Srikrishna devaraya is not a balija cast person he is a purely varma(kshatriya) cast .in teenage he loved balija cast women . but his parents reject the these things.after they arrange a marriage to kings daughters(sriranaga pattanam king).currently iam working for project on srikrishna devaraya.i met his related persons. 

Devaraya are belongs to different communits of Andhra Pradesh. 

Sangama Vamsa are belongs to KAMMA community 

Harihararaya-I 
Bukkaraya-I 
Harihararaya-II 
Virupaksharaya-I 
Bukkaraya-II 
Devaraya-I 
Ramachandraraya 
Veera Vijaya Bukkaraya 
Devaraya-II 
Mallikarjunaraya 
Virupaksharaya-II 
Prvudaraya 

Saluva Vamsa are also belongs to KAMMA Community 

Narasimhadevaraya 
Thimma Bhupalaraya 
Narasimharaya-II 

Latter on Vijayanagar clan rulled by Tuluva Vamsa which belongs to KAMMA and BALIJA (Intercaste/marriages are performed between two communitys)And also we can observe that Tiluva Narasanayaka does not having RAYA tittle in his name.The title RAYA is adopted from Sangama/Saluva's by Tuluva's 

Narasanayaka 
Veera narasimharaya 
Srikrishnadevaraya 
Achuyuthadevaraya 
sadasivaraya 

Aliya Vamasa are belongs to KAMMA community(Araveedu Aliya Ramaraya married Sadasivaraya's daughter and came into rule Viajayanagara) 

Ramaraya 
Thirumaladevaraya 
Srirangaraya-I 
Venkataraya 
Srirangaraya-II 
Ramadevaraya 
Venkataraya-III 
Sriranagaraya-III 

If any one need any clarifications,can refer Rayala Charithra and also can get clarify with Mr. Krishnadevaraya who settled in America (Mr. Krishnadevaraya is great grand son of Srirangaraya).

This is the review that was given by a student and there was a great grand son of krishnadevaraya was alive and this was the information given by him

)  Dr.Satyam Cherukuri :

Dr. Satyam Cherukuri joined Sarnoff as a researcher in 1989. Dr. Cherukuri assumed his current role as President and CEO in 2002. Dr. Cherukuri earned a B.Tech in Ceramic Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, India. He received his M.S. in Glass Science and Ph.D. in Ceramics from Alfred University (Alfred, NY). He has authored or co-authored more than 12 technical publications and is the inventor or co-inventor on more than 25 U.S. Patents. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC), a global provider of IT services and solutions.

2) Jagadish Chennupati:

Chennupati Jagadish received his B.Sc. degree from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India in 1977, M.Sc(Tech) degree from Andhra University, Waltair, India in 1980 and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Delhi, India in 1982 and 1986, respectively. He joined the Australian National University in 1990 and held the positions of Research Scientist/Research Fellow, 1990-92, Fellow, 1993-96, Senior Fellow, 1996-99, Professor (E1), 1999-2002, Professor (E2), 2002-2004, and Federation Fellow, 2004-present. Chennupati Jagadish is a Federation Fellow (highest recognition in the Australian university system), Professor and Head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group at the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra.

He is also Convenor of the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network. He is a winner of 2000 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (USA) (IEEE) Millennium Medal. He has published more than 300 journal papers and about 180 conference papers.He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK), the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

3) Dr. Nannapaneni Narayana Rao :

Nannapaneni Narayana Rao was born in Kakumanu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. While in India, he earned a BS degree in physics from the University of Madras in 1952, and a diploma in electronics from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1955. He earned MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering in 1960 and 1965, respectively, from the University of Washington. In 1965, Professor Rao joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He carried out research in the area of ionospheric propagation and authored the undergraduate textbook, Basic Electromagnetics with Applications (1972), and six editions of Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics (1977, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2000, and 2004), published by Prentice Hall. Professor Rao has served as ECE Associate Head since 1987. He has received numerous awards and honors for teaching and contributions to education. Some of the more notable include a plaque of appreciation from the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, for consultancy in 1985-1986; the College of Engineering Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence in 1987; the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1989; the Halliburton Engineering Education Leadership Award in 1991.

4) Dr. Sudhakar Yalamanchili :

Dr.Yalamanchili was a Senior and then Principal Research Scientist at the Honeywell Systems and Research Center in Minneapolis from 1984 to 1989 where he also served on Honeywell's Program Advisory Committee to MCC. At Honeywell he was the Principal Investigator for projects in the design and analysis of multiprocessor architectures for embedded applications. Since 1989 he has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he now holds the rank of Professor. He is a co-author, along with J. Duato and L. Ni, of the text Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach from IEEE Press (1997), the author of the texts VHDL Starter's Guide from Prentice Hall (1997) and VHDL From Simulation to Synthesis also from Prentice Hall (2000). Dr. Yalamanchili received a B.E. degree in Electronics from Bangalore University, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and 1984, respectively.

5) Dr.Ravi Armilli :

Ravi Arimilli (born 1963) is an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect. Largely responsible for development of the Power5, he is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, being awarded 78 patents in 2002 and a further 53 in 2003. He has won IBM's Inventor of the Year award each year since 1998. He is also the youngest IBM fellow. He has 300 patents to his name and is currently listed among the top 10 patent holders alive in the USA. Arimilli moved with his family to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1969. He studied at Louisiana State University, and joined IBM in 1985. He is regarded as IBM's leading expert on symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system structures, cache/memory hierarchies and system bus protocols.

6) Dr.B.V.R.Chowdary :

Chowdary was born on 1948 in a Koutharam, Krishna District. Prof.Chowdary is President of Materials Research Society of Singapore, Prof. in Physics, National University of Singapore. Recently awarded with the highest French Civilian Honours-" Officer in the order of Academic Palms".

7) Dr.Madhava Rao Tummala :

Dr. Rao was honored by the United States President with the prestigious National Medal of Science “as a prophet of new age” with the citation, “for his pioneering contributions to the foundations of statistical theory and multivariate statistical methodology and their applications, enriching the physical, biological, mathematical, economic and engineering sciences”.

8) Dr.Vijaya Kumar Devabhaktuni :

Canada Research Chair in Computer-aided High-frequency Modelling and Design The Canada Research Chair Program has awarded Dr. Devabhaktuni a Tier II Chair - a position awarded to emerging and exceptional young researchers who are on the way to becoming future leaders in their respective fields. The Tier II Chair position is held for five years, is renewable once for five more years, and entitles researchers to a $100,000 grant per year. In addition, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has granted Dr. Devabhaktuni a $200,000 infrastructure fund to help acquire simulation and measurement equipment essential to his work. Dr. Devabhaktuni is an expert in Computer Aided Design (CAD), an area often referred to by electrical and electronics engineers as Electronic Design Automation (EDA). During 1998-2004, Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni earned international recognition for his doctoral and postdoctoral work on artificial neural networks (ANN) based high-frequency modeling. He specializes in EM-ANN mo dels and in their smart integration with standard EDA-tool\libraries.

9) Dr.Rao Makineni :

C Rao Makineni was born in Andhra, India. He received his undergraduate training at the Christian College in 1952. Four years later he was awarded the degree of Associate of the Royal College of Science and Technology at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked first for Shankman Laboratories and later for the Pasadena Foundation for Medical Research. In 1963, he joined the Cyclo Chemical Company, his first major commitment to peptide chemistry. While in Europe he developed a rich appreciation for art and culture, especially live theater. It was as a young man that he first came to Pasadena where he walked by the Playhouse every day on his way to work. During this time, he came to admire the beauty and cultural impact of the landmark theater. In 1999 he donated more than $1 million to the Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California. His entrepreneurial talent became apparent in 1967 when he became cofounder of the Fox Chemical Company. In 1971, Mr. Makineni and Peter Grogg started Bachem with laboratories in Switzerland and California. The two organizations subsequently separated, both becoming highly successful enterprises. He retired in 1996 to continue his philanthropic activities.

10) Dr.Jagadeesh Pamulapati :

Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati is currently serving as the Chief Technical Officer for Project Manager for Unit of Actions - Technologies. Dr. Pamulapati began his Civil Service career in October 1991 as an Electronics Engineer for the Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory that was subsequently folded into the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD. During this time Dr. Pamulapati also completed an assignment as a Research Analyst with the Army G-8 (Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs) covering Research and Development issues for the G-8. Dr. Pamulapati completed his Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering and Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering all from The University of Michigan in 1985, 1987 and 1991, respectively.

11) Dr.Nag Patibandla :

Dr. Patibandla is a distinguished energy expert with rich state and global experience in academia, industry, and government. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute named Nag Patibandla as director of the Center for Future Energy Systems, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology.

12) Dr.Raghu Kalluri :

Raghu Kalluri, PhD, director of the matrix cell biology program, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). The award honors an individual under the age of 41 who has an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research related to the functions and diseases of the kidney. Dr. Raghu Kalluri is the Director for the Center of Matrix Biology, based in the Department of Medicine. He is Associate Professor, Gastroenterology - Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

13) Dr.Sivarama Prasad Dandamudi :

Prof. Dandamudi was born in Andhra Pradesh, India. He received a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Mysore, India and an M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), India. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Prof. Dandamudi joined the School of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in 1988. He was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 2000. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications. He received the Carleton University's Research Achievement Award in 2002.

14) Atluri Satyanarayana, Director, Center for Aerospace Research, University of California :

ATLURI, Satya N. ( 7-10-1945) M. E., Sc. D., D. Sc (h.c.). Director, Center for Aerospace Research, University of California at Irvine, USA. Professor Atluri is well known for his seminal contributions in fracture and nonlinear solid mechanics, and for pioneering the 'meshless methods'. He is a Fellow of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and the recipient of the US National Medal of Distinguished Service in Technology, the Hilbert Medal of ISCE&S, and honoris causa D. Sc. from the National University of Ireland. -- Elected as Associate Fellow Satya N. Atluri, an award-winning engineer whose research has led to greater aircraft safety, was elected into the European Academy of Sciences, one of the most prestigious European scientific institutions. Atluri, who is the Henry Samueli "von Karman" Endowed Chair of Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recognized "for outstanding and lasting contributions to engineering science and fundamental developments in aerospace engineering and fracture mechanics." Atluri's election is the latest in a string of honors bestowed upon the aerospace expert. In 1996, he was elected into the National Academy of Engineering, and won that organization's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1995. He also is the recipient of the Excellence in Aviation Award and the President National Medal.

15) Dr. Prasad Kodali, Worldwide Technical Program Manager of Life Sciences Discovery Link Solution, IBM Corporation. :

Dr. V. Prasad Kodali is a Consultant in Electronics. From 1986 to 1997, he served as Advisor in the Department of Electronics, Government of India, responsible for strategic electronic activities During 1984-86, he was the Director for Electronics and Instrumentation at DRDO, New Delhi, responsible for technical planning and coordination in communications, radar, electronics warfare and opto-electronics. From 1973 to 1984, he was Technical Director of the DoE, Government of India. Prior to 1973, Dr. Kodali worked with TIFR, Bombay, and with Microwave Associates in England. In early 1980s, he planned and founded the Center for Electromagnetics in Madras for R&D in electromagnetic compatibility. Dr. Kodali is Informatics Project Lead at 3rd Millennium, where he is involved in developing advanced informatics solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He was previously the product manager of data integration products at NetGenics, Inc. He received his Ph.D. degree in computational chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include data integration in drug discovery, computational algorithms, computer-assisted drug design, and life science informatics.

16) Dr. Geeta Vemuri, Ph.D. Vice President, Quaker BioVentures :

Dr. Vemuri joined Quaker BioVentures in 2003. She brings years of experience in biomedical research, equity research and private equity investing to the Fund. Prior to joining Quaker BioVentures, Dr. Vemuri was an Associate at Toucan Capital Corp., a $120 million SBIC fund, where she was responsible for investments in seed-stage and start-up biotech opportunities. At Toucan, she participated in raising the capital for Toucan Fund II from the states of Maryland and West Virginia, and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Dr. Vemuri also helped start several portfolio companies by identifying and sourcing technologies from universities in the Mid-Atlantic region. She served as an active board observer for several of the life science companies in Toucan's portfolio. Prior to joining Toucan, Dr. Vemuri was an Associate Equity Analyst at SalomonSmithBarney and First Union Securities where she helped those firms cover the specialty pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors. Prior to her career in business, she worked as a research scientist at The Wistar Institute and as a postdoctoral fellow at Thomas Jefferson University.

17) Dr.Prasad Sunkara, Ph.D. :

Dr. Sunkara has more than 30 years of research and development management experience in cancer, cardiovascular and CNS disease indications at a major pharma and a number of biotech companies. He is an expert in virtual drug development and was responsible for preclinical and clinical development of a number of therapeutic agents. He also gained valuable experience in business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions as an officer in three start-up biotech companies. He was the Head of Tumor Biology responsible for research and preclinical development of cancer and antiviral therapeutics at Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute in Cincinnati. After completing his post-doctoral fellowship in cell biology, he joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center before moving to industry. He received his Ph.D in biochemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

18) Dr.Mohan Bodduluri, PhD :

Mohan Bodduluri, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Restoration Robotics, Inc. which began its operations in early 2003 to provide advanced image guided robotic solutions to the field of cosmetic surgery. Under his guidance as Vice President for Research and Development, the company is developing minimally invasive solution to hair transplantation. The device is expected to automatically harvest and implant hair follicles based on the surgeon’s design. Prior to Restoration Robotics, Dr. Bodduluri led robotics work at Accuray Incorporated since 1992 and has served as Accuray’s Vice President for Research and Development since 1995. Accuray’s product, CyberKnife Radiosurgery System, uses a 6 MeV linear accelerator mounted on a six axis robot arm guided by x-ray vision to irradiate a tumor or a lesion precisely and noninvasively anywhere in the body. The resulting treatment is an outpatient procedure equivalent to a conventional surgery in an operating room. His responsibilities included leading Accuray’s robotics work, field service, treatment planning software, and overall system design. He also played a central role in the clinical investigations using the CyberKnife Radiosurgery System. Dr. Bodduluri received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.

19) Dr.Unnam Jalaiah :

Dr Jalaiah Unnam's contributions to metal-matrix composites, and X-ray diffraction have won him several awards from NASA Langley Research and Development Park in Hampton, Virginia, USA, and other organizations. Dr Unnam graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy (1970), and earned the Master's and the Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering and Science from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr Jalaiah is the President and CEO of Analytical Services & Materials, Inc (AS&M), located in the Langley Research and Development Park in Hampton, Virginia. This Company is a big asset to Langley Research Centre and employs 165 Scientists and Engineers. This company has given critical help to the Langley Research Centre in R&D areas like the redesign and analysis of the wind Tunnel fan blades, the Shuttle solid rocket booster, the National Aerospace Plane Program engine and airframe concept reviews and the laminar flow control Supercritical Airfoil Experiments.

20) Dr, Idupulapati M Rao :

Dr, Idupulapati M Rao is Senior Scientist, Plant nutrition/Physiology at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. He is Member, Americal Society of Plant Physiology; American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America; Newyork Academy of Sciences; International Union of soil Sciences. Honors and Awards: 1999 Outstanding research publication awards from CIAT 2000 Outstanding principal staff award from CIAT 2003 Outstanding research publication award from CIAT Education: Ph.D Plant Physiology (1978) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, India MSc., Botony, Plant Physiology (1973) Bhopal University, MP, India Bsc., Botony,Chemistry,Zoology (1971), VSR College, Tenali, AP, India

21) Dr.Ram Adapa :

Dr.Ram Adapa Joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California in June 1989. At EPRI, he is currently Technical Manager, Increased Power Flow, in the Power System Assets, Planning, and Operations (PSAPO) area of Power Delivery & Markets Sector. As a Product Line Leader, he developed the research portfolio for Grid Operations and Planning areas as well as business plans to execute this research portfolio. This portfolio focuses on both operations and planning tools that are needed in a deregulated utility environment. Some of these tools include market restructuring, transmission pricing, ancillary services, and security tools to maintain the reliability of the grid. Dr. Adapa is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society; member of several committees, past chairman of the local IEEE Santa Clara Valley PES/IAS chapter, and winner of several prestigiuos awards. He authored / coauthored more than 125 technical papers which were published in various technical journals. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin. Dr. Adapa is also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer under the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) and he is frequently invited by IEEE PES chapters all around the world to deliver DLP lecturers. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Ram Adapa is also Advisor for Legal Support Services, Compusharp.

22) Dr. Krishnarao Appasani, PhD, MBA :

Dr. Krishnarao Appasani, PhD, MBA, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer of GeneExpression Systems, Inc., Krishnarao Appasani is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GeneExpression Systems, a gene discovery company focusing on functional genomics in cancer research. Krishnarao Appasani, of the Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, was recently honored by Ranbaxy Science Foundation of New Delhi, India, with the Ranbaxy Research Award in the field of applied medical sciences for his work on gene expression studies. Appasani is in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women's, working on locating new gene-based molecular markers for the early detection of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other chest malignancies.

23) Desineni Subbaram Naidu :

Desineni Subbaram Naidu received B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. Dr. Naidu held various positions with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. During the same period, he conducted and supervised research, and established a research group in the field of singular perturbations in control systems. In January 1985, Dr. Naidu was invited by the National Research Council (NRC), of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, DC, as a Senior Resident Research Investigator to conduct independent research with Guidance and Control Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA. At NASA Langley, he developed singular perturbation methodology for digital flight control systems. From January 1987 to July 1990, he was an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, and conducted full-time research in Spacecraft Control Branch, NASA Langley. During this period, research has been performed in developing guidance and control strategies for aeroassisted orbital transfer vehicles. Since August 1990, Dr. Naidu has been Professor (tenured), Co-Director (June 1993 - July 1998) and Director (since August 1998) the Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center (Other links to Measurement and Control ASME,MCAA,ISSTED,M&C, INSTMC, ISA), Coordinator/Chair (1997-2005), Electrical Engineering Program, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Studies (August 98 - July 1999) and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (since August 1999) in the College of Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. During 1998-99, he was awarded a Senior National Research Council Associateship by National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, DC, to work on guidance and control strategies for hypersonic vehicles at the Unites States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio, USA. During summer of 2004, Dr. Naidu was awarded a fellowship by Norwegian Research Council (NRC) at the Center of Excellence for Ships and Ocean Structures at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. During June 13 - August 12, 2005, Dr. Naidu had an opportunity to work as Academic Guest at Measurement and Control Laboratory (IMRT:Institut für Mess- und Regeltechnik) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule), Zurich, Switzerland. At IMRT/ETH, Dr. Naidu offered, by invitation, a short course on Selected Topics in Nonlinear Control Systems to doctoral students. Dr. Naidu's primary areas of teaching and research include electrical engineering, circuits, signals and systems, control systems, optimal control, intelligent control, order reduction via singular perturbations and time scales, digital flight control systems, biomedical engineering, aerobraking, orbital transfer, unmanned aerial vehicles, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles, gas metal arc welding . He has over 200 publications including 5 books: 1) a research monograph, Singular Perturbation Analysis of Discrete Control Systems , Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1985; 2) a reference book, Singular Perturbation Methodology in Control Systems , IEE Control Engineering Series, Peter Peregrinus Limited, London, UK, 1988; 3) a research monograph entitled, Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer: Guidance and Control Strategies , Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer-Verlag, London, UK, 1994, 4) a graduate level text book, Optimal Control Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003 and 5) a research level book, Modeling, Sensing and Control of Gas Metal Arc Welding, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2003. Dr. Naidu has been on the Editorial Boards of the IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control , New York, USA (during 1992-1999), the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA (since 1996-), Mechatronics: The Science of Intelligent Machines, An International Journal , Oxford, UK (since 1992-), Member of General Committee of The International Congress for Global Science and Technology (ICGSC), Tuebingin, Germany since June 2004, and a member of the , ACSE Steering Committee on International Journal on Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE), since June 2004 and International Journal of Control-Theory and Advanced Technology (C-TAT) , Tokyo, Japan (during 1991-1995). Professor Naidu is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA (since 1995 and a member since 1978-); an elected Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation , Huddersfield, United Kingdom since 2002; an elected Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), USA (since 1991 and member since 1986-); a Member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), USA (since 1991-); a Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society for Science and Engineering, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (since 2000-); a Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, USA (1999 - 2003); a Member of The National Space Society, USA (1992-2003); a Member, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (1992-2003); and Secretary/Treasurer, IEEE Idaho Section,Pocatello, Idaho, during 1993-1997. Professor Naidu is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with Idaho Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (IPELS) since June 1994 and a regular participant in the Committee on Examinations for Practice of Engineering (PE) workshop for Electrical Engineering for National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), Clemson, SC, since 2001. Dr. Naidu was a recipient of the Idaho State University Outstanding Researcher Award for 1993-'94 and 1994-'95 and the Idaho State University Distinguished Researcher Award for 1994-'95. He received the Distinguished Electrical Engineer award from IEEE Idaho Section, Pocatello, Idaho. Professor Naidu's biography is listed in listed (multiple-year) in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Fifth Edition, published by Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, IL, the Silver Anniversary 25th Edition of WHO'S WHO IN THE WEST , published by Marquis Who's Who, the primary source of information on outstanding men and women in the region, and the seventh edition of Who's Who in Technology (WWT) , a biographical reference source published by Gale Research.

24) Venkata Ramana Rao Gadde - Vice President & Chief Scientist, V-ENABLE :

Ramana is responsible for the Research and Development activities related to improving the accuracy and performance of speech recognition at V-ENABLE. Before joining V-ENABLE, Ramana was a Senior Researcher at SRI International; a Menlo Park based Research Institute. At SRI, Ramana mainly focused his research on the development of highly accurate speech recognition systems for government and commercial clients. He led the SRI team that won the DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) sponsored evaluation on Speech in Noisy Environments (SPINE) in 2002. His research contributions include novel techniques for acoustic modeling, duration modeling, and noise robustness. Ramana published more than 30 papers in conferences and journals and was awarded 2 US patents. Prior to SRI, Ramana was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras (IITM). Ramana received a Ph.D and a M.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a B.Tech in Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

1) Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad :

Born in Viyayawada on Feb 21.1928 Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad was associated with India’s first Nuclear reactors as well with Bombay High Oil and gas fields. He obtained his Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madras University.His contributions were recognized with the award of Padmashri to him in 1959, when he was just 31. In December 1973, he was personally selected by Mrs. Indira Gandhi to direct the activities of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission. Dr. Prasad is presently on the Board of Governors of the Administrative Staff College of India and President, Institute of Public Enterprise. The Petrotech 2003 Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Padmashri Dr. Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad for his contribution to India’s Upstream Petroleum Industry.

2) Dr.Yelavarthi Nayudamma :

Prof.Y.Nayudamma, a Chemist and a Chemical Engineer by training, had immensely contributed to develop CLRI during initial stages of its establishment. He was greatly responsible for building international image for the institute and for establishing close linkages with the Indian leather industry. He had many National and International Awards/Honours to his credit including the Padmashri in 1971. He became Director General, CSIR, New Delhi and then Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He also served in many prestigious National and International Committees.

3) Dr.Kota Harinarayana :

Dr Kota Harinarayana, Distinguished Scientist & Programme Director, LCA was born in Berhampur in 1943, graduated from BHU in Mechanical Engineering, and obtained graduation in Aero-Engineering from IISc, Bangalore. He did his PhD at lIT, Mumbai, and holds Bachelors degree in Law. He was appointed as Programme Director, LCA in December 1985 and was concurrently holding the post of Director, ADE till June 1986. During 1995 he was elevated to Distinguished Scientist by DRDO. Dr Harinarayana was President, Aeronautical Society of India; Chairman, Technical Committee of ARDB; Fellow, Aeronautical Society of India and Indian Academy of Engineering. He received distinguished alumnus award from Aerospace Department, IISc, Bangalore in 1993 and from lIT, Mumbai in 1995. He is recipient of the National Aeronautics Prize, FIE Foundation Award-1996. Kota Harinarayana led the LCA (Tejas) development programme for15 years. He is now Vice- Chancellor, University of Hyderabad. Was awarded Padmashree in 2002.

4) Dr.Koneru. Ramakrishna Rao :

Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, noted psychologists and social scientists ever since, became the Director of the Institute for Parapsychology, Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, Durham, North Carolina. A student of the AU in the early 1950s, he joined the Philosophy Department. Showing special interest in the study of psychology Ramakrishna Rao went to the US for higher studies. His stay and study at Duke University during 1962-65 was an eventful period. His research papers earned for him recognition in the US universitiesHe was just 32 when he was elected president of the Parapsychological Association, an international association of parapsychologists. By then he had received the Beta Phi Mu Award. A moment of fulfilment for. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao has played a leading role in advancing parapsychology in the United States, India, and around the world—serving as president of both the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology and the U.S.–based Parapsychological Association.

5) Chalasani_rao:

Rao Chalasani, distinguished as the Wall Street Journal's top investment strategist in 1995, says the market has been very steady despite some swings that have prompted others to describe it as volatileWall Street Journal has named him the top investment strategist in 1992 and 1994.A guest speaker on numerous television programs, including CNBC,CNN-FN and national and international radio programs. Investment Adviser to many Fortune 500 companies. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and CNN-FN, and on national and international radio. The Wall Street Journal recognized him as providing the best asset-allocation advice among the 13 largest securities brokerage firms in 1992 and 1994. He holds two master's degrees from the University of Akron, in chemical engineering and polymer science.

6) Dr. I V Subba Rao :

Dr. I V Subba Rao, Vice-Chancellor of the University was honoured with the prestigious National Award 'Padmashri' in recognition of his valuable contribution for the development of Agriculture in the country in 2002. Was General President 93rd Indian Science Congress.

7) Dr Paruchuri Gangadhar Rao :

Dr Paruchuri Gangadhar Rao, Deputy Director & Head of Chemical Engineering area at Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai has been appointed the Seventh Director of Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jorhat in 2002. RRL Jorhat is the only National Laboratory set-up in the North Eastern Region of India devoted fully for the economic development of N E Region through the application of Science & Technology based on the natural resources available in the region. It has a staff strength of over 488 people with approximately 175 scientific and technical professionals. Dr P G Rao is a Chemical Engineer of great distinction. He obtained his B Tech in Chemical Engineering from REC(NIT), Warangal in 1974 with distinction and M Tech in Chemical Plant Design from IIT, Madras in 1976. Dr Rao obtained his Ph D from IIT, Madras in 1995 for his thesis in the area of Polymer Engineering. Dr Rao joined RRL, Jorhat initially in 1976 as Scientific Assistant. Through focussed research and sustained hard work, he rose to the level of Scientist EI in 1986. He was involved in the chemical process development of agrochemicals like Phosphamidon, Quinolphos and Chlorofenvinphos which have earned FICCI award to RRL in 1982.

8) Kosaraju Chandra Sekhara Rao :

Kosaraju Chandrasekhara Rao, working as associate dean in ANGRAU's Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, has been selected for the `World lifetime achievement award' by the American Biographical Institute for his contribution to the field of agriculture. Prof. Rao has also been selected for `Udyog Gaurav award' and `Bharat Yogyata Award' announced by the Friendship Forum of India, New Delhi, for the year 2004.

9) Dr.Roopkumar Kolli :

Dr. Rupa Kumar Kolli, Round 11 START Visiting Scientist Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India. As a START (global change System for Analysis, Research and Training) Visiting Scientist, Dr. Kolli worked with staff of the Centre for Sustainability and Global Environment (SAGE) in Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Kolli's work at SAGE focused on collecting data and information for an integrated regional assessment of the interactions between the changing climate, and ecological and human systems. His research project made important new contributions into the study of the role of land-use and land cover changes in regional climate change. Dr. Rupa Kumar Kolli Deputy Director & Head, Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.

10) Dr.Pavuluri Subba Rao :

Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, Managing Director of Ananth Technologies Ltd. has received 'Bhaskara Award' for the year 1999 from The Indian Society Remote Sensing in recognition of his significant contribution towards development of a vibrant business enterprise in Remote  Sensing and GIS applications in the country. National award for ‘Entrepreneurship of Onboard Systems’ . Award for ‘Excellence in Electronics R & D and for the outstanding performance for the year 2001-02’ by ministry of communication & Information Technology, New Delhi. Award for "Excellence in Consultancy Services", 1997 by Consultancy Development Centre of Department of Industrial Development, Government of India.

11) Dr.Tripuraneni sivaji Rao :

T.Sivaji Rao is Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, GITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam. Formerly Principal, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Waltair, P.W.D Engineer at Nagarjuna Sagar dam. As an International Expert he was invited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1976. He delivered key-note addresses at two international conferences at Khatmandu, Nepal in 1979 and 1997. He is the recipient of Best State Teacher Award for 1986-87 and the Swami Pranavananda .National Award for 1991 of the University Grants Commission on Ecology and Environmental Sciences. He was a member of the A.P.State Pollution Control Board and Chairman of its Technical Committee and was member of the Environmental Appraisal committees of the Union Ministry of Environmental and Forests for Industries and River Valley projects (and during this period had an opportunity to review the Environmental Impact of Tehri Dam as a member of the Bhumbla Committee and as a member of the high-power committee on seismic safety of Tehri dam appointed by the Government of India in April 2001.

12) Dr. Vallurupalli Seeta Raghavendra Rao :

Dr. Vallurupalli Seeta Raghavendra Rao - Former Dean and Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Recipient of Hari Ohm Ashram Award.

13) Dr.K.R.Chowdary :

Dr.K R Chowdary, a noted agriculture scientist and Member of the Farmers' Welfare Commission set up by the Andhra Pradesh Government. He was Professor (Retd), AP Agricultural University, Hyderabad

14) Myneni Hari Prasad Rao :

M.HP Rao is a retired Director of the Nuclear Power Board (now known as NPCL) of DAE, Mumbai, India and has served for many years as a member of Southern, Western and Northern Indian Regional electricity boards. He borned in Krishna district, AP. He currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Rao joined the Atomic Energy establishment in early 1957 as a Junior Research Officer (JRO). 1960-Additional Design Engineer, in charge of the preparing design specifications for Tarapur Nuclear Power Station. 1961-Promoted to Design Engineer 1962-Participated as Commissioning Engineer at Gargliano Reactor (Italy). 1964-66-In San Jose (U.S.) at GE offices, review and approval of all designs of Tarapur Nuclear Power Station. 1966-68-Technical Superintendent in charge of construction and commissioning of Tarapur Nuclear Power Station. 1969-Relocated to Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu) as Senior Design Engineer 1973-87-Director of Nuclear Power Board 1973-84-Specially appointed Director of Madras Atomic Power Project 1984-87-Exceutive Director responsible for design, procurement, construction of all new power stations, and operation of all 235MW reactors of the Nuclear Power Board. 1987-Superannuated from service. Academic Qualifications: B.Sc., (Physics) Madras University, India (1951) BS, (Electrical Engineering), Illinois Inst. Of Tech., U. S. A ('54) MS, (Power Systems Eng.) Illinois Inst. Of Tech.., U. S. A ('56). Special Training: CEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board) Of U. K., In Power Systems planning, and location of Atomic Power Stations Harwell, U. K., Nuclear Reactor Design Calder Hall U. K., Nuclear Reactors' Operation. Advisory Capacity: I. A. E. A (International Atomic Energy Agency), in the fields of Nuclear Training, and analysis of Nuclear Accidents. Gujarat State E. B., In Thermal Power stations Operation Ministry of Power, Tamilnadu Govt. In Energy Problems. Advisory Positions: Board Member (1973-1987) of Nuclear Power Board (D. A. E) Board Member (1984-'87) of N. F. C and H.W Boards (D. A. E) Member Regional Electricity Boards- Southern (1973-'87), Western & Northern Regional Boards (1984-'87) Superannuated '87 Retired as Director of Nuclear Power Boad, incharge of Design, Procurement, Construction and Operation of all 235 MW. Nuclear Power Stations (seven twin Reactors) of D. A. E., Medals: Mc. Donald, Gold Medal from Madras University, 1951 Special Papers: (international, Mine Study of Littoral Drift and measurement of Sea Currents and Tides in South Madras Coast, Several on Nuclear Power Station Design, Construction, Commissioning & Operation (IAEA) Professional Memberships (Fellow) Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, India Fellow of The Indian Nuclear Society. Fraternity Memberships: All Engineering professional fraternity of U. S. A. (by invitation) Electrical Engineering Fraternity of U. S. A. National Awards: Sanjay Gandhi, in 1983 for contribution to Science & Technology in India. "Padma Shree", in 1984 for Individual Contribution to Nuclear Power.

Some of the well known NRI Persons :
1) Vijaya Kumar Devabhaktuni :

Canada Research Chair in Computer-aided High-frequency Modelling and Design The Canada Research Chair Program has awarded Dr. Devabhaktuni a Tier II Chair - a position awarded to emerging and exceptional young researchers who are on the way to becoming future leaders in their respective fields. The Tier II Chair position is held for five years, is renewable once for five more years, and entitles researchers to a $100,000 grant per year. In addition, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has granted Dr. Devabhaktuni a $200,000 infrastructure fund to help acquire simulation and measurement equipment essential to his work. Dr. Devabhaktuni is an expert in Computer Aided Design (CAD), an area often referred to by electrical and electronics engineers as Electronic Design Automation (EDA). During 1998-2004, Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni earned international recognition for his doctoral and postdoctoral work on artificial neural networks (ANN) based high-frequency modeling. He specializes in EM-ANN mo dels and in their smart integration with standard EDA-tool libraries. Enriched by his models that combine elusive EM accuracies with high ANN speeds, EDA tools now feature faster yet reliable RF/microwave.

2) Nava Krishna Akkineni, General Manager of BenQ Canada Corp. :
3) Dr.K.H. Rayudu (Receipt ant, Queen of Canada Golden Jubille Medal) :

Dr. Rayudu Koka is a consultant psychiatrist for the Northeast Mental Health Centre. He moved to Sudbury in 1986 after having received his training in Britain. Dr. Rayudu has been actively participating in medical politics at both the local and provincial levels. He was a strong advocate for the establishment of a northern medical school during his office as President of the Sudbury and District Medical Society. The Northern Ontario Medical School is the first to be approved by the governments of Ontario and Canada in the last 30 years. Dr. Rayudu serves on different committees, promoting mental health issues and advocating for the mentally ill population in the community and across Northeastern Ontario. He is actively involved in various community organizations, including the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital board and the Northeast Mental Health Centre board. He has received several distinguished awards in recognition of his contributions. 50th Anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second's assension to the Throne, Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast are engaged in celebrations of her reign as Queen of Canada. One of the most significant activities of the Golden Jubilee celebrations is the awarding of the Golden Jubilee Medal. This commemorative medal will be awarded to Canadians who, over the past 50 years, have helped create the Canada of today, including young Canadians who are actively contributing to our future. Dr.Rayudu included in the 20 extremely deserving individuals awarded their medals on November 15, 2002. He is the former Chief of Staff of the Northeast Mental Health Centre. He is Chief of Service for Developmental Clinical Services, Chief of Service for Community Clinics and a consultant psychiatrist for the Assertive Community Treatment Team. He is also Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Northern Ontario Medical School and has been appointed as the Section Leader of Psychiatry for its Northeast Campus.

4) Veluvolu Basavaiah :

Veluvolu Basavaiah is one of the prominent early Kamma Immigrant to Canada. He is the Founder/Trustee, Hindu Temple Society of Canada, Chairman, Federation of Indo Canadian Associations Inc., and Advisory Board Member,Asian Television network-ATN

5) M.V. Naidu :

Professor M.V. Naidu, head of the department of political science at Brandon University, has been named national program chairman of the Canadian Peace Research and Education Association.

1) Sreekanth Ravi : The September issue of Fortune magazine featured Sreekanth Ravi in 35th place (WEALTH $131 million AGE 37) of the 40 richest people under 40. The magazine ranking the 40 richest - after last year's inclusion of innovators, influencers, and entrepreneurs along with the ten richest. Sreekanth Ravi, SonicWALL former Chairman and Founder. (NASDAQ: SNWL), founded Code Green Networks in 2004. Sreekanth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received the Young Alumni Award, from the University of Illinois in 2003. Sreekanth was honored for his entrepreneurial leadership in co-founding the Internet security appliance company, and establishing it at number one market share position worldwide. 2) Sudhakar Ravi: The September issue of Fortune magazine featured Sudhakar Ravi in 29th place (WEALTH $137.1 million AGE 39) of the 40 richest people under 40. The magazine ranking the 40 richest - after last year's inclusion of innovators, influencers, and entrepreneurs along with the ten richest. Sudhakar Ravi, SonicWALL former Chief Technology Officer and Founder. (NASDAQ: SNWL), founded Code Green Networks in 2004. Sudhakar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received the Young Alumni Award, from the University of Illinois in 2003. Sudhakar was honored for his entrepreneurial leadership in co-founding the Internet security appliance company, and establishing it at number one market share position worldwid. 3) Katragadda Lalitesh : Google Senior Member of Technical Staff (Co-founder of Google India) joint center head for Google’s R&D. 4) Srinivas. Doddapaneni: Dr. Sri Doddapaneni is an engineering manager for Intel Software Development Products at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for common infrastructure for performance, threading, and quality tools. He started with Intel in 2000 and for the first four years led software development tools for Intel cellular and handheld processors. He has over 15 years of experience developing compilers, and various tools such as debuggers, profilers, emulators and runtime libraries. Sri holds a B.Tech.(Honors) from Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, both in computer science. He has published reviewed research papers in various leading conferences in the areas of compiler optimizations, distributed systems, and tools for embedded systems. Sri was granted three patents in distributed systems and has four patent applications pending in the area of software tools and computer architecture. Sri serves as the Project Lead for the TPTP Platform Project and is a member of the PMC. Sri is also a member of the TPTP Architecture Group 5) Valluri.Rao: Valluri Rao is an Intel Fellow and Director of Analytical and Microsystems Technology in Intel's Technology and Manufacturing group. Rao is currently responsible for the research and development of novel Microsystems and Micromechanical (MEMS) applications for Intel. Rao holds 46 issued patents, 3 Intel achievement awards and has published more than 20 external and 10 internal papers. Rao received Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Jesus College, Cambridge University, U.K.. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Engineering Department Cambridge from 1979 - 1983. 6) Satya Nadella: Satya Nadella is Corporate Vice President responsible for leading the Product Group within Microsoft Business Solutions. Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 and has held a variety of marketing, product development and general management roles. Before taking on his current role, Nadella was responsible for launching and leading Microsoft bCentral, the leading Internet service providing Web presence, communications, customer marketing and e-commerce tools to small businesses.Before that, he was General Manager for the Commerce Platforms Group and led the development efforts for Microsoft Commerce Server and Microsoft BizTalk Server. Nadella was also a key member of several advanced technology incubation efforts inside Microsoft, including interactive television (ITV) and digital rights management (DRM). Nadellas first assignment at Microsoft was in the Windows Developer Relations group, where he was a program manager. 7) Prasad Vellanki: Prasad Vellanki, Vice President of Engineering/ NetContinuum As Vice President of Product Development at VXtreme, Prasad pioneered streaming media technologies for the Web. After Microsoft's acquisition of VXtreme, he successfully integrated VXtreme Web Theater software into the Windows Media product line. Prior to that, Prasad held several product development positions in the Real-Time Networking Group at Integrated Systems, Inc., including managing the development of pSOSystem networking products. Prasad has earned five patents and holds a MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Arizona, Tucson, and a BSEE degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India. 8) Divakar Maddipatla : Divakar Maddipatla, Corporate Vice President & Head – Semiconductor Practice at HCL Technologies. 9) Ravi C Adusumalli: Ravi C Adusumalli, Board of Directors of Intelli Group. Mr. Adusumalli joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) in early 2002 and is currently a General Partner and Head of SAIFs India Operations. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Adusumalli was an Associate Partner with Mobius Venture Capital, a $1.25 billion early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He previously worked at Credit Suisse First Boston as an Associate and with Wasatch Funds, a mutual fund with over $9 billion in assets that specialized in small cap and micro cap companies listed on US and international exchanges. Mr. Adusumalli graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Government. Mr. Adusumalli serves on the board of directors of SAIFs investments in Sify, SEVEN Networks, Investsmart, and Intelligroup. 10) Rao Vellanki: Rao Vellanki, Director of Offshore Operations, Best Buy Co., Chennai, India Prior to his appointment as Director of Offshore Operations in India, Mr. Vellanki was the Director of Information Services encompassing Business Intelligence, Enterprise Data Management (EDM), and Alternate Sourcing at Best Buy headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN. Mr. Vellanki possesses a BEEE and MEEE from Andhra University, India, and an MBA from the Carlson School of Management in Minnesota. Best Buy Co. (BBY) is the #1 distributor of consumer electronics, entertainment hardware, software, appliances, and complex solutions with revenues exceeding $20 Billion. 11) Suresh Chitturi: Suresh Chitturi is a senior research engineer and project manager at Nokia Research Center. His involvement with the JCP started mid-2003 when he became an active member of the Expert Group for JSR 226, Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME. He was also the editor of JSR 226 specification and played an important role in synchronizing Mobile SVG specification between JCP and W3C. Suresh is now the Spec Lead of JSR 226, which includes the responsibility of leading the diverse Expert Group, developing the Reference Implementation (RI) and Test Compatibility Kit (TCK), and possible future work with respect to J2ME and SVG mobile technologies. For the past few years at Nokia, Suresh has focused on developing mobile vector graphics technologies and solutions, particularly SVG. Suresh also represents Nokia in several high profile mobile Standards Organizations (SDO) such as W3C, 3GPP, and OMA. 12) Kolluri.Krishna: Executive Vice President & General Manager Juniper Networks - Security Products Group . 13)Dr. Prakash Challa: CEO of Nipuna Services Limited)/ Satyam BPO subsidary Before joining Nipuna, Dr. Challa was with Satyam as Senior Vice President in the Global Solutions Group. Prior to that, he held several senior management positions in the Information Technology industry. While with IMR Global / CGI in US (since 1993), he held a number of senior management positions and was responsible for business development and operations. Starting his career with Wipro Information Technology in 1985 he later joined Tata Consultancy Services and held a number leadership positions in Quality, Information Systems and Technology Planning groups. Dr Prakash Challa has a Ph.D in Software Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. 14) Anvitha Ramineni: Anvitha Ramineni is a Software Engineer and works at Intel Corporation. Through the 4 years that she's worked at Intel, she was the founder and President of the Intel Toastmasters Club in 2003 and she currently serves as the co-chair of the Women at Intel Network-Santa Clara, a 350-member employee group. She was a marketing co-lead for the highly successful IWL Leadership Summit in Boston this year. Anvitha is a certified life coach with an emphasis on issues faced by South Asians in the US. She is a high spirited, motivated South Asian woman and is passionate about entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. 15) Dr. Rao R. Tummala: Rao R. Tummala is a chaired professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Georgia Tech. Previously, he was an IBM Fellow at IBM East Fishkill Packaging Laboratory in New York. Dr. Tummala was awarded 21 U.S. patents, made 45 other inventions, published 60 papers in professional society journals, and presented over 70 keynote, invited, and other talks throughout the world. Tummala received nine IBM Invention Awards, three IBM Divisional Awards, one IBM Corporate Award, and three IBM Publication Awards. He also received the John Wagnon Technical Achievement Award from ISHM, a Best Paper Award from IEEE, the Engineering Materials Award from the American Society for Metals, the Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding service in engineering from the University of Illinois, and the David Sarnoff Award from IEEE. The Daniel C. Hughes, Jr. Memorial Award was awarded to Rao R. Tummala, Ph.D., for his dedication to IMAPS and the microelectronics industry. Dr. Tummala is being honored for his significant technical contributions to IMAPS in the fields of Materials and Processes for Advanced Ceramic Packaging, Flip Chip Technology and Integrated Passives; commitment to the development of students in the industry; and commitment to the Society in the capacity of President, Technical Vice President, and International Vice President, advancing both the Technical Scope and the Membership Programs of the Society. in the year 2002. 16) Madhu Yarlagadda: Madhu Yarlagadda, Director of Engineering, Communications Products, Yahoo!. Madhu is the Senior Engineering Director for Yahoo! Messenger where he is responsible for real-time communication over IP- including Voice (VoIP) and Video. He is charged with identifying, designing and developing next generation, real-time communication applications and platforms. In this role, Madhu can be accredited with developing the United Kingdom’s BT Communicator with Yahoo! Messenger and the recent deployment of high-quality PC-to-PC calling and voicemail in Yahoo! Messenger. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Madhu served as founder, president and chief operating officer of MyQuest, Inc., a unified messaging company acquired by Yahoo! in 1999. He also served as co-founder, chief technical officer and chief operating officer of ISSG, an enhanced telecommunications application provider. 17) Raghu R. Kodali: Raghu R. Kodali is a consulting product manager and SOA evangelist for Oracle Application Server. He has worked in the software industry for over 11 years as a developer, consultant, and presales engineer in emerging technologies. He is responsible for J2EE features with expertise in SOA technologies like EJB, Web Services, and application development frameworks. Raghu has been the lead product manager for EJB design-time features in Oracle JDeveloper since the EJB 1.1 specification. His current area of focus is evangelizing service-oriented infrastructure and implementing service-oriented applications. 18) Rama Krishna Koganti: Rama Krishna Koganti — Automotive Body Engineering Technical Expert, Ford Motor Company College of Technology Executive Board Eastern Michigan University/ MI 19) Dr.Nag Patibandla: Dr.Nag Patibandla, Director of the Center for Future Energy Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology. Dr. Patibandla is a distinguished energy expert with rich state and global experience in academia, industry, and government. 20) Swaroop Adusumilli: Swaroop Adusumilli, V.P Engineering, co-founder Tallika. Prior to founding Tallika, Mr. Adusumilli was a co-founder and lead designer for Corrent’s silicon solutions. While at Corrent, Mr. Adusumilli designed and implemented major critical sub-systems of Corrent’s silicon solutions – including IPSEC/SSL/TLS protocol security core, DMA/Streaming bus interfaces(PL3)/AHB, MIPS sub-system and PCI/PCIX implementation. Prior to joining Tallika, Mr. Adusumilli held senior engineering lead positions at Conexant. While at Conexant, he architected and developed multiple DSL/Modem/GSM SOC chipsets. Before Conexant, Mr. Adusumilli was a senior staff engineer at VLSI Technology and developed multiple system controller and peripheral controller chipsets for Intel's 386, 486, Pentium and Digital Alpha microprocessors. Mr. Adusumilli holds multiple patents in high performance ASIC/SOC digital designs. He holds an MS in Electrical and Computer Engr.from University of Louisiana. 19) Ven_chava: Ven Chava, Director, Network Strategy and Analysis, Linux -- The Third Wave Mr. Chava was responsible for service layer development covering a variety of wireless applications, including push to talk, messaging services, portals, device management, location, and other services such as handset software development at Nextel. Mr. Chava also worked at Mobile365 Inc. as their chief architect responsible for launching world's first large-scale, IP-based SMS interoperability network that has contributed to the SMS text-message revolution in North America. 20) Raj Kumar Velagapudi: Rajkumar Velagapudi - President & Co- founder: Innova Solutions Inc., As President, Raj is at the helm of affairs inclusive of Strategic Planning, Development, and Sales & Marketing. Raj has in excess of 15 years of experience in the IT industry. During his tenure at one of the leading systems integrators, Raj was one of the Senior Management members responsible for expanding the business in the Western U.S. region. Raj holds a B.S degree in Computer Science from the University of Madras, India. 21) Krishna Yarlagadda: Krishna Yarlagadda, Founder, President & CEO of HelloSoft, Inc., Krishna has a B.S and MS in Electrical Engineering. As the President & CEO of HelloSoft, Krishna is responsible for setting HelloSoft's mission, formulating corporate strategy and executing a plan for the company's overall growth. Krishna held key management and technical positions in the SPARC processor division of Sun Microsystems and was a key player in successful launch of four SPARC processors (UltraSPARC I & II, SuperSPARC I & II). 22) Babu Mandava: Babu Mandava, President & Co-founder of Beecem Communications/ USA. Mr. Mandava obtained MSEE from Indian Institute of technology, Kanpur. He holds 5 US patents and publications in the area of design for testability and fault tolerant processor design. Babu Mandava has over 22 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to co-founding Beceem Babu was a co-founder of Centillium Communications, a semiconductor company well known for product innovations in ADSL and VOIP areas. 23) Suneil Mandava : Suneil Mandava, is the Founder President & CEO of Mobile Aspects, Inc. Mr. Mandava is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Mr. Mandava also has performed research at the National Institutes of Health in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the National Cancer Institute. Most recently, before starting the company, Mr. Mandava was a project manager at Accenture in the company's High Tech practice. 24) Rao Cherukuri: Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Phoenix Technologies: Rao Cherukuri is currently VP Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Phoenix. Prior to joining Phoenix Rao was a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Rao co-founded three companies and held responsibilities in many different executive roles as CEO, CTO. Prior to joining Phoenix, Rao was Co-founder/Chairman/CTO at Euclid. 25) Sri Myneni: Sri Myneni, CEO, President and Co-Founder Knoah Solutions Inc., Mr. Myneni has more than 14 years of senior management experience with major corporations in diverse areas like Enterprise Database Management, Secure Networking, CRM, and eCRM with major emphasis in Customer Management, Product Management, Business Development and Software Development. Prior to co-founding Knoah, he was VP of Strategic Customers and Alliances for eGain, where he played a key role in signing multi-million dollar deals with companies including AOL, Schwab, AT&T, Verizon and 3Com. Additionally, he was instrumental in growing eGain from a fledgling company to the eCRM market leader with more than 800 employees. Mr. Myneni holds an MBA from ThunderBird, an MSCS from ASU, and a BSCS from Nagarjuna University. 26) Venu Myneni: Venu Myneni, is serving as the President and CEO of Radiant Systems since 1995. Venu Previously worked as an engineer, marketing executive, programmer and Manager with various organizations and has over 20 years of experience. Venu has served on the Board of New Jersey Technology Council and is a Co-Chairman of CIO council. He received a Masters in Engineering from City College of New York (CUNY), New York and Bachelors in Engineering from Andhra University, India. 27) Roshan Gudapati: Roshan Gudapati is director of product strategy for Network Media Platforms in the Media Platforms and Services Group of Analog Devices Inc. (Norwood, Mass.). 28) Ashwani Jasti: Ashwani Jasti, is CEO and President of CAMO Group. Prior to joining CAMO, Ashwani was the President of BIT Tech where, he was responsible for building the company into a multi-million dollar e-commerce development and systems integration firm, with a staff of over 200 consultants. Earlier in his career, Ashwani was a Software Consultant to AT&T and NASDAQ. Ashwani Jasti received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, from Andhra University in India in 1992 and an M.S. in Computer Science from City University of New York (CUNY). 29) Chand Akkineni: Mr Chand Akkineni is a dynamic entrepreneur and is the founder of SoftPro Systems Ltd., SoftPros Inc., World Online, Inc. based in Atlanta, USA and SoftPro Technologies (P) Ltd. Mr. Chand is known for bringing creative business models. Prior to SoftPro, Mr. Chand held several positions with Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai for 12 years. At the time of leaving the organization he was holding the position of Regional Manager of TCS in USA. Chand K. Akkineni is also President of Capricorn Systems Inc., He is the present president of the Atlanta chapter of the business group TiE Indus Entreprenuers. He is a postgraduate in Computer Science from IIT, Mumbai with MBA degree from Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA 30) Dr.Vamsi Boppana : Vice President of Engineering & Co-founder, Zenasis. Prior to founding Zenasis, Dr. Boppana was with the Advanced CAD Research group at the Fujitsu Laboratories of America. Vamsi has 5 patents pending and over 30 publications, including a best-paper award. Dr. Boppana received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-champaign in 1997. He also received the Van Valkenburg fellowship award at the University of Illinois for excellence in research and the Intellectual Property Contribution award at Fujitsu Laboratories of America. He has chaired and served on several industry sessions and program committees.

31) Suresh Katta : Founder and CEO, Saama Technologies Inc., Mr. Suresh Katta has founded and co-founded several companies focused on producing innovative software solutions, Suresh was co-founder of GVI, which developed groupware applications and was eventually sold to Netscape in 1995. He was also founder of Multisoft, which developed and marketed high-end graphics products for the Indian market. Before founding Saama, Suresh spent several years at SGI.Suresh is internationally recognized for his pioneering work. He has been a discussion panel member and featured speaker in several IT conferences.Suresh earned his MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Southwest Louisiana and his BS in Electronics Engineering from University of Bangalore in India. Founded in 1997, Saama Technologies, Inc. is a consulting and systems integration firm with focused expertise in providing actionable business intelligence for enterprises and innovative outsourcing services for software product companies. Leveraging over nine years of experience at over 500+ projects across multiple marquis clients, Saama has been able to continuously innovate in the formulation and delivery of relevant services to both users and providers of technology. 32) Rajendra Vattikuti : Raj Vattikuti, 53, founded Covansys, (Nasdaq-CVNS) which was originally called Complete Business Solutions, Inc., in 1985 with five employees. Mr. Vattikuti served as president and chief executive officer of the company until June of 2000, when he became co-chairman of Covansys. In September of 2004, Mr. Vattikuti resumed an active leadership position in the company when he was appointed president and chief executive officer. Mr. Vattikuti holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy (India) and a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University. Mr. Vattikuti also holds an honorary doctorate in Business Administration from Bryant College. 33) Prasad Mokkapati : Prasad Mokkapati, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Meridium Inc. Prasad earned his M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and has over fifteen years experience as a software architect, implementing mission critical Internet and intranet systems. Prasad previously served as a senior architect at Borland. He was also the cofounder and Vice President of Engineering at PostModern Computing where he served as chief architect and creator of the Visibroker product line, licensed to such companies as Healtheon, Netscape, Oracle, Cisco and Sun. 34) Ravi C Adusumalli : Ravi C Adusumalli - General Partner, SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure Fund, Director, SEVEN: Mobile Email for Everyone, Director, Intelli Group. Adusumalli joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) in early 2002 and is currently a General Partner and Head of SAIFs India Operations. Prior to joining SAIF, Adusumalli was an Associate Partner with Mobius Venture Capital, a $1.25 billion early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He previously worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and with Wasatch Funds, a mutual fund with over $9 billion in assets. 35) Raj Atluru : Atluru is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he serves on the boards of Agentis, Amazing Media, Blue Titan Software, IQ Labs, Konarka Technologies, OpenLatitude, PAR3 Communications and Vizional Technologies. Atluru has assumed strategic and operating roles to help seed stage and early-stage companies, and he currently focuses on enterprise applications, software infrastructure, wireless communications and emerging energy technologies. Prior to Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Atluru spent three years with TL Ventures where he focused on early-stage supply chain, e-commerce applications and wireless communication companies. Prior boards include Syncra Systems, Planalytics, DigitalWork and American Compliance Systems, where he also served as interim CEO and Chairman. In addition, Atluru worked in the Leveraged Finance and Asian Corporate Finance groups at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Atluru graduated from Stanford University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 36) Madhu Kodali : Madhu Kodali became a Principal of Fertilemind Capital in October 2004. Before joining Fertilemind Capital he had been the co-founder & President of Indiainfo.com, an integrated portal, e-commerce and business process outsourcing company. At Indiainfo.com he was involved with strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and was instrumental in six transactions in the Internet, IT and media services sectors. Prior to that he was the founder and President of Kodenet, Inc., an Internet Services Provider. 37) Venkat Vallabhaneni : Venkat Vallabhaneni is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Founder of Accurum Venkat was key in successfully growing the business at Accurum through his sales and marketing effort . He was responsible for setting up the global delivery divisions, and was instrumental in transforming the company to be a focused technology solutions provider for Wall Street firms. In 2003 Venkat assumed position as CEO of the company where he manages the company's strategy, vision and growth delivering innovative solutions and fostering strong client relations. Venkat has over 15 years of hands- on experience in building scalable and mission-critical systems in the financial industry. He has in-depth knowledge of the synergistic link between capital markets and technology be it in front, middle or back office systems. At Merrill Lynch, he worked for the Global Debt Analytics Services Department, playing an instrumental role in developing several trading systems using component and middleware technologies. Later sold to Kanbay, Accurum will be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kanbay. 38) Suresh Mandava - Chief Technical Officer&co-founder, VistaWiz. : Suresh joined VistaWiz from DataReturn where he was the chief IBM technologist responsible for large scale website deployments. He has over 14 years of experience as an Infrastructure architect in operating large data center environments from conception to production. In his role as lead web solution strategist at IBM, Suresh implemented Web-sphere for IBM's primary support website and helped build content management tools and data mining systems involving over two million documents using various technologies. Prior to this, Suresh was with Satyam Computer's India where he was manager of technical services for Satyam's state-of-the-art offshore development technology center. 39) Mr. Venkat R. Mandava was Chief Technology Officer, Acumation Inc : Mr. Mandava was Director of Software Engineering for E*Trade Group, where he was in charge of product architecture and software development for the international business. Before that, he was a senior project manager for Infinity (a Sungard company), an associate director of fixed-income trading for Barclays Capital, and vice president of fixed-income for Credit Suisse First Boston, where he was responsible for quantitative research and software development. He was also involved in trading application development at Salomon Brothers. Mr. Mandava holds a PhD and masters in computer science from Vanderbilt University, an MTech in computer science from Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, and a BTech (with honors) in mechanical engineering from BITS, Pilani, India. 40) Arjun Valluri : Arjun has more than 16 years of experience in Information Technology Services. Arjun served as the Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Intelligroup, Inc, Through the years, Arjun had received various awards such as: New Jersey Fast 50 Awards in the years 1995, 1996, 1997 New Jersey Fast 500 Award in 1999 New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in the years 1995, 1996, 1997 New Jersey Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001 Var Business 500 Awards in 2000, 2001, 2002, USA Recipient of Ronald Reagan Technology Award from the World Business Forum, 2004 41) Raj Talluri : Raj Talluri, CEO of Texas Instruments' digital still camera business unit, Dr Raj Talluri, Manager, Worldwide business imaging unit. Prior to this role Raj was the Chief Technology Officer of the Digital Still Camera Business Unit. He was also the R&D manger for the image and video technology in Texas Instruments' DSP Solutions R & D Center. Raj received his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He has been with Texas Instruments since then. Raj has extensive experience in image and video processing, semiconductor product engineering, marketing, and international business management having worked in various positions in TI. 42) Vijay Gummadi : Vijay Gummadi is currently the Vice President, Product Development at Campfire Interactive, Inc, a technology company in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Mr. Gummadi serves as an Invited Expert to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative and the Object Management Group's (OMG) Manufacturing Domain Task Force. He has a Master's degree in Manufacturing Engineering and Information Systems from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mysore, India. http://www.cfi2.com/ 43) Rao Cherukuri : Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Phoenix Technologies Rao Cherukuri is currently VP Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Phoenix. Prior to joining Phoenix Rao was a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Rao co-founded three companies and held responsibilities in many different executive roles as CEO, CTO. Prior to joining Phoenix, Rao was Co-founder/Chairman/CTO at Euclid, Rao is responsible for the architecture and delivery of Euclid’s hosted services based on the industry leading BizSmart IT Management Suite. His distinguished track record with other successful startups includes co-founding Flow Wise Networks which was later acquired by Network Equipment Technologies, co-founding Ramp Networks which went public and was later acquired by Nokia. 44) Dinakar Nagalla : Dinakara Nagalla joins Sinex (later name changed to Empowermx) following a successful 12 year career in information technology management in the transportation industry. Nagalla has most recently served as an independent consultant to a variety of airline industry entities including American Airlines and other major airlines in the areas of product and process development. Prior to that he was the Lead Technologist/Chief Architect for EDS Industry’s Airline Solutions subsidiary. Mr. Nagalla has a highly-developed and highly-respected expertise in information-based subject matters for airlines including Enterprise Work Flow, Maintenance Document Authoring/Tracking, Maintenance Planning, Configuration Management, Line Maintenance, Production Control and Non-Routine Management. As a consultant to Sinex prior to accepting the Vice President of Technology post, Mr. Nagalla led the further development of its product architecture and content management systems while at the same time participating in several industry efforts to standardize Java related specifications. He also worked as a Research Engineer in India Institute of Technology Bombay, India at the start of his career. http://www.empowermx.com/ 45) Ajay Gummadi, Vice President - Network Automation Products, Opsware Inc. : 46) Ravi Nannapaneni, Manager - Strategic Programs, Intel Corporation : Ravi Nannapaneni joined Intel in September 1991 and since has held various strategic and software development positions within different Intel organizations. In early to mid 1990s, Ravi introduced Information Systems Messaging Technology to enable the first mega fabrication process technology at Intel component manufacturing factories. In 1997, as the IT Engineering Manager of Intel's first manufacturing site in China, enabled low-cost manufacturing initiative to comply with United States Government controlled country guidelines. Two years later, he spearheaded concept and managed strategy program for delivery of innovative information systems to analyze worldwide manufacturing operational performance. During 2000, as Director NET Solutions, his team was involved in marketing and application of experience and capabilities developed internally to external business opportunities in support of Intel New Business Group strategy to leverage Intel operational methods. http://www.empowermx.com/ 47) Dr. Venkat Rayapati - Lucent Technologies Director of Product Development for Broadband Access. : 48) Suresh Chitturui : Suresh Chitturi is a senior research engineer and project manager at Nokia Research Center. His involvement with the JCP started mid-2003 when he became an active member of the Expert Group for JSR 226, Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME. He was also the editor of JSR 226 specification and played an important role in synchronizing Mobile SVG specification between JCP and W3C. Suresh is now the Spec Lead of JSR 226, which includes the responsibility of leading the diverse Expert Group, developing the Reference Implementation (RI) and Test Compatibility Kit (TCK), and possible future work with respect to J2ME and SVG mobile technologies. 49) Dr. Ramarao Kanneganti : Ramarao Kanneganti, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Savera. Prior to founding Savera, Dr. Kanneganti was a member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs. At Bell Labs, he spent several years working on billing systems, real-time databases and on-line organization of data. Dr. Kanneganti eceived a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University, Houston, Texas in 1995. 50) Sudheer Sajja, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, OHM LLC : Sudheer Sajja is a founding stockholder of the Company and serves as our Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He has over 6 years of experience in the field of Information Technology and is considered an expert in e-Commerce and EDI systems. Prior to founding OHM,LLC Sudheer was President / CEO of Pringle Technologies Inc., also had worked as a Sr. Systems Analyst with Factor 360 Inc. There he had worked with several e-Commerce systems for various clientele of the frim. He had lead teams in implemeting the e-Commerce Solutions and streamlined several functions of the organization. Sudheer is one of the core designer, developer and implementor of OHMSTM. Sudheer holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from Dakota State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras in India. Sudheer is a member of the Project Management Institute and a Silver medallist in the Duke of Edinburgh award. 51) Ramu Sunkara: Ex.Head Oracle’s Real-Time Collaboration and Communication products : Ramu is now working on a on-demand service to launch new services that are feasible with the world-wide deployment of broadband (wired and wireless) infrastructure. During the past 18+ years in the software industry, Ramu Sunkara has played a key role and has consistently developed highly innovative and pioneering solutions at the intersection of leading-edge technology and business value. Starting as a lead architect at Digital to pioneer SQL access to non-relational data and later 64 bit Relational Database Management System using its Alpha chip,During 1999 -2001, Ramu spearheaded Oracle’s initiative into CRM business suite to establish pioneering Web browser front-ends instead of thick clients for enterprise applications. Using JAVA-based architecture on the back-end and browser front-ends, he successfully launched a new CRM platform to build 60+ applications, which is part of Oracle Business Applications, used by over 40,000 enterprises in 2001. In 2001, Ramu started Oracle’s Real-Time Collaboration and Communication products that have resulted in Oracle's entry into integrated platform for Presence, Instant Messaging, VoIP, Web conferencing, and Mobile Push Mail products. Now organized as a division within Oracle Collaboration Suite, over 2,600 clients are currently using its real-time collaboration technologies worldwide. He has authored 16 U.S. patents on software architecture and has delivered many keynotes & talks at conferences around the world. Ramu has a B. Tech. from IIT-Madras, an M. S. in Computer Science from University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from Boston University. 52) Shankar Vemulapalli : Shankar Vemulapalli is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. He is a member of Central Engineering, within Advanced Services. In his current role, he specializes in design and implementation of new enhancements to routing protocols (BGP/OSPF/ISIS) and MPLS-VPNs, in service provider and enterprise customer networks. Shankar is also a frequent contributor at networking technical forums. 53) Shriram Velaga: Director, Product Management, Cisco Systems : 54) Suresh Chitturi : Suresh Chitturi is a senior research engineer and project manager at Nokia Research Center. His involvement with the JCP started mid-2003 when he became an active member of the Expert Group for JSR 226, Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME. He was also the editor of JSR 226 specification and played an important role in synchronizing Mobile SVG specification between JCP and W3C. Suresh is now the Spec Lead of JSR 226, which includes the responsibility of leading the diverse Expert Group, developing the Reference Implementation (RI) and Test Compatibility Kit (TCK), and possible future work with respect to J2ME and SVG mobile technologies. For the past few years at Nokia, Suresh has focused on developing mobile vector graphics technologies and solutions, particularly SVG. Suresh also represents Nokia in several high profile mobile Standards Organizations (SDO) such as W3C, 3GPP, and OMA.