User:Pkshetty

Dr. P.K.Shetty is currently Professor and Dean at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. He is a committed educationist and policy analyst and his professional areas of interest are Biosecurity & Agro-ecology, Energy and Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship and Science and Technology Policy Studies. He has co-edited three books, contributed to numerous book chapters and published several peer reviewed research papers, reports and articles. He has successfully completed 10 research projects of societal significance both at regional and national levels.

Dr. Shetty is on many committees and editorial boards of both scientific and government concerns. He has conducted several discussion meetings, seminars and conferences of national interest and also associated with various science education and environmental awareness programmes in India. Dr. Shetty has worked with many government and non-governmental organizations in the areas of education, environment and society. He has delivered many radio talks and is also a popular science writer with several science publications in English and Kannada. Dr.Shetty has visited a number of countries as part of his professional work and is a frequently invited speaker at various professional forums in India and abroad. He was Vice-President of the Society of Pesticide Science, India. He is also a recipient of several prestigious awards including Karnataka State Rajyotsava Award (2007).

Dr. Shetty is also an Independent Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited(A Government of India Enterprise)and the Director of the Advanced Research Institute, Bangalore. Earlier, he was the Head of the Environmental Studies Unit and served as Dean (Administration) at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.