Wooday P. Krishna

Krishna is a recipient of the President’s Gold Medal, the highest National Award given for Red Cross humanitarian work of high order in 2012 from the Honourable President of India and the prestigious State Rajyotsava Award in 2004 for social work from the Government of Karnataka. He has been elected Fellow, World Academy of Productivity Science, Canada in recognition of his contributions to productivity improvement in the delivery of humanitarian services.

Krishna authored a book named Sir M Visvesvaraya Jeevana Sadhane that was released on National Science Day in 2009.

Krishna was born in 1963 in Bangalore, Karnataka to father Late W. H. Puttiah, a merchant and freedom fighter and mother Late Doddammaiya. He is married to Savitha. Krishna attended Ramkrishna Vidyashala in Mysore; and is a Doctorate (Ph.D) in Management' and a post-graduate in Engineering with degrees in Law, Business Administration, Sociology and Journalism. At school he was influenced by the principles of Swami Vivekananda and later by Raja Rammohun Roy.

Krishna is a well-known and nationally recognized educationist. He has provided leadership to the Seshadripuram Educational Trust (SET) that comprises 34 educational institutions spread across Bengaluru, Mysuru, Tumakuru and Mandya Districts and was established in 1930 by a group of women as a primary school named Seshadripuram Stree Samaja. He has been involved with Indian Red Cross Society, The Tuberculosis Association of India, Gandhi Peace Foundation, and The Institution of Engineers (India) at the national level; .