Professor Vedulla Shekhar is an eminent scholar with international expertise in the field of Business Management. He is widely known as Indian Marketing Guru.
Professor Shekhar was born in Hyderabad on 11th August, 1959 in Hyderabad. He obtained M.Com, MBA and PhD Degrees from Prestigious Osmania University.
Later He joined Osmania University has Asst. Professor (24.09.1985), promoted as Associated Professor (13.01.1992) and then as Professor on 13th January, 2000. He is the Youngest Professor in Osmania University. He has served the University as Dean, Head - Department of Business Administration, Chairman - Board of Studies.
Presently he is also the member of Academic Senate of Osmania University.
He is associated with Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok as Visiting Professor for two terms (January 2006 & January 2011).
He has been to Netherlands, United States of America, (Visited USA – 1996, October 2008; May, 2010) Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Thailand( 2 times), Australia, United Kingdom & Egypt.
Professor Shekhar Vedulla is an Editorial Advisor for Indian Journal of Marketing, Indian Economic Panorama, Indian Journal of Finance and Prabhandan -Indian Journal of Management.
He is the receipt of "MAN OF THE YEAR" by American Biographical Institute, North Carolina,USA. He is also awarded "BEST TEACHER AWARD" By Lions Club International and also "DISTINGUISHED TEACHER " Award by C.V.Kapur Education Foundation.
Under his scholarly guidance about 16 research scholars got Doctorates awarded by Osmania University. The list of his students are as follows.
1. Dr.Y.Krishnamohan Naidu
2. Dr.B.Mohan Krishna
3. Dr.R.Sampath Kumar
4. Dr.M.Mallikarjun Rao, MBBS
5. Dr.D.Sreeramulu
6. Dr.Chetan Srivastava
7. Dr.Smitha Sambrani (Woman)
8. Dr.K.G.Chandrika (Woman)
9. Dr.B.Archana (Woman)
10. Dr.Y.Jahangir
11. Dr.Miryala Ramesh Kumar
12. Dr.Vijay Kumar Gudep
13. Dr.G.P.Sudhakar
14. Dr.Y.Rama Krishna
15. Dr.Y.Subba Rao
16. Dr.Y.Ashok
17. Dr.Puppala Srinvas
18. Dr.P.Yadiah
19. Dr.M.Himesh Kumar
20. Dr.P.Srinvas Reddy
21. Dr.Temesgen
Donald Marriott is listed as a notable alumni for High Point University as of 2012. He is a 2003 North Carolina State Doubles Champion and ranked top 10 in North Carolina in 2008 and 35th in the Nation that same year in Men's 30's. He is currently a tenns professional at Trump National at Charlotte, North Carolina.
Donald Marriott has written articles on the subject of tennis for numerous media outlets. He is known to have one the most explosive forehands in the game of tennis according to numerous articles and listings on the internet. He is a certified tennis pro with the Professional Tennis Registry.
Donald Marriott has competed against some the best players in the world; Safin, Kriek, Tanner, Garnett, Middleton, Ho, Wilkison, Chang etc. He played tennis at High Point University (1991-1995) where he was Carolina All-Conference 3x and the Wachovia Athlete of The Week 10x while earning academic honors as a Millis-Scholar Athlete in 1994 and 1995. Marriott is one of the winningest players in HPU tennis history in doubles with a percentage of 845.
Donald Marriott played tennis at The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey. He is according to numerous articles "Hopewell Valley News", "Trenton Times" and "Sports Carolina Monthly" the all-time greatest player in school history. The school established in 1838 he won more matches than any player in school history. He was the 1990 New Jersey Male Athlete of the Year for the "Trenton Times" newspaper.
*Marriott is the youngest player to win his town (Sea Girt) tennis championship at age 10
*Marriott lost to Tennis Channel Annoucer Jusin Gimblestob's brother in the finals of the New Jersey State High School Prep Championships
*Marriott won the Lexington North Carolina City Championships in 2010 without losing a set
*Marriott is know to be a great rock and roll drummer
*Marriott is married to Ann-Charlott Marriott and has three children Cooper, Mimi, and Katariina
Education
He had his high school education at King’s College, Lagos. His tertiary education took place at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He graduated with a Second Class Upper degree in Economics. He went into mainstream music in 2010.
Album and music style
Gaise released his debut album, titled GAISEBABA, in August 2011. It met with rave reviews and cemented his place as a deep lyricist with good wordplay and cross generational appeal.
Media hype and awards
His eclectic style has been described as a welcome, novel voice in the industry. The video for his hit song, 'Follow Follow' was nominated for the Best Indigenous Concept, Nigerian Music Video Awards 2011. He won The Scepters Award for New Revelation in 2011, and was also nominated in the African Entertainment Awards, Malayisa for Best Video.
Shows and cameos
His fan base has its largest percentage among the core Yoruba folks whose language is liberally sprinkled in his lyrics. He has shared the stage with Nigeria's A-list acts like Sasha and 2 face Idibia. He has also performed in renowned national shows like the 1st Ekiti Mega Fiesta (December 2011), GLO Laffta Fest, Ado-Ekiti (May 2012), Felabration (October 2011), Cool FM Praise Jam (December 2011), Hip Hop World Award Nominees’ party, and Pepsi Campus Tour.
The hill is located on Trout Court and the accident took place on the intersection between Trout Court and Termakay Drive.