Dr. K R Murali Mohan

Dr. K R Murali Mohan, Ph D in Computer Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Delhi University and an Alumni of S V University, Tirupati. He also attended Science, Technology, Innovation and Policy (STIP) program at Kennedy School of Govt, Harvard University, Boston, USA. He is also attended UNESCAP Thailand training on EDIFACT & E-Commerce. He served DST from 1998 to June 2023. 

He was a Mission Director, National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and Scientist-G and Head, Frontier & Futuristic Technology Division. He has developed several new R&D networks-based cluster initiatives. His multidisciplinary academic background coupled with multi-institutional scientific exposure spanning over 37 years provides him an edge in identifying and in conceptualizing niche scientific areas of research. He worked on development of National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA) mission documents, country strategy in the form of Detailed Project Report (DPR) and processed for Govt approvals. 

The programs he developed synergize the core concepts of Big Data, Geo-Sciences, Information & Communication Technologies (GeoICT) and bring in the fundamental and applied aspect of this emerging spectrum of science. Identification of a burning national issues and scientific challenges which requires SxT interventions, development of scientific framework, institutional network/ arrangements, expertise driven holistic experimentation and core capacity building/ Critical mass creation, is the generic model followed in all his endeavors.