Brief Profile: He and his team at Inkroma are the architects of the ERP / BPM software solution for Indian Government organizations, which is specifically developed to make Indian government organizations e-enabled and paperless. The team has developed the first Indian ERP product to meet the requirements of the government vertical. The product has been developed completely based on Open Standards, international software and communication standards. He was the Member, Karnataka IT Task Force for Rural Advancement (2002) and is a Member of the working group on e-governance Standards under the "Technical Standards & E-Governance Architecture ". Dr. Prasad’s educational background includes an M. Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York.Dr. Prasad has spent more than 20 years working in the computer chip manufacturing industry working for major semiconductor companies including Intel, California, Cypress Semiconductor, California, Robert Bosch, Germany and most recently as Vice President of Engineering & Technology Development at CS2 in Belgium. Dr. Prasad has traveled and consulted with more than 30 companies in 17 countries including Brazil, Switzerland, Singapore, and Italy. Since 1983 and he has developed and taught computer technology courses to more than 3000 technicians, engineers and managers worldwide.