Biography Dr. M. Chandrasekhar has 21 years of Defense Industrial R&D experience and 11 years of Engineering Teaching experience. He worked as a Senior Manager (R&D) in Missile Technology at Bharat Dynamics, Hyderabad, Ministry of Defense, Government of India.

He is known for his contributions to Embedded Test Systems Deployment and has received two national awards for excellence in 2005 and 2007.

Dr. M. Chandrasekhar graduated from Osmania University in 1986 with an M.Sc. (Tech.) in Applied Electronics. He obtained an M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1994 and a Doctorate in "VLSI Embedded Systems" from SKU Acanthus in 2009.

He worked as a scientist at the Plasma Research Institute (IPR) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) before joining the University of Hyderabad as a faculty member. He played a key role in establishing the M.Sc. Electronics program and developed advanced Microprocessors and Applied Lasers labs for the postgraduate program.

Dr. M. Chandrasekhar joined BDL R&D unit and established advanced Embedded Systems research groups. He contributed to the formulation of sub-systems using innovative approaches and developed cost-effective Realtime Hardware In Loop Simulators (HILS). As a Senior Manager, he led quality control for Agni-3 and Agni-5 missile programs, optimizing testing procedures and achieving self-sufficiency in electrical assembly.

Dr. M. Chandrasekhar is a distinguished member of the Board of Governors at JNTU Hyderabad. He is a Fellow of the Instrument Society of India and Sensors Research Society (DRDO). With over 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and R&D management, he has published around 45 research papers and received "Best Paper Awards" for his work in Speech Recognition and Embedded Systems. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and session chairperson at prestigious national and international events, and actively contributes as a member and research supervisor in various universities.