Centre, Karnataka
  An Initiative of the High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru
• The Indian Council of Arbitration, New Delhi
• The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata
• The Indian Institution of Technical Arbitrators, Chennai

Invited to serve as

• Honorary Emeritus Professor

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  New Horizon College of Engineering (Autonomous), Bengaluru

• Visiting Faculty

  Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad

• Member, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Board

  Adichunchanagiri University

• Member, National Advisory Committee

  Nagarjuna College of Engineering (Autonomous), Bengaluru

• Member, Advisory Committee

  Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development

  Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag

• Member, Academic & Development Committee

  Atria Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

• Member, Research Advisory Board

  Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

Served as

• Visiting Professor

  D. C. School of Management Technology, Idukki District, Kerala

• Faculty

  Department of Mechanical Engineering,
  B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru

• Vice-Chairman

  The Institution of Valuers (India), Bengaluru Branch

• Convener

  Indian Engineering Congress, 2011
  India's largest Engineering Conclave

Member

• Technical Experts' Committee, Karnataka Government School Students' Satellite (KG3Sat) Project, 2022
• Karnataka State Scientific Research Council
• Organizing Committee, Indian Technology Congress, Bengaluru
• Advisory Committee, Indian Sustainability Congress, Bengaluru
• Project Monitoring Committee of the Indian Council for Medical Research sponsored Research Project relating to 'Development of Prototype and Manufacture of Non-invasive Gluco Meter using Near Infra-Red Spectrometry'

Member of Prominent Cultural Bodies

• Karnataka Itihasa Academy
• Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishath
• Karnataka Sugama Sangeetha Parishat
• Kannada Sahitya Parishath
• Indian Institute of World Culture
• Basava Samithi
• Akhila Karnataka Makkala Koota

In the service of the Institution of Engineers (India)

Nominated as Member

• AMIE Examinations Advisory Committee
• IEI Centenary Celebrations Committee
• Service Rules & Headquarters Management Committee
• National Languages Promotion Committee
• Equivalence Committee
• Expert Committee to review Western Ghat Ecological Reports by Dr Kasturirangan and Dr Madhav Gadgil, 2014
• Empowered Committee for Empanelment of Arbitrators
• Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum, Bengaluru
• Board of Governors, Quality & Safety Forum, New Delhi as an Eminent Social Scientist
• Ethics Control Board
• Strategic Plan Committee
• Bye-Laws Committee
• Membership Committee
• Finance Committee
• Editorial Board, Annual Technical Volume (Mechanical Engineering)

Nominated as Chairman

• Research and Development Committee
• Mechanical Engineering Division Board for two terms
• Legal Affairs Committee
• Centres Co-ordination Committee

Elected as

• Chairman, Karnataka State Centre
• National Council Member from Mechanical Engineering Division for three consecutive terms

Appointed as

• Chairman, IEI Young Engineer's Award Selection Committee, 2014
• Member, IEI Institutional Arbitration Task Force, 2015
• Member, IEI Arbitral Board

Recognition

• Won Best State Centre Award for 2014-15 as Chairman, Karnataka State Centre
• Won Best State Centre Award for 2015-16 as Hon. Secretary, Karnataka State Centre

Books & Publications

Authored

• Ambedkar Anusandhana in Kannada
• Nooru Nenapu in Kannada
• Gandhi Mattu Adhyatmika Susthirate, published by Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
• Mahatma Gandhi mattu Swaccha Bharata, published by Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
• Samajavaada: Gandhi Drishtikona published by Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
• Gandhi mattu Adhyatmika Rajakaarana, published by Gandhi Peace Foundation
• Sir M. Visvesvaraya: Jeevana, Sadhane in Kannada
• Bellakki Saalu a collection of Pen Sketches in Kannada
• Nadiyante Nenapu a Memoir in Kannada
• Beyond the Boundaries being a compilation of Letters, Articles, Speeches and Interviews of Dr. Wooday P Krishna, with a foreword by Dr. Justice M. Rama Jois

Member, Editorial Board

• Monograph on Biosensors
• The Discipline and Culture of Innovation
• Monograph on Nanosensor Technology
• Acoustics and Noise Control
• Taoist Directions for Design and Development
• Micro Air Vehicle Experts Directory
• Introduction to Basic Machining Technology
• The Institution of Engineers (India) Annual Technical Volume (Mechanical Engineering)

Editor

• Edited 'Samaahita', a Collection of Critical Essays on Prof Mallepuram G Venkatesh's Life and Literary Works, published by Udaya Prakashana, Bengaluru, 2022.

General Editor

• Works of Sir R. Venkataratnam Naidu (in 3 Volumes)

Contributor

• Legendary Charter Progression of Indian Engineering edited by Dr. L V Murali Krishna Reddy & published by the Indian Technology Congress Association
• Reminiscence of the Engineer-Statesman Sir M. Visveshwaraya edited by Dr. L V Murali Krishna Reddy & published by the Indian Technology Congress Association

Chief Editor

• Loka Chintakaru, a collection of Articles in Kannada and English on Great Thinkers, published by Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi

Managing Editor

• Bapu Prapancha - A monthly magazine of Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi
• Vani Magazine - A quarterly magazine of Seshadripuram Educational Trust
• Seshadripuram Journal of Social Sciences, a Peer Reviewed Open Access National Journal

Seminars & Papers

• Organized and attended a number of technical seminars, symposia, workshops, conventions and conferences on Engineering, Valuation and Arbitration at State, National and International levels
• Published a number of technical papers in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Asset Valuation

Overseas Accomplishments

Attended

• 5th World Kannada Conference organised by AKKA (Association of Kannada Kootas of America), Chicago, USA, 2008
• 17th South Asia Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law held at Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2010, at the Invitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Conference on Innovation & Technology at the University of Technology, Malaysia, 2015.
• 18th World Productivity Congress, organised by World Academy of Productivity Science, Behrain, 2017.
• International Astronautical Congress, Paris, 2022.

Member

• Indian Delegation that visited China in 2006 on a Goodwill Mission
• Indo-Russian Technovation Delegation that visited Russia in 2015
• Indo-Germany Technovation Delegation that visited Hannover Masse, Germany, in 2017
• Indo- Israel Technovation Delegation that visited Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2018
• Expert Committee to review Western Ghat Ecological Reports by Dr.Kasturirangan and Dr. Madhav Gadgil, 2014.
• Indian Technology Congress Association's Space-Tech Delegation that visited France, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary & Serbia in 2022.
• Indian Technology Congress Association's Space-Tech Delegation that visited Czech Republic in 2023.

Leader

• Indian Delegation to Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka underthe Indo Sri Lanka Youth Exchange Programme, 1999

Professional Recognition

Scroll of Honour (2020)

• from the Institution of Engineers(India)
  for outstanding contribution to the cause of Engineering and Nation Building

Eminent Engineer Award (2011)

• from the Institution of Engineers (India)
  for contribution in the field of Engineering

Fellowship of

• The Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K.
  considered as one of the top international recognitions in the Engineering field
• World Academy of Productivity Science, Canada
  for helping raise the living standards of people through productivity enhancement
• World Academy of Engineers
• Indian Technology Congress Association

Individual Social Responsibility

• Focus on Voluntary Non-Political Public Service Spanning over three decades

Recipient

• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (2023) from Bengaluru City University
• Nadoja Award 2020 (Equivalent to Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature) for contribution to Education, from Kannada University, Hampi
• President's Gold Medal (2012), the highest National Award given for exceptional Red Cross Humanitarian Work of high order, from the President of India
• State Rajyotsava Award (2004), for Life Time Achievement in Social Service from Govt. of Karnataka
• State Youth Award (1989), for Youth and Community Services, from Govt. of Karnataka

Key Honorary Positions Held

• President, Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
• Former Member in National Managing Body, Indian Red Cross Society, NHQ: New Delhi
• Member in National Executive Committee, The Tuberculosis Association of India, NHQ: New Delhi
• Chairman of Gandhi Peace Foundation in Bengaluru Centre
• Honorary General Secretary of Seshadripuram Group of Educational Institutions in Bengaluru, Tumkur, Mandya & Mysore

Other Interests

Member

• University of Mysore Alumni Association
• Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala Old Boys’ Association
• Bangalore Institute of Technology Alumni Association
• Bengaluru International Centre
• Naagari Lipi Parishad, New Delhi
• Karnataka Cancer Society
• Karnataka State Tuberculosis Association
• Indian Science Congress Association
• Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
• Karnataka Physics Association
• Press Club of Bangalore

Countries Visited

• Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, United States of America, New Zealand, Qatar, Dubai, Bangladesh, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, Spain, Abu-Dhabi, Israel, Austria Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Oman.