Dr. D. Sundar Ram, Founder and Director of Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India (AGRASRI), Tirupati. He has taught Political Science and Public Administration disciplines at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Acharya Nagarjuna University Affiliated College, Narasaraopet, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, as UGC Research Associate and Reader and Head, PG Department of Public Administration.
He is a prolific writer, author, researcher and analyst. He has written extensively on Indian governance and polity, parliamentary studies, electoral reforms, democratic decentralisation, federalism, good governance and state politics, with over 27 books, 153 research papers and 32 talks in All India Radio to his credit. As founder of AGRASRI, he has organised a large number of national conferences, seminars, workshops, round-table meetings, symposia, guest lectures and capacity building and training programmes.