Early Life Dr. Dornadula Sundar Ram (born 18 September 1960) is the Founder and Director of the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India (AGRASRI), a registered professional Non-Governmental Organisation, being headquartered at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has earlier been the Reader and Head of the PG Department of Public Administration, Sri Subbaraya and Narayana College (Acharya Nagarjuna University), Narasaraopet; UGC Research Associate (Post-Doctoral Fellow) and Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.) in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.