URBAN BUS PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Chilumuri was born and brought up in Nidubrolu, Guntur Dt. A.P. His Parents are Late Sri Sathyanandam and Smt.Karunamma. His is wife Prof.K Madhu Jyoti. He has one daughter Saraya and one son Ashish Prabath. He completed his Primary and Secondary Education in M.H.School, Nidubrolu. His further studies continued in various reputed Colleges viz. K.S.J. College, Ponnur, Arts & Science College, Bapatla, Guntur Dist. He completed his M.Com from College of Arts & Commerce, Andhra University and qualified for UGC NET-JRF. As a UGC Junior Research Fellow he did Ph.D. and he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He completed MBA in 2009. He had worked in various Colleges viz., SEICOM Degree College & E.D.Cell S.V.University, Tirupati, S.C.S. Kalasala, Gudlavalleru, Krishna District and B. T. College Madanapalle. Presently he is working as a Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Commerce, Govt. Degree & PG College (W) Srikalahasti, Chittoor District. He attended 5 International and 11 National Seminars, Conferences & Workshops and presented 8 papers on various topics. He had a few research publications to his credit. He published1 "Dandora Ambedkar Abheestam", 2. "Urban Bus Passenger Transportation", 3. "Madigala Charitra - Samskruthi" and 4. "How long to wait for Social Justice". He completed Major Research Project entitled "Strategies for the Improvement of Efficiency of Bus Transport Services: A Case Study of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh" sponsored by UGC New Delhi for the period of 2009-2011. He attended a live TV programme at Hyderabad 'TV1' as a speaker in the programme gramme "Majority ke Rajyadhikaram" on 2-12-2010. Articles on his writings one in prasatnam and the other one in Suryaa daily news paper, were published. He has 18 years of Post graduate & Graduate Teaching & Research Experience. He was awarded Dalit Ratna of 2011 given by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh & Dr B.R.Ambedkar 121 birthday celebration committee at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad on 14-04-2011 for his social service. In his student career he represented Andhra University Kho-Kho team at the All India Inter-university meet held at Davanagere, Karnataka.