The People Behind AmritaKripa
Meet the Team
Our leadership and technical core combine deep academic rigour with operational execution to deliver life-saving, compassion-driven hazard intelligence.
11+
Years of field-deployed research
7
Core team members across research, engineering & deployment
Multi-domain
AI, IoT, geophysics, software & community science
Leadership
Our Principal Investigator
Leadership
Prof. Maneesha V Ramesh
Pro Vice Chancellor
Dean, School for Sustainable Futures | Dean, International Programs
| UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development
Expertise: Natural hazards (landslides, droughts, avalanches, floods); compassion-driven research for sustainable societies; collaborative, context-aware disaster response and recovery; mobile computing and wireless technologies; wireless sensor network algorithms for real-time monitoring of natural disasters.
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Core Team
A multidisciplinary team spanning AI research, geophysical sensor deployment, early warning systems, and software engineering — united by a single mission.
Dr. Hari Chandana Ekkirala
Assistant Professor
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA)
Integrated, Dynamic Modelling for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment.
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Dr. Hemalatha T.
Assistant Professor
Center for Wireless Networks & Applications (AmritaWNA)
AI for Disasters, Decision Making, Early Warning of Natural Hazards (especially
Landslides), and Forecasting.
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Mr. Nitin Kumar M
Scientific Officer-II
Disaster Risk Reduction, AmritaWNA
Deployment of Deep Earth Probes consisting of an array of various geophysical
sensors for landslide detection.
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Mr. Ramesh Guntha
Project Manager, Software Development
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA)
Computer Applications & Disaster Warning Systems.
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Mr. Balmukund Singh
Research Associate
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA)
Landslide & Early Warning Systems.
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Ms. Amrita Jayakumar
Senior Software Engineer
Amrita School for Sustainable Futures, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Senior Software Engineering and Systems Architecture for Sustainable Futures.
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