Prof. Dr. Sivaram Venkataramegowda, Professor and Principal Investigator, Department of Botany, Bangalore University and Former Registrar (Academic Administration), Bangalore City University during 2019-2020. He had been the Team Leader Consultant/Expert in Apiary Management of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN to develop Apiculture in Iraq in 2002. Dr Sivaram has been active in Teaching and Research in Botany for more than 29 years.
Prof Sivaram has visited several universities and institutions both in India and abroad. He was awarded the prestigious ‘Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship’ by the United States-India Educational Foundation to undertake research at the University of Montana, USA during 2010-2011. He was invited to deliver a lecture by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bhutan, Thimphu; Brownbag was invited to lecture at the University of Montana, Missoula, and Montana Beekeepers Convention at Kalispel, USA. He has served as a state-level nodal officer for the development of apiculture in Karnataka under the Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane. He was a grant reviewer for the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and a Research and Innovation reviewer for the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa. He has chaired several scientific sessions of conferences and workshops. Prof Sivaram has organized more than 30 International conferences in India, Mauritius, Bhutan, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Latvia. He is the Vice-President of the International Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relationships (ICPPR) at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Dr Sivaram has successfully completed major research projects funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of India; Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Government of India. Dr Sivaram was the Co-principal Investigator of the Obama-Singh project between Bangalore University and the University of Montana. Also, he was Co-PI of the National Science Foundation (USA) project on International Research experiences for undergraduates from Indigenous America to Indigenous India. He has supervised and guided postgraduate students and Ph.D scholars.
Dr Sivaram has been awarded Anak Sarawak Outstanding Achievement Award (cash prize of MYR 20000 and citation) presented by the Governor of Sarawak, Malaysia. He has visited countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, South Africa, Mauritius, Italy, Jordan, Iraq, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Turkey, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Austria, Germany and USA.
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