Valli ManickamValli Manickam, is Professor and Area Chairperson, Environment Area, CEEUGID, and Centre Director, Centre for Information Technology, ASCI is also currently Dean of Training Programmes. She has a Ph.D in Environment and Masters in both Computer Appliations and Sciences, with over two decades of research and teaching experience in the field of Environmental Science and Technology at JNTU Hyderabad prior to joining ASCI.She has worked in the area of climate change, developed a decision support system for storage and retrieval of geospatial data to help decision makers for the seven agro climatic regions in Andhra Pradesh. She has also been working on open data policy for the various state governments and government of India and is currently working on National Geospatial Policy for DST. She has conducted training programs in ASCI for IFS officers in the area of Natural Resource Management, Environmental Indicators and Environmental Economics, Climate change for forestry sector, besides organizing four International conferences and seven workshops.She has co-authored six books in the field of environment on Environmental Management Science and Engineering for Industry, Environmental Impact Assessment, Analytical Chemistry, C for Environmental Engineers, Climate Change and Weather Modification Technologies and Environmental Management - A primer. She has published around 32 papers in peer reviewed journals and also presented papers in various international conferences and workshops. She was awarded Associate Fellow of the AP Academy of Sciences in 2010 and Fellow APAS in 2015 for her contribution to the field of Environmental Engineering and Technology. She is also currently the associate editor for the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, by Taylor and Francis group. She is presently executing projects sponsored by MHRD, MoEFCC, DST and other state governments like AP Biodiversity Authority and NCSCM, Chennai to name a few. Read More Read Less