Dr. Nandineni Rama Devi a Professor, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning. She obtained her Bangalore. Graduated from BMS College, Bangalore, Master of Architecture and Ph.D. from the School of Architecture and Planning (SPA), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. She has significantly contributed for starting the semester exchange programs with UMEA, Deakin, and RMIT. In 2017, she was involved in bringing the Intercultural Dialogue through Design (iDiDe), a collaborative design studio partnering Deakin University Australia, Moratuwa University, Srilanka, IIUM Malaysia, and other reputed Universities. She has actively participated in FAIMER by coordinating the Built Environment Workshop on behalf of MSAP, Manipal. She is also a registered PhD guide at MAHE and is very keen on inter-professional research.