Dr. Sam.K.Kolli is a distinguished academician, researcher, and entrepreneur whose journey combines scholarly excellence with visionary leadership. With an M.Sc. (2011) and Ph.D. (2019) in Botany from Andhra University, his doctoral research on antimicrobial, antioxidant, and tissue culture studies of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius made notable contributions to plant science and applied biology.

Over more than 12 years in higher education, he has served as Guest Faculty and Assistant Professor, and has held key roles such as Head of the Department of Botany, Board of Studies Member, Affiliation and Green Audit Member, and Botanical Garden In‑charge. His work as examiner, paper setter, and academic mentor has impacted multiple universities and countless students, earning recognition through honours including the Meritorious Teacher Award (2023) and the Mahatma Gandhi National Excellence Award (2023).

In 2022, Dr. Kolli extended his vision into entrepreneurship by founding SMANV Constructions, focused on government tenders, infrastructure development, and sustainable projects. Under his leadership, the firm has delivered multi‑crore works in roads, drainage, water supply, borewells, forest protection, and urban development. With rapid growth and a strong project portfolio, the business evolved in 2025 into SMANV Group of Companies Pvt. Ltd., positioning the Group as an emerging force in infrastructure. Dr.Kolli continues to lead SMANV with a commitment to knowledge, community development, and sustainable growth.

Mr. Manohar Dandu is a Senior DevOps and AWS Engineer, cloud strategist, and tech entrepreneur with more than five years of experience designing secure, scalable digital infrastructure. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, he began his career as a Graduate Apprentice Trainee at Bharat Electronics (BEL), building strong foundations in engineering discipline, operations, and problem‑solving.

His technical expertise spans a wide range of AWS services, DevOps toolchains and Infrastructure‑as‑Code practices, including EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM, Route53, CloudWatch, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub and CI/CD pipelines. In roles across APN Data Platform and Yoamigos Webservice Pvt. Ltd., he has architected and automated multi‑tier cloud environments, implemented robust CI/CD workflows, and led cloud‑native transformation projects that improve availability, security, and delivery speed for enterprise applications.

In 2022, Manohar co‑founded SMANV Constructions, which grew from a small partnership into a respected infrastructure firm executing government and public works in roads, water supply, CC drains, fencing and urban development. In 2025, this journey culminated in the creation of SMANV Group of Companies Pvt. Ltd., integrating infrastructure and technology under one umbrella. Guided by the belief that “technology should empower, not complicate”, he brings together DevOps thinking, operational rigour, and entrepreneurial drive to shape both the digital and physical infrastructure vision of SMANV.

Rajkumar Battina is a seasoned execution and delivery leader at Seraval Works, where he began his professional journey immediately after graduation and has steadily grown with the organisation into his current role as Executive Director. In this position, he operates as a trusted backbone of the business, translating strategy into action and ensuring that projects move seamlessly from concept and planning through to on‑ground implementation and completion.

Working largely behind the scenes, Rajkumar focuses on building alignment between business goals, cross‑functional teams and execution timelines, making sure every initiative is delivered with clarity, discipline and accountability. He is known for bringing structure to complex situations, breaking down ambiguity into clear plans, and keeping stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Rajkumar’s leadership style is calm, composed and solutions‑oriented. He is recognised for his strong judgment, ability to weigh risks and trade‑offs, and his knack for making decisions that protect both long‑term strategy and day‑to‑day operational realities. Colleagues value his approachable communication, his willingness to listen, and his habit of backing teams with the support and direction they need to perform at their best.

With deep experience in project governance, coordination and execution, he has successfully overseen multiple high‑impact initiatives, consistently meeting quality benchmarks, budget expectations and timelines. His disciplined approach to planning, review and follow‑through ensures that commitments made to clients, partners and internal stakeholders are reliably honoured.

Driven by a strong work ethic and a strategic mindset, Rajkumar combines attention to detail with a big‑picture view of where the organisation is heading. He is regarded as a dependable leader who can be trusted to “own” outcomes, safeguard standards and quietly keep complex programmes moving in the right direction—adding enduring value to Seraval Works and to every team he leads.