Former Executive Secretary and Chief Scientific Officer at Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology. Joined the Council in 1985 as Project Engineer and has a postgraduate degree in Civil (structures) Engineering from Bangalore University. Area of Specialization: Science Technology Innovation (STI) ecosystem for sustainable livelihoods, Geospatial Technologies, Monitoring evaluation learning and documentation of watersheds and management, IPR and Innovation, E-governance, Alternate Building Technologies, fortified food products. Investigated more than 30 translational research projects and instrumental in converting many ideas to real products and services. Fortified food startup. Research papers/articles/books on Natural Resources Management, S&T mapping, and policy framework, IPR, Non-organic solid wastes, Web Geoportal, Minor Irrigation tanks, use of GIS & RS for informed decision-making. Member of a several Expert/Technical Committees including the committee of Department of Science and Technology – Government of India, National Biodiversity Authority, Department of Bio-technology, Kerala/Jammu & Kashmir/Odisha/Haryana Government Spatial Data Infrastructure, BBMP, BDA, Ministry of Human Resource Development, (MHRD), UAS – Bangalore, Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ACIWRM), ATREE, Karnataka Watershed Development Department, National Data Registry, BIS, KSBDB, NDR, KIRAN-IPR etc. Organised/coordinated several International/National workshops/events. He has visited several countries including Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Muscat, Hongkong, Singapore on study tour; as a member of technical group and to train senior level officials. Received Geospatial Excellence Award in the year 2014 by India Geospatial Forum for Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSSDI) project. He has also received Special Citation Award 2022 under Special citation for Patent Information Centre (PIC)” at National IP Awards 2022 held at New Delhi from the hon minister Sri Piyush Goyal. Experienced Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the government. Skilled in Science, Alternate building technologies, Statistics, Research, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Strong research professional with a Master of Engineering (MEng) focused in Research, development, dissemination and demonstration of innovative technologies.