Dr.  K.V.  Achalapathi, M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D. is working as Professor of Commerce in Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has over three decades of teaching, administrative, research, quality assurance and executive training experience with one of the most reputed universities in India and abroad and has varied and rich teaching experience in subjects viz., Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Managerial Economics, Marketing, International Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Research, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis and Quantitative Techniques etc., at both post-graduate and graduate level. Coming to his experience at the international level, he worked as Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the years 1998 2001, Associate Professor in Business and Accounting Department, Muscat College, Muscat, Oman during 2010-2012 and as Chairman of Steering Committee, Quality Audit Self Study at Muscat College, Oman, Muscat. He held various positions such as Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Head, Department of Commerce and Chairman, Board of Studies in Commerce at Osmania University. He had also worked and served as Principal, Osmania University Post Graduate College, MahboobnagarHe won many awards and honours. To name a few, State Best Teacher Awardin the year 2005 by Government of Andhra Pradesh, Best Teacher Award in the year 1996 by Lions Club of Palamur, Mahboobnagar, AP and Best Teacher  Award in the year 2008 by Lions Club of Mahboobnagar, AP. He was instrumental in changing the curriculum for B.Com, M.Com and M.Phil in Commerce and Ph.D to cater to the changed environment and was also instrumental in starting MBA and MCA programmes on self financing basis. 
He participated in more than fifty National Conferences, ten International Conferences and hosted one International Conference. He has thirty nine research publications to his credit. Six students were awarded Ph.D and six students were awarded M.Phil under his guidance and the research supervision of four students in Ph.D. is in progress. He has worked as Convener, Finishing Schools Common Entrance Test 2009 appointed by Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh and also participated actively in course writing for Distance Education in Andhra Pradesh through the Open University and through Distance Education Centre in Osmania University.