B K HEGDE

Researcher, Author, Professor of Mass Communication, career officer of Indian Information Service and former Editor of Daily Morning News. Four decades of experience in the Mass Media. Areas of work: Historiography, Journalism, Broadcasting, Media Management, Press Relations, Advertising & Visual Publicity, Rural Communication, Public Relations and Film Censorship. Author of nine books, he has travelled widely in India, Europe and the USA. Study of ancient cultures is his special area of interest.

Publications (Books)

Karl Marx: Life and Times (Kannada)
A Glimpse of Kannada Culture (English)
Anthology of Modern Tulu Poetry (Arlu Kabitelu Porlu Kabitelu) (ed) (Tulu)
Revered Teacher (Shikshanarangada Belaku) (ed) (Kannada)
European Travelogue (Europe Yatre) (Kannada)
A New Look at Classical Greece (English)
Bhagavad Gita: The Dialogue (English)
Voices at Dusk (English)
History of Bunts: Medieval Age to Modern Times (English)

VEENA HEGDE

Veena is a Civil Engineer from KREC, Suratkal (presently NITK). With vast experience in structural design and construction management of infrastructure projects and having worked in some of the best construction companies in the world Veena founded Backend along with Gautam with an objective of addressing information systems for the construction industry leveraging information technology.

Veena does extensive voluntary work in Community Services driving initiatives in green methods of waste disposal, senior citizens involvement in community and supporting an orphanage. She has worked with challenged children for several years in Sophia Opportunity School on voluntary basis.

BALASUBRAMANIAN N K

Bala has 20+ years of global experience in Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance and Healthcare industries. He was involved in establishing and successfully developing a Swiss domiciled Insurance company focusing on risk management of large energy, infrastructure, industrial projects and facilities world-wide.

Prior to his last venture, Bala worked to develop the large power projects business for a leading multinational company in Asia & Middle East. Bala is experienced in leading multifunctional and multicultural teams and in several functional areas such as Marketing & Sales, Contracting, IT, Finance and Risk Management. Bala is a mechanical engineer from KREC, Suratkal (presently NITK) with a post graduate management qualification from the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) and is currently based in Bangalore.

Bala mentors our business team in business strategy, management ethics & broad based wealth creation.

GAUTAM HEGDE

The team is led by Gautam Hegde, an engineer entrepreneur with a rich academic and industry background. A postgraduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Gautam Hegde is also a gold medalist alumni from the first batch of postgraduates from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. Currently he is a member of the governing council of the Institute.

Gautam Hegde, is the driving force behind Backend's software development programme along with a talented team of software engineers and IT professionals.

PROFESSOR S. SADAGOPAN

Professor Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, a new generation Institute, promoted jointly by the Government of Karnataka and IT industry in 1999. Professor Sadagopan had taught for more than two decades at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK), considered to be the No. 1 Engineering School for decades and the IIM Bangalore, (IIMB), that has in the recent years emerged as the No. 1 Business School in India. Professor Sadagopan got his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Madras University (that produced the Nobel Laureates Raman & Chandrashekhar) in 1973. After a brief stint at the Consultancy firm M/S Engineers India Ltd., at New Delhi during 1973-1976, he moved to Purdue University, USA for his Master's and Doctoral degree before returning to India to teach at IIT, Kanpur.

KOUSHIK H

Koushik H holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from Bangalore University with nearly a decade of software development experience spanning a variety of roles in software development ranging and covering software development, System Analysis, Design and Service Oriented Architecture for building complex Web 2.0 Rich Internet Applications that are robust, scalable and secure. Koushik H is a great innovative thinker and problem solver. He is instrumental in helping customers to implement solutions that get the best results from their web applications.

SRINIVAS K

Srinivas holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from Mangalore University. Srinivas K started his career in Backend as a trainee programmer and went on to become an accomplished developer in Web 2.0 Rich Internet Application. A state level basketball player, he is also a key team player in development of several complex web application applications.

GOPAL KORGAONKER

Gopal Korgoanker comes with a wide experience in Construction Industry. Gopal’s expertise is in construction management. He is a keen planner and implementation specialist for improving operational efficiency in construction projects. He holds a Masters Degree in Structural Engineering from Karnataka University.

SUMA T

Suma T brings to Backend a wealth of experience. In software development she has worked on a wide spectrum of projects in developing web applications, Database Management. Suma T is disciplined, self-motivated and a great team player with a penchant for learning new technologies. Suma T holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics from Mysore University.

VARUN VR MANJARU

Varun holds a Bachelor of Engineer degree in Electronics and Communication. Varun specializes in software testing and implementation. He conducts usability testing, executing functional test scenarios and also implements Backend applications in various projects. Varun has till date trained more than 500 users in hands-on training programs for the various software applications communicating them in local languages.

RAJATH SHETTY

Rajath Shetty is an information security practitioner and implementer. He has played a vital role in ISO-IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management System implementation for Backend and its clients. With experience in basics of ASP.NET with VB, SQL, Photo Shop and Corel Draw he has also tested and implemented Backend applications in various infrastructure projects. Rajath holds a Bachelor of Engineer degree in Computer Science.

AJAI SRIVASTAV

Ajai Srivastav is a business strategist with a career spanning over 26 years. He has extensive work experience in the area of Marketing & Sales, Channel Management customer service delivery, making technology work for customers and Information technology management. His passion for the Management Systems Business has provided him the acumen and expertise with which he drives the team to deliver consistently beyond customer expectations.

His skills and know-how encompass IT assurance, IT Service management, Risk Management, Compliance, Business Continuity, and Cybercrime. He is well-versed with international standards such as ISO 27001, BS 25999, and ISO 20000.