Personal Profile

Committee Membership 

Member, Information Technology Center Planning Committee

Member, University Committee on Continuing Education (Academic years 2001-2002 & 2000-2001)

Member, University Committee on Item Banking System (Academic years 2002-2003 & 2001-2002)

Member, Publications Committee, Sixth Saudi National Engineering Conference (2003)

Member, Annual Computer Exhibition at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Member, International Book Exhibition at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (2002) – designed and prepared an Exhibition CD with a CD-based Web Server (Dynamic-CD).

Member, Saudi Computer Society, 1988-2001

Member/Chair, University Receiving Committees for IT bids/projects

Seminars and Lectures

·          Delivered technology review lectures on such topics as Mobile Databases, Distributed and Parallel Databases, Compact Disc Technologies for Libraries etc. at various conferences/institutions in the last fifteen years including the latest on Data Engineering at an IEEE sponsored The First GCC Industrial Electrical Electronics Conference held on 13 - 14 May 2003 at the Gulf International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Manama, Bahrain.

·          User Seminars at ITC on Microsoft Front Page, Access and PowerPoint in for university end-users from 951 through to 992

·          Seminar titled ‘Information Technology and the Internet’ at Chartered Accountants Association in Fluor Arabia Building in Dammam

·          Workshop titled ‘Programming in Microsoft Access’ for Physics faculty (one week) from June 12-16, 1999 in ITC PC Lab (9/300)

·          User Seminars at ITC on Effective Use of Internet in ITC/ACS, College of Environmental Design and Physics Departments in 991 and 922  

Education

1988         MS, Computer Science & Engineering (Honors), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1985-1988, Thesis: "PCB Layout from RTL Specifications for SSI/MSI Devices".

1985        BS, Computer Science & Engineering (Honors), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1982-1985.

1981         BE, Electronics & Communication, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 1980-1981.

Certificates of Merit, Awards & Honors

1985      Honors Certificate: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, dated May 18, 1985 for BS degree with Honors.  

1988        Honors Certificate: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, dated June 30, 1988 for MS degree with Honors.  

1981        Merit Certificate: Little Flower Junior College dated April 9, 1981 for outstanding performance and distinction for the period 1968-1978.  

1981        Merit Certificate: Little Flower Junior College dated April 9, 1981 for number ONE rank in the college merit list and number SIXTH rank in the  State of Andhra Pradesh in class XII board exams. 

1982        National Certificate of Merit: Government of India dated June 9, 1982 for meritorious candidates at National level all over India in the year 1978.  

1981        State Certificate of Merit: Government of Andhra Pradesh, India dated June 9, 1982 for rank # 6 out of 120,000 students in the state-level Intermediate (XII) Board Exams (1980) conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Board of Intermediate Education, India 

1989-2001 Distinguished Performance certificates issued every year in all Annual Performance Reviews for the years 1989-2001 issued by the Faculty Affairs committee at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

1999      Excellence plaque and Project participation award for University Computer Facilities Expansion 1998 project awarded by the Information Technology Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Al-Alamiah Electronics dated April 14, 1999.   

1998         Excellence and Distinguished Work plaque awarded by the Information Technology Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Saudi Business Machines dated September 21, 1998.   

2000         Excellence and Distinguished Work plaque awarded by the Information Technology Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Saudi Business Machines dated September 18, 2000

Honorary Work

Chairman, Administrative Committee, International Indian School, Dammam (9500 students) for four years 1998-2002

Chairman, Computerization Committee, International Indian School, Dammam for four years 1998-2002

Member, Managing Committee, International Indian School, Dammam for five years 1997-2002