Prof Shivaprakash, Founder Director, Knowledge Varsity addresses the students of 2nd year MBA – Finance
26-Jun-2018
Prof Shivaprakash spoke on the topic“Technology money transfer- Open and distributed ledger Technology”. The session started off with explanation about the basic concepts of ledger and Journal which made the students understand the further concepts easily. He covered various aspects of emerging areas for research such as Bit Coins, Crypto Currencies, Peer to Peer technology and also the challenges involved with these systems. He also touched up on Hashing Software, Block Chain Technology and suggested that the students undergo a research on comparison between bit coins and the other crypto currencies like Litecoin, ZCash, Dash, Ripple.
Prof Shivaprakash started his career as Assistant Professor at the TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal and subsequently assumed various positions in academics such as Associate Director, OHIO Manipal School of Business, Director – Administration at the OHIO Christ Academy for Management Education. Currently, he is the India Coordinator for the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA and also the Founder Director of the Knowledge Varsity which is his brain child.
Prof Shivaprakash is a passionate teacher and an able academic administrator. He is specialized in Managerial Finance and has taught in India, France and USA. Besides Finance, he is a keen student of Economics, Politics, Culture, Philosophy and Technology.
