Dr. T.V. Ramachandra obtained his Ph.D. in Ecology and Energy from Indian Institute of Science. At present, he is working as Coordinator of Energy and Wetlands Research Group (EWRG), Convener of Environmental Information System (ENVIS) at Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES). During the past twenty years he has established an active school of research in the area of energy and environment. He is a member of Karnataka State Audit Advisory Committee (2014-16) and member of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Technical committee (Biodiversity). He was a member of Karnataka State level Environment Expert Appraisal Committee (2007-2010), appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and a member of Western Ghats task force appointed by the Government of Karnataka. He is a recipient of Energy Legend (2011, 2014), Energy Engineer (international, 2009) of Association of Energy Engineers (USA), Johny Biosphere Award for Ecology and Environment (2004), Satish Dhawan Young Scientist Award, 2007 of Karnataka State Government, Best ENVIS Award (2004, 2014-15), The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India. He is an Elected Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK; 2005), Indian Association of Hydrologists (India; 2006), Institution of Engineers (IE, India; 2003), and a Senior Member, IEEE (USA; 2000) and Association of Energy Engineers (USA; 2000), National Institute of Ecology (2011). Dr. Ramachandra’s research interests are in the area of Aquatic Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecological Modeling, Western Ghats Ecology, Energy Systems, Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Planning, Geo-Informatics, Environmental Engineering Education Research and Curriculum Development at the Tertiary Level. He has published over 238 research papers in reputed peer reviewed international and national journals, 49 book chapters, 222 papers in the international and national symposiums as well as 15 books. In addition, he has delivered a number of plenary lectures at national and international conferences. He has guided 98 students for Master’s dissertation and eight students for Doctoral degrees. Dr. Ramachandra has travelled widely across the country for field research and also for delivering lectures at Schools and Colleges. He has taken initiatives through biennial symposium (popular as Lake Series), training programs and workshops for capacity building at various levels. Next event, Lake 2016 - Tenth biennial lake symposium is scheduled during 28-30 Dec 2016 at Mudbidri, Karnataka. He is member of several professional societies such as The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, The Association of Energy Engineers, Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers, life member of Indian Society for Technical Education, The Energy Research institute Information System, The Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists and many others.