Srinivasu Chakravarthula – graduated in Computer Science and is certified in ‘assistive technologies’. He started his career as Head of the Braille Production Unit at National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch, Bangalore. He then moved on and taught Computer Science at The Manik Public School, Bidar and also set up the Computer Training Centre at Hyderabad and Maniknagar, Bidar.
In the year 2005, he began to specialize in accessibility and started working for Net Systems Informatics India Pvt. Ltd. and its subsidiary – BarrierBreak Technologies, Mumbai. During his stint at Net Systems, he was instrumental in accessibility testing, imparting accessibility training to Corporates, creating awareness about accessibility and assistive technologies. Srinivasu played an innovative role in organizing Techshare India 2008 – India’s 1st Accessibility and Assistive Technologies Conference and Exhibition. He was also Program Coordinator for Magazine, a3 that talked about Ability, Accessibility and Adaptability.
Srinivasu is currently working for Yahoo! India as Senior Accessibility Manager and is responsible to lead and evangelize accessibility and its initiatives across Yahoo! India and South East Asia. Recently he spoke at Techshare India 2010 on Need for Web Accessibility in Developing Countries – Yahoo! Initiatives.
Receiving Yahoo! Ratna Award 2010 from Ms. Carol Bartz, CEO, Yahoo! Inc
Srinivasu is recently awarded the Yahoo! Ratna Award, which is a highest recognition given to employees at Yahoo! India Research & Development for outstanding work!
Srinivasu is a member of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) India’s National Advisory Board and NASSCOM’s Disability Working Committee and he is responsible to streamline accessibility related activities.
Srinivasu is a Member of Governing Council, The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch from September 2010 and is responsible for smooth operations of IT related activities.
He is also a member of the core committee for Yahoo! Employee Foundation India (YEFI). Srinivasu is associated with the social sector through the National Association for the Blind, India; Enable India, Shri Manik Prabhu Sikshan Samiti and Success World. His hobbies include blogging, tweeting, listening to classical music, playing chess and swimming.
Contact Information:
Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Email: contact@srinivasu.org
Twitter: @VasuTweets
