Pradeep Shankar is the Editor-in-Chief of SiliconIndia, a14-year old media firm that publishes two technology & business magazines—one in the U.S and the other in India. Over the last one decade, he has been instrumental in steering content for SiliconIndia.com, which has today emerged as the most trusted source for news and information for professionals. The portal has a global ranking of No.4 in the IT News & Media category. In addition to the online content & magazines, he steers over 100+ professional conferences across India.
Previously, he was the Editor of the SmartTechie, a monthly magazine for Indian IT professionals. By capturing insights from the experiences of senior technology professionals and experts from across the globe, the SmartTechie way help several IT professionals across India shape their careers. Prior to that, while working in the U.S., he launched IndiaLiving, a lifestyle magazine for the Indian American community.
He regularly interacts with corporate executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, analysts --- both in India and the U.S., which makes him look at developments in Indian industry from a global perspective.
He has immense passion to contribute to India getting smarter by being instrumental in providing content and events, which brings out best of Indian professionals.
Dr. S. Muralidhara has over 24 years of experience in the field of teaching and consultancy. A PhD. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, he is involved in R&D works for the past 8 years and has contributed towards several international journals.
Dr. Muralidhara has also been a part of several national and international conferences relating to his field. He is also a Member, Board of Studies of BMSCE, Autonomous scheme and a life member of Indian Society of Technical Education and Indian Concrete Institute. Dr. Muralidhara has research interest on the field of fracture properties of concrete, acoustic emission techniques in the evaluation of Fracture process on concrete, health monitoring using acoustic emission technique and several others.