Prof. N. Mangala Gouri received her B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering with Distinction, 87% from JNTU Hyderabad (Autonomous), in 1982 and M. Tech in Optical Communication with Distinction, 83% from IIT Delhi in 1984. She discontinued Ph.D. in JNTU in the field of Fiber Optic Sensors and Networks. She initially worked at ECIL as Technical Manager; Hyderabad from 1987 to 2000, wherein she worked on Production oriented R&D in FOSAPP (Fiber Optic System Application Promotion Program) center in the Instruments Group of ECIL. She successfully carried out many projects like Fiber Optic Universal Control Harness for Main Battle Tank (ARJUN), Fiber Optic Railway Signaling System (FORS) and as the Chief Investigator, with Rs. Fourty five lakh Grant-In-Aid from DoE, designed, developed and productionised a Latent Print Finder system as import substitute for use by NCRB, CFPB, State FPBs and Police. She was nominated for the Young Scientist Award instituted by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh by ECIL management during 1998 for design and development of Latent Print Finder system as import substitute. She undergone advanced training for 4 months in ‘Fiber Optics and Optical Communication’ as a UNDP fellow (UNIDO, Vienna) at University of Tampere, Finland and University of Bremen, Germany during 1989. Later she joined as an Associate Professor in the department of ECE, ISS College of engineering and technology for women, Hyderabad from 2001 to 2003. She joined as an Associate Professor in the department of ECE, JNTUHCEH in 2003 till her retirement in 2019. Presently she is working as Head of the Department, ECE from 2023.