Educational Qualifications :

• Ph.D. Information and Communication Technology (2008) University of Trento, Trento, Italy and European University Association
• M.S. Information Technology (2004), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
• M.Sc. Computer Science (1999), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India

Research Interests :

• Internet Technologies (Service Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing)
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for/in Emerging Markets
• Free/Open Source Systems (FOSS)
• Green Information Systems and Energy Efficient Computing
• Economic, Legal, and Social Aspects of Software and Services
• Enterprise Information Systems

Professional Experience :

• Assistant Professor, IDRBT, Hyderabad, India [since Sept. 2011]
• Researcher, IBM Research, Bangalore, India [Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2011]
• Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy [March 2010 – Aug. 2010]
• Researcher, Novay (Telematica Institute), Enschede, Netherlands [June 2008 – Feb. 2010]
• Post-doctorate researcher, University of Trento, Trento, Italy [November 2007 - May 2008]
• Software Industrial Experience of 4 years programming (including 1 year as Team Lead) [1999 - 2003]

Achievements :

Academic Achievements

• National Merit Scholarship Winner in SSC
• First Rank Holder in M.Sc., Computer Science
• Full scholarship holder for studying International Masters in IT (2003-2004) sponsored by Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Italian Ministry of Education & Research
• Ph.D. Fellowship (2004-2007) from University of Trento, Trento, Italy

Visiting Appointments

• Visiting Researcher, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria (July – September 2007)
• Visiting Researcher, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (March – June 2007)

Editorial Review Board Member

• International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET), Inderscience Publishers
• International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence (IJOCI), IGI Global, USA
• International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering and Technology (IJSSMET), IRMA Publications, IGI Global, USA
• International Journal of Applied Logistics, IGI Global, USA

Program Committee Memberships

• IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2011)
• Intl. Workshop on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRCIS 2011)
• International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW 2011)
• PC Co-chair of the First International Workshop on Services, Energy, & Ecosystem (SEE 2010) (Colocated with ICSOC 2010)
• IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010)
• Intl. Conference on Advanced Service Computing (SERVICECOMPUTATION 2010)
• Intl. Workshop on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRCIS 2010)
• International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2010)
• Associate Editor of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2010)
• International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW 2010)
• International Conference on Technical and Legal Aspects of the e-Society (CYBERLAWS 2010)

Publications :

International Journals (Refereed):

• "Service Licensing: Conceptualization, Formalization, and Expression" by G.R. Gangadharan, Vincenzo D'Andrea .
  Journal of Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA), Springer, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 37-59.
• "Managing Copyrights and Moral Rights of Service-Based Software" by G.R.Gangadharan, Vincenzo D'Andrea .
  IEEE Software, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2011.
• "Free/Open Services (F/O-Services)" by G.R.Gangadharan, Vincenzo D'Andrea, Michael Weiss.
  IEEE IT Professional, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2010.
• "BHive: A Reference Framework for Business-driven Service Design and Management" by G.R.Gangadharan, Paul Oude Luttighuis.
  Journal of Service Science, Springer. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2010.
• "Innovation in Mashup Ecosystems" by Michael Weiss, G.R.Gangadharan .
  Journal of the R & D Management, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2010 Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.