Team members

Dr. T L N S wamy  is the Chief Consultant Pulmonologist at care Hospitals. A Pulmonologist by profession and a Flutist by passion Dr. Swamy is an avid music enthusiast with an ardent zeal for penning Poetry and an intense interest in Painting canvases. A keen seeker of the Philosophy in Life, DrTLN envisioned that Life gets vitalized only through Arts and Culture, hence sought to associate with Sanskriti foundation in that pursuit, which is committed to such a mission of revitalizing our Arts and Culture.


Mr Vikram: Vikram Marrapu is the Senior Director at Invecas Hyderabad, responsible for managing the Logic Design team that is involved in System On Chip(SoC) and IP development. Vikram has an overall experience of 23 Years in the field of VLSI design and Embedded systems. Vikram was the Site GM for Lattice Semiconductor R&D Hyderabad center before moving to Invecas and he was responsible for smooth operation of the site, driving the team towards company’s vision by aligning with Lattice core values.
Vikram drives the Evening Raga project of Sanskriti Foundation along with other team members and also gets associated with long term projects of the foundation. His daughter and son are also learning Carnatic music and they help him in Carnatic music related activities. He likes to play badminton, play violin, teach electronics core subjects to MS students, do meditation and yoga and gets associated with activities related to Carnatic music during his leisure time. 

 

Sudheer: Sudheer Kumar has moved to Hyderabad in 2001 on professional assignment. He is associated with Tata Consultancy Services handling facilities,procurement and Energy Management activities.
An ardent lover of traditional art forms, Sudheer started associating with Sanskriti foundation from the first HTAMF held in 2016.His wife Jyothi is also actively associated with SF activities. 

 

Venu Dorairaj: Venugopalan Dorairaj, Venu, is an IT professional by day and by night. He has worked with several large Indian and International companies and is currently working as a Technical Manager with a multinational e-commerce company.In his leisure he can be found sipping filter coffee, listening to unfiltered carnatic music and binge watching cricket matches with his son. He has been associated with Sanskriti Foundation for the last 5 years as a student, a student’s parent and as a vociferous volunteer for several of its activities. 

 

Naveen Puttagunta: Naveen Puttagunta runs a leading UX and design company, Divami that he founded in Hyderabad. Prior to that, he has diverse roles in software development and product management at several multi-national companies.
He enjoys playing Squash or Badminton and reading science fiction in his spare time. He was introduced to Carnatic music quite late in life – as both a parent of students as well as a stuent himself. While he has not found it easy to practice as much as he should (or would like), he tries to compensate by lending his expertise with finances and management to Sanskriti Foundation. 

 

Anoop M. Namboodiri is a faculty member at IIIT Hyderabad and works in the areas of Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Biometrics. He completed his PhD from Michigan State University in 2004 and has been with IIIT Hyderabad ever since. He enjoys teaching, research and developing novel solutions to practical problems. His work in Computational Photography has led to the creation of DreamVu, a company that focuses on innovative and intelligent imaging products. As ardent lovers of Carnatic music and traditional art forms, he and his family has been associated with Sanskriti Foundation since 2016, both as volunteers and as students 

 

Pathanjali Tallapragada is a Lead Data Scientist with Deloitte and previously worked with TCS, HSBC and Bank of America for the last 9 years.
Having fascinated by Carnatic music since childhood, he started learning vocal and violin from DVK Vasudevan garu in Gurukulam Music and Dance Academy. He is associated with Sanskriti Foundation for the past 3 years and is a member of the HTAMF core team. He contributes to the core designing team for the foundation