Gurudutt Velpula

Experience

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  Blekinge Institute of Technology

  May 2006 - now

  The council share the common mission of creating conditions for BTH to contribute to sustainable societal development through education, research, and collaboration, while ensuring that the institution is well-managed and operates with high quality. This includes:Providing advice in the design and follow-up of university-wide processes.Addressing issues of strategic or principled significance for the university's overall operations.Contributing to the development of the BTH-wide structure for operational planning and related governance documents.Contributing to the development of BTH's overall approaches and systematic work methods.Taking into account the perspectives of students and doctoral students, external perspectives, as well as the perspectives of gender equality, sustainability, internationalisation, collaboration, and research relevance to undergraduate education. Show less Representing BTH in the consortium of the alliance’s full partners over 7 European countries (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden) and the associated universities in Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Norway. The alliance has applied to EU Commission for grants to build European University Initiative on 31st January 2023. The evaluation of the submitted EUI applications is now complete, and our consortium received an excellent result; 84 points out of a possible 100. This means that the application has passed the threshold to be eligible for funding, and the consortium is rewarded with a so-called "Seal of Excellence" from the EU Commission. The alliance received “Seal of Excellence” after the evaluation in June 2023 Show less Leadership & Development of Strategic cooperations, Negotiations, Agreements and Contracts, Bussiness DevelopmentDevelopment and managing of international educational cooperation with India Universities.Maintaining high level contacts with Ministry of Higher Education and Vice-Chancellors of Indian Universities and represent university in delegations to India.Providing inputs / development of strategy for international cooperation of university Advisory to Vice-Chancellor and Dean on strategic issues of cooperation Show less The project "Partnership for industries and International students" aimed to address the talent needs of ICT Companies and upskilling the international students for better employment opportunities in Sweden.The project received 3.5 Million SEK (2015 - 2016) from VINNOVA ( Government Agency For Innovation). After successful implementation of the project, the activities developed within the project are continued as normal practice.- Partnership development and relationship management with the companies.- Securing the requirements from the industries- Designing selection criteria for recruitment of students- Advising companies on talent requirements - Member of the team which designed content on skill development training Show less

  • International Director / Internationaliseringsansvarig

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Member, University Academic Council/ Akademiråd

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Chairman, Strategic International Council

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Steering Committee Member & Project Leader- Building EU Alliance for EU Initiative

    Aug 2022 - now

  • International Director(Incharge)/T.f. Internationaliseringsansvarig

    Oct 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Member, University Leadership Group/ Högskolaledningrupp

    Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Deputy International Director

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2023

  • Director- India Initiatives/Samarbetsansvarig

    Jan 2013 - Oct 2023

  • Steering Committee Member & Advisor - BTH's Strategic Project for International Recruitment

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

  • Project Leader/Advisor:Partnership for industries and students-Graduate Employability

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2022

  • Projectleader - International Industry Cooperation

    Jan 2013 - Dec 2022

  • Manager - International Education & Market Development,School Of Computing

    Oct 2009 - Oct 2013

  • Project Director - Indian Operations

    Oct 2009 - Jan 2013

  • International Project Coordinator - School of Engineering (TEK)

    May 2006 - Oct 2009
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  JNTU Kakinada, INDIA

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2012

  Member, Board of Studies (Utbildningråd)
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  Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2012

  Advisor to Vice -Chancellor Board on Internationalisation & International Programmes

  Advising the Vice-Chancellor Office on International educational issues and policies.

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  Andhra University

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2012

  Invited Member, Board of Studies (Utbildningråd)
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  Regionförbundet i Kalmar län, Blekinge län

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Project Member: Study on Labour Supply in Småland och Blekinge Regions of Sweden

  Study on labour supply in Småland and Blekinge Regions of Sweden

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  Digital Hansa Project on developing tricity cooperation between Karlskrona, Gydnia and Klaipeda

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  Project Member ( on Behalf of BTH)

  https://www.karlskrona.se/naringsliv/internationellt-samarbete/digital-hansa/Digital Hansa Project on developing tricity cooperation between Sweden:Karlskrona, Poland: Gydnia and Lithuania: Klaipeda