Education

         Qualification             Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
         Duration                  2004 - 2007
         University                 University of Trento, Trento, Italy  &
                                         European University Association
         Thesis Proposed       Service Licensing
         Supervised By          Prof. Vincenzo D'Andrea 

         Qualification            International Master in Information Technology (M.S.)               Subject                   Information Technology
         Duration                 2003- 2004
         University                Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
         Marks  obtained      77% 

         Qualification            Master of Science (M.Sc.)
         Subject                   Computer Science
         Duration                 1997- 1999
         University                Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
         Marks  obtained      86% (First Rank Holder)

         Qualification            Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
         Subject                   Computer Science
         Duration                 1994- 1997
         University                Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
         Marks  obtained      84%

 Academic Achievements

• National Merit Scholarship Winner in SSC
• First Rank Holder in M.Sc., Computer Science
• Full scholarship holder for studying International Masters in IT (2003-2004) sponsored by Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  and Italian Ministry of Education & Research
• Ph.D. Fellowship (2004-2007)  from University of Trento, Trento, Italy  

Areas of Research Interests 

• Service Oriented Computing (SOC)
• Internet Software Engineering & Web 2.0
• Free / Open Source Systems (FOSS)
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• Business Models for Software and Services

Professional Experience

• 4 years programming experience (2 years Team Lead experience)
• Analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging experience
• Database modelling and design experience
• Experience with eXtreme Programming  & Agile methodologies 
• Client consulting experience / Training new team members
• Familiarity with CMM and Agile Project Methodologies

Research Activities

• Co-chair of ODRL-S Working Group (http://www.odrl.net/Profiles/Services)
• Visiting Research Scholar in Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria (July –  September 2007)  (invited by Prof. Schahram Dustdar)
• Visiting Research Scholar in Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (March – June 2007) (invited by Prof. Michael Weiss)
• PC Member of the Workshop on Integration of Open Source Components into Large
  Software Systems (co-located with OOPSLA 2007)
• PC Member of the Workshop on Open Source Best Practices (WOSBP) (co-located     with the Montreal Conference on e-Technologies 2008)
• PC Chair /Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on Enabling Service Business Ecosystems (ESBE’08) (Co-located with International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC) 2008) Sydney, Australia
• PC Member of the International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW 2009)
• PC Member of the Second International Workshop on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRCIS 2009)
  
• Reviewer for HICSS 2009, ICSOC 2008, ICSOC 2007, ICSOC 2006, CooPIS 2006, ICSOC 2005, HICSS 2005
• Associate Editor of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2009)
• Editorial Review Board Member of International Journal of Organizational and Collective  Intelligence (IJOCI), IGI Global, USA
  Member of IEEE
  

Certifications/Awards

• Certified from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for General Course on Intellectual Property (DL-101), 2005 
• First prize Winner in State level Elocution competition by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India
• Third prize Winner in National level Elocution competition by Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachaar Sabha, India
• First prize Winner in District level quiz competition by Vivekanandha Kendra, India

Summer Schools Attended

• Participant in the WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property (2006), World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Participant in the International School on Software Engineering (2005), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy 

Co-curricular Activities

• National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteer (1994-1996)
• Group Leader & volunteer in Students Training and Association for Neighbourhood Development (STAND) (1995-1996)
• General Secretary of Computer Science Association (1996 – 1997), St. Xavier's College, Tirunelveli, India
  

Software Exposure 

      Languages                     ASP, XML, Java, Visual Basic, C, C++
      Platforms                       Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux 
      Database Systems          Oracle 8i, SQL Server 6.5/7/2000, MS Access 

 References

Prof. Vincenzo D'Andrea       Prof. Michael Weiss              Prof. Schahram Dustdar
Department of ICT,                 School of Computer Science,    Information Systems Institute,
University of Trento,                Carleton University,                 Vienna University of Technology,
Via Sommarive, 14,                  1125 Colonel By Drive,            Argentinierstrasse 8/184-1,
Povo, Trento, 38100 Italy        Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada        1040 Vienna, Austria