Adjunct Faculty

Prof. M.Jayananda has unique blende of expertise across several disciplines of geosciences including tectonic fabric analysis, petrology, solid earth geochemistry and radiogenic isotopes. He has focused multidisciplinary research on early Earth dynamics, origin of habitable continents, shift from anoxic to oxygenation of Archean ocean, Cenozoic surface dynamics, landscape evolution and topographic build-up in Western Ghats. Recently he has initiated a new study on Trans-Himalaya addressing the magmatism, tectonics, environmental crisis across Permo-Triassic boundary. For the past four decades he has worked in Universities in India (Bangalore University, Delhi University and Hyderabad Central University) and France (Universite de Rennes I) contributing to research, teaching, mentoring PhD, post-docs, outreach, and public engagement. He has also contributed to the global science community as Editor-in-Chief of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) flagship journal ’Episodes’ 2009-2013, Editor-in-Chief of the Himalayan Geology (2017-), Associate Editor of Journal of Earth System Science (2013-2016), Regional Editor of Gondwana Research (2004-2007), Editorial board member Journal of Geological Society of India (2009-2018), Precambrian Research (2020-) and Jour Asian Earth Sciences (2008-).  He has participated in IUGS programs (IGCP projects), participating in National Committees, outreach activities by delivering lectures at different Universities and as a mentor at Government of India flagship science program of Inspire Camps for high school students. In view of these contributions to research, academics, mentoring of students, capacity building and promotion of science through editing/reviewing, he has been conferred several National Awards, elected to the Fellowship of all the three National Science Academies of India and J.C. Bose National Fellowship.

Currently working as Associate Professor at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bangalore. Dr. Vishnuprasad is a post graduate in biotechnology and obtained his PhD for the work on identification of modulators of GLUT4 translocation from medicinal plants. He has more than 15 years of research and teaching experience in different universities in India and abroad. He is currently involved in trans-disciplinary research in the area of Ayurveda Biology where the concepts of Ayurveda and modern biology are integrated to deepen the systems level understanding of biological changes in glucose and lipid metabolism related diseases like diabetes, obesity, NAFLD etc. He has several peer reviewed research publications, conference papers and book chapters to his credit. He is guiding PhD and M.Sc students at TDU. He has conceptualized and introduced an innovative transdisciplinary post graduate program, M.Sc Life Sciences (Ayurveda Biology), at TDU and currently he is one of the coordinators of this program.

Mr. Anil Kumar completed a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Nuclear Physics from University of Delhi, India.

He started his career as an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the year 1986. During 34 years of his distinguished services, he extensively dealt with issues relating to security of vital installations and important persons as well as issues relating to terrorism and anti-corruption. He superannuated from Government Service from the rank of Director General in 2020.

During his service, he also got an opportunity to work with Department of Atomic Energy as Inspector General (Security), Mumbai, from 2011 to 2016, where he supervised and advised on the physical security of installations of the Department of Atomic Energy, GOI. He participated in various training courses on Nuclear Security conducted by IAEA and GCNEP. He made significant contributions to the revision of the Physical Security Manual of DAE installations and various SOPs. During his tenure, he coordinated meetings of various inter-ministerial committees on security matters of Atomic Energy establishments in India. He also participated in various mock exercises on Nuclear Safety & Security.

Navneet Bhushan founded CRAFITTI (www.crafitti.com) in 2008, an innovation consulting firm, incubated at IIM Bangalore. He started as a Scientist at DRDO (ISSA) (1990-2000). His corporate stints (2000-2008) include Infosys, Philips, Wipro, and Hexaware besides serving as India CEO of CREAX. He is visiting faculty for warfare simulations and strategies for M. Tech. (Defence Technology) and for strategic design management at the National Institute of Design. Amity Institute of Defence Technology awarded him Honorary Professor title in 2022. He is a Member of the Board of School of National Security Studies, Central University Gujarat.

Navneet is the principal author of Strategic Decision Making – Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process which is featured at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge for Business Leaders and has 1460+ google scholar citations. Navneet developed “Inventive Energy” as the new patent trends metric on which two books have been published.  His book on innovation and entrepreneurship - “Bhelpuri Thoughts” was published in 2022.

Navneet is an associate editor of International Journal of AHP and regularly writes on defence at http://www.indiandefencereview.com/author/navneetbhushan/. MTech in Computer Science and Engineering (IIT Madras), an M.Sc. in Software Science (Allahabad University), and a B.Sc. in Physics (Hons.) (Delhi University), Navneet holds diplomas in IPR (NLSIU, Bangalore) and Patent Information (The Netherlands).

Dr. G. Athithan received his B.E. (Hons) in Electronics and Communications from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nādu in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1997. After a stint of seven years in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1988. His work in DAE was on computer graphics, computer-aided design, and modelling of quasicrystal structures. Later, in DRDO, he contributed to the development of parallel computing, scientific data visualisation, and information security solutions. He was a ‘Distinguished Scientist’ and a Director General of DRDO at the time of retirement in 2018. Post retirement, from August 2019 to August 2023, he was with the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bengaluru as a DRDO Chair. His research interests are artificial intelligence, data mining, and cyber security. He has co-authored two books, one on outlier detection during 2019 and another on cyber security during 2022. He has published around twenty-nine papers in archived journals and around thirty papers in conference proceedings. From March 2024, he is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Studies as an Adjunct Professor.

Dr Nishchal Nath Pandey is the Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies(CSAS), a premier think tank of Nepal. Previously, he has served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Pandey was also an International Research committee member of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo. Pandey also teaches at the department of conflict, peace and development studies under the Tribhuvan University.

Dr. Harikrishnan N B currently holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus. His primary areas of interest revolve around data-driven learning, encompassing machine learning, brain-inspired learning, and causal machine learning. With a profound passion for teaching and research, he consistently dedicates himself to advancing knowledge in his field. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Harikrishnan N B also finds interest in Indian philosophy, reflecting a well-rounded approach to intellectual exploration.

Dr. D.N. GUPTA holds engineering degree from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi. In his Ph.D. program, he applied System Dynamics Modelling to determine policies in the Renewable Energy sector. He held various positions in the government, and contributed to policymaking and program implementation for sectors, such as education, public services, urban infrastructure, e-governance, and renewable energy. Steered implementation of a project for sustainable development, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and designed a monitoring system for implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). He has undertaken research projects supported by UNDP and UNICEF.

Doing policy research on Framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), covering issues of Institutional Development, Policy System, and Community Capability Management. His areas of specialization include Policy Research; Complexity Theory for Public Policy, Economy, and Business; System Approach and System Dynamics; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Development; Quality in Public Service Delivery; Institution Building; Policy Design; Behavioral Approach in Public Policy; Innovative approaches in Public Governance; Strategy for Advanced Technologies and Manufacturing; AI in Government; Economic Growth: how Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy & Governance shape economy.

Research themes: Complexity Theory, Public Policy, Institutional Development, and Framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).