Dr. Venkateswarlu retired as the Vice Chancellor of the Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani. Prior to that, he was the Director of Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA).For over 40 years, Dr. Venkateswarlu worked as the Research and Administrative Manager in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). With rich experience and knowledge in the area of climate change and soil fertility management, he played a key role in conceptualizing and implementing one of the largest network projects on climate change known as National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA). Dr. Vekateswarlu has been a part of several expert committees within and outside the Government that help prepare, implement, approve, monitor and evaluate climate change related projects in India. He is also associated with expert committees of the Ministry of Agriculture, NITI Ayog, DBT, DST, and NABARD.