Chennupati K. Ramaiah
Assistant Professor
Nanyang Technological University
Division of Information Studies
School of Communincation & Information
31 Nanyang Link
637718 Singapore
Email: asramaiah@ntu.edu.sg

Before joining the Division in January 1999, Dr Ramaiah was Deputy Director at DESIDOC, a national information centre in Defence Science & Technology in India. He has worked for 14 years in the Defence Research & Development Organisation, India, as Scientist, and worked in various areas including conducting research, heading A-V division, Defence Science Library. He was a Commonwealth Scholar for PhD in Information Science in 1989. Soon after obtaining his PhD, he set up a multimedia lab and worked several years in designing multimedia applications, presentation and training materials. His formal education includes Masters degrees in Chemistry and in Library and Information Science. He is a member of many international professional bodies/ societies such as the Institute of Information Scientists, LA, ASIST, and ACM. Dr Ramaiah's research interests include multimedia & hypertext technologies, human-computer interaction, user interfaces, designing electronic books, CAI and bibliometrics.

Chennupati K. will demonstrate Promoting heritage awareness among school children in Singapore
Chennupati K. will present The Design and Development of an Online Exhibition for Heritage Information Awareness