Dr. Arkalgud Ramaprasad is the Director of the Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru, India and Professor Emeritus of Information and Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1980; Dr. Ramprasad is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 1972; and B.E. (Electrical), from the University of Mysore, Karnataka, India, 1970. His current research is focused on (a) ontologies to conceptualize a problem domain systematically, systemically, and symmetrically, (b) ontological meta-analysis of research, policies, and practices in the domain, and (c) ontological roadmaps for research, policies, and practices in the domain. His research areas include healthcare, higher education, eGovernance, smart cities, statelessness, and local climate change. He has held visiting faculty positions at the University of Miami, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, and University of Wollongong.