Dr.Manthena Vara Prasad is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics. Presently he is the Registrar of the Satavahana Univrsity. He is also Head, of the department of Economics and previously worked as Principal, University college of Arts and Social Sciences. He has an excellent academic background right from school days. He has been a first classer all through the education. He holds M.A. Economics from University of Hyderabad, M.Phil from JNU, New Delhi and Ph.D. from OU, Hyderabad. He began his career as a Lecturer in Economics in Govt Degree College before was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2007. As part of academics, Dr. Prasad attended orientation Courses, refresher courses and a few workshops. He has to his credit seven published papers in reputed journals and presented twenty seven papers in seminars and conferences. He has completed one UGC research-sponsored project. He is the member of distinguished academic bodies. He worked as the Chairman, Board of Studies; Dept of Economics. He successfully organized two national seminars and a ten day workshop on Research Methodology course sponsored by ICSSR. Overall, he has a teaching experience of 19 years at UG and PG levels. His areas of specialization are Agricultural Economics and Industrial Economics. To his credit he has edited one book and guided a Ph.D scholar.

Dr. Koduri Srivani is a distinguished academician, researcher, and administrator, currently serving as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Economics at Satavahana University. She possesses an outstanding academic record, having earned M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from Kakatiya University. She has qualified UGC-NET in both Economics and Education, as well as SET in Economics. A triple gold medalist and university first-rank holder in M.A. Economics, Dr. Srivani is widely recognized for her academic excellence and scholarly achievements.

With more than eighteen years of rich teaching experience, including service at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she has contributed significantly to higher education through her association with Government Degree Colleges, Telangana University, and Satavahana University. Her areas of specialization include Micro Economics, Rural Development, Quantitative Economics, and Economics of Education.

Dr. Srivani has made remarkable contributions in the fields of teaching, research, academic administration, and curriculum development. She has published 45 Research papers in UGC CARE-listed and Scopus-indexed and 22 research papers in edited books in national and international journals. In addition to editing two books and two academic journals, she has authored eight books in the field of Economics and related disciplines. Her active academic engagement is reflected through her participation in numerous national and international seminars, conferences, workshops, faculty development programmes, orientation courses, refresher courses, and webinars.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Srivani displayed exceptional academic leadership by organizing several national-level webinars, workshops, and seminars through digital platforms, ensuring uninterrupted scholarly interaction and knowledge dissemination. She successfully coordinated programmes sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative, including a National Seminar on “75 Years of Indian Economy.” Under the vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047, she organized a National Seminar on “Viksit Bharat @ 2047: India’s Vision for Development” sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi and Telangana Council of Higher Education. She also organized a TGCHE-sponsored National Seminar on “Artificial Intelligence: Its Impact on the Indian Economy,” highlighting her commitment to contemporary and policy-oriented research.

Dr. Srivani successfully completed an ICSSR-funded Short-Term Empirical Research Project titled “A Study on Sukanya Samridhi Yojana in Rural Telangana – A National Scheme for Financial Inclusion” under the Special Call for Short-Term Empirical Research Projects (2023–24). She has guided four Ph.D. scholars to successful completion and is presently supervising three doctoral researchers in Economics.

Apart from her academic contributions, Dr. Srivani has held several important administrative positions, including Additional Controller of Examinations (Confidential), Additional Controller of Examinations (UG), NSS Programme Coordinator, Additional Chief Warden, Chairperson of the Board of Studies and Head of the Department of Economics.

In recognition of her innovative research contributions, a Certificate of Registration and Grant of UK Design was awarded to Dr. K. Srivani on 12 May 2026 by the Intellectual Property Office under the authority of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, London, United Kingdom. The registered work is titled “AI-Assisted Computer Terminal for Financial Planning Visualization.” She got the Canadian Copyright on Challenges Of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRS) For Economic Growth Of India on 12th June, 2026 by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office. She has been applied for Indian Patent on Predictive Analysis and Resource Allocation Device to Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, Govt. of India, India on 07-07-2026.

Dr. Srivani is a life member of the Indian Economic Association and elected as Executive Council Member for Indian Economic Association and the Life Member for Telangana Economic Association. In recognition of her outstanding contribution to higher education, she was honoured with the State Award to Meritorious Teacher – 2025 by the Government of Telangana and Distinguished Exemplary Awardee - 2026 by Centre for Women Studies and Research, Mandya University, Mandya. Karnataka State in addition to receiving eighteen prestigious national and international awards, honours and citations for academic excellence and service to education.