Dr. Anumakonda Jagadeesh obtained his Bachelors and Masters
degrees in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh,
India, and his Doctorate degree in Wind Energy from the prestigious University
of Roorkee {now the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)}. He has been
involved in teaching and research for the last 30 years. He founded
"Society of Science for the People" in 1973, an NGO which has been
acting to formulate innovative science and technology programs and projects.
Dr. Jagadeesh widely interacted with several global and national organizations
in Science and Technology projects; his programs attracted worldwide attention,
especially in Appropriate Technology, Afforestation, Renewable Energy, Environment,
etc. Dr. Jagadeesh also founded "Nayudamma Centre for Development Alternatives"
in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1994 which has been acting as a think tank
in promoting Energy, Environment, and Appropriate Technology programs and
projects. He has been Resource person to several organizations connected with Sustainable
Development in India and abroad. Dr. Jagadeesh has traveled to over 30 countries
and worked in Italy, Denmark, Sultanate of Oman, etc. He has held many important
positions such as Director, Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre, Chennai, India;
Vice President, Subhash Projects and Marketing Ltd, Bangalore, India; Director,
Infrastructure Consulting and Engineers Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore; and currently
Professor and Head, Centre for Energy and Sustainable Resources, R.M.K.
Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr.Jagadeesh is also Vice Chancellor (Scientific Communications),Australian
Institute of High Energetic materials, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Jagadeesh's
pioneering work won him several international and national awards including the
prestigious "Margaret Noble Foundation, Seattle" Award for Research
in Energy. He has membership in several international and government bodies in
India. It is rarely one finds an Innovator, social scientist and crusader for
the promotion of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, all
blended into one.
Dr. Anumakonda Jagadeesh is also a member of several Important International and National Committees:
- Network for Science and Technology for Sustainability, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC,USA.
- Served
as Member, Media Lab Asia Programme, MIT, USA.
- Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
- World Federation of Engineering Organization Energy Standing Committee Wind Task Force, Brazil.
- Member, working groups of the UN Foundation for Sustainable Energy for All, which is based in Washington DC .The groups relate to supply chains & Entrepreneurship and energy & agriculture.
- Served in 12 Committees of DNES (Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources), Government of India.
- Member Editorial Review Board of Science of International Journal of Green Economics and Production (IJGEP) of Target Journal (ISSN 1929-2813)