Biography

Ramalatha Marimuthu, with her vast experience of more than three decades in teaching, specializes in Assistive Technology focusing on finding solutions for societal issues and has delivered invited talks in various universities in Japan, Vietnam, USA, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and research organizations all over the world such as Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland and Google, Mountainview. She has served in many leadership roles in her job as well as in IEEE.
She served on Board of Studies of various Indian universities and has introduced novelty in the curriculum and teaching like introducing animation and gaming, industry electives and project based service learning. She introduced International Relations and collaborative education in her university through MoU with US universities paving the way for technology, faculty and student exchange. She introduced assistive technology and social outreach as part of education.
She has received many awards from IEEE, Lions Club, Government of Tamilnadu, India and Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, California for effecting positive changes in community through technology. She has delivered lectures on assistive technology in universities and conferences all over the world and in Google, Mountainview and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland. Her areas of interest are assistive technology, women empowerment and effective education.
She is the founder and General Chair of Youth Endeavours in Social Innovations through Science and Technology (YESIST12) which encourages students and young professionals to innovate for the benefit of humanity through trainings and competitions.