Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman-Bhandary Foundation visited BITS Pilani, Goa and had an interaction with Dr. G Raghurama, Director- BITS Pilani, Goa on 5th Oct’19.
Prof. Raghurama joined BITS, Pilani in 1987. He obtained his M.Sc. from IIT Madras, and his Ph.D in Physics from IISc Bangalore.
His achievements are:
• Received Research grant from Nokia in 2000, the Faculty Champion Award from Microsoft in 2007, and has been recognized and felicitated by SkillTree Knowledge Consortium with the title ‘SkillTree Education Evangelist of India 2014’
• Member of the Technical Advisory Board of Cradle Technologies, Pune in its initial years.
• Between 2010 and 2012, Prof. Raghurama also led the redesign and rollout of an improved Performance Appraisal System.
• During his Directorship of the Pilani Campus, he successfully led the Vision 2020-Mission 2012 Project, provided leadership to Project Parivartan from concept through completion of major milestones: the signature and iconic NAB (New Academic Building), the New Faculty Housing Complex, the New Student Housing Complex, and the Renovation and Augmentation of Ram Bhawan.
• Prior to his appointment as Director of the Pilani Campus, he was Deputy Director (Academic). He has served as Dean of Admissions and Dean of Faculty Division-II. As Dean (Admissions) he led the team in the design and implementation of the pioneering computer based online test BITSAT, which till today remains a benchmark for standardized, fully computerized admission tests in India.
His origin is from Dakshina Kannada, a place named Panaje in Puttur. During interaction, Dr. Raghuram appreciated the student-centric initiatives of Sahyadri and assured his cooperation and guidance for the overall development of the Institute. He also assured to visit Sahyadri and interact with Students & faculty.