Jayarama P ReddyP. Jayarama Reddy is a former Professor of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. He worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Materials and Engineering, Cornell University, Visiting fellow in Imperial college of Science & Tchnology, London, Visiting fellow at Charles University, Prague under Exchange Programme, Guest Professor, Institute of Physical Electronics, University of Stuttgart. He was a Member of Vice chancellors' delegation to P.R.China. He worked as Director, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University), Prasanthi Nilayam. He initiated solar energy research at S. V. University, which attracted special assistance for research from University Grants Commission and Ministry of Non conventional Energy Sources, Government of India. He directed several research projects sponsored by CSIR, UGC, DST and DNES/MNES related to materials and solid thin films. He published around 250 research papers along with his students in the areas of anharmonicity of crystals, semiconducting thin films, and thin film solar cells. He traveled extensively, presented papers and delivered invited lectures in International conferences and chaired technical sessions. For more than a decade now, he is a nominee Director on the Boards of several Renewable energy companies - solar module fabrication, power generation from biomass, and power generation from solid waste. His interests include Environmental Studies and published a book, 'Principles of Environmental studies' and the present one 'Pollution and Global Warming' is the second book. His other book on 'Energy for Waste' is in the press. Read More Read Less