Advancing
Professional
Pest Management
PestPro Learning Hub is a professional learning and standards platform dedicated to advancing technical competence, regulatory excellence, and leadership in urban and structural pest management.
A Centre of Excellence in Urban & Structural Pest Management
PestPro Learning Hub functions as a structured professional learning ecosystem that brings together scientific knowledge, field experience, regulatory understanding, technological awareness, and responsible pest management philosophy within a coherent and accessible educational framework. It is designed to develop professionals capable of informed judgement, analytical reasoning, and confident application of science in the field.
The platform serves Pest Management Professionals, field technicians, consultants, facility managers, food safety teams, public health officers, researchers, architects, institutional administrators, and allied industry professionals who seek learning of genuine depth and lasting professional value.
Through advanced technical boot camps, hybrid learning programmes, professional workshops, standards and regulatory sessions, scientific seminars, and industry interaction programmes, PestPro Learning Hub bridges the often considerable distance between academic entomology and the realities of daily practice — building professionals whose competence commands the confidence of their clients, their peers, and the wider public.
Knowledge in Concert
Field wisdom, scientific principle, regulatory literacy, technological awareness, and responsible professional practice, drawn into a single coherent framework.
Learning of Lasting Value
Advanced technical boot camps, hybrid learning programmes, professional workshops, standards sessions, scientific seminars, and industry interaction programmes.
Transforming a Profession Through Knowledge, Rigour, and Purpose
We are committed to building a professional learning movement that redefines pest management as a science-driven, technology-aware, ethically responsible, and continuously evolving field — one that commands the professional respect it has long merited, and one that equips its practitioners for the complex demands of a changing world.
Converting Experience into Structured Professional Knowledge
Field experience, however valuable, must be systematised to be transmitted. We translate accumulated professional wisdom into structured, teachable knowledge systems that endure beyond the individual practitioner.
Simplifying Complex Science for Practical Application
Scientific and regulatory complexity need not be a barrier. Our learning design makes sophisticated concepts genuinely accessible — without sacrificing intellectual rigour or professional dignity.
From Product Dependence to Professional Judgement
The profession’s future lies in analysis, interpretation, and systems thinking — not in the uncritical application of products. We cultivate the habit of enquiry over the habit of convenience.
Developing Technically Skilled, Responsible Practitioners
We set out to produce practitioners who are technically confident, professionally responsible, and intellectually equipped to manage complexity with composure and clarity.
Modern Learning for a Modern Profession
AI-assisted learning tools, digital communication systems, and hybrid delivery methods are integrated thoughtfully — enhancing access and engagement without displacing the primacy of human instruction.
Connecting Academia, Industry, and Practice
The learning environment of the future demands genuine collaboration between research scientists, academic institutions, regulatory authorities, field practitioners, and allied sector professionals.
A Globally Respected Centre of Excellence in Professional Pest Management Education
Our vision is to emerge as a globally respected centre of excellence in Urban and Structural Pest Management education — redefining professional learning through scientific knowledge, ethical practice, ecological responsibility, and the intelligent application of technology. We seek to build an internationally connected learning ecosystem that bridges academic science, regulatory understanding, practical field realities, and emerging technologies through continuous education, collaborative enquiry, and innovation-driven professional development.
Eight Aspirations of the Vision
I. Elevate Standards
To establish and continuously raise the standards of Urban and Structural Pest Management education in India and across the international professional community.
II. Build a Learned Community
To cultivate a scientifically informed, professionally empowered, and ethically grounded community that commands respect within the wider scientific and public health sectors.
III. Champion Sustainable Practice
To promote sustainable, ecology-conscious, and evidence-oriented systems that serve not only the immediate client but the wider environment and society.
IV. Advance Ethical Practice
To embed ethics, professional accountability, and social responsibility as the inalienable foundations of competent pest management practice.
V. Integrate Emerging Technologies
To bring digital technologies, AI-assisted learning, and modern communication tools thoughtfully into professional education — enhancing rigour rather than replacing it.
VI. Develop Globally Relevant Programmes
To design and deliver training aligned with evolving international expectations, regulatory frameworks, food safety standards, and environmental responsibilities.
VII. Foster Cross-Sectoral Collaboration
To create enduring connections between scientists, academicians, regulators, architects, facility managers, food safety professionals, and field practitioners.
VIII. Encourage Research and Innovation
To support original enquiry, scholarly review, and knowledge development in integrated and sustainable pest management.
Beyond Eradication — Understanding, Balance, and Responsibility
PestPro Learning Hub advances a balanced and considered approach to pest management — one that holds equal regard for ecology, public health, food safety, structural protection, scientific understanding, and long-term sustainability. We do not believe the purpose of the profession is simply to eliminate pests by the most expedient means available; we believe it is to understand the systems within which pests operate, to diagnose the conditions that invite them, and to intervene with intelligence, precision, and proportionality.
We hold that the future of pest management will not be determined by chemicals or products alone, however refined these may become. It will be determined by knowledge — by the quality of observation, the accuracy of interpretation, the soundness of systems thinking, the depth of ecological awareness, the adaptability to emerging technologies, and the professional judgement of those who practise the craft.
Science First
Every curriculum and protocol is grounded in current scientific understanding — not in convention, convenience, or commercial interest.
Ecology at the Centre
Pest management that disregards ecological relationships is incomplete. We teach the whole system, not merely the pest.
Ethics as Foundation
Professional dignity, client responsibility, and honest communication are the inseparable core of competence.
Tradition Honoured
The accumulated wisdom of those who came before is a resource to be studied and respected. We build upon it as we advance the profession.
Innovation Welcomed
Technology and new methodologies are embraced wherever they serve excellence — introduced with discernment, applied with rigour.
Lifelong Learning
The professional who believes their education is complete has already begun to fall behind. We cultivate enduring intellectual curiosity.
The People Behind the Platform
Kommaraju Venkateswara Rao
- Director, Venson Pest Management & Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- More than three decades of active engagement in Urban and Structural Pest Management.
- Former General Secretary, Pest Management Association (2016–2025).
- A sustained contributor to professional standards, regulatory discourse, and industry education.
- Author — Fumigation: Navigating the Global Agriculture Trade.
Kommaraju Vivek Sarma
- Founder & Managing Director, Venson Pest Management & Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- MBA in Finance and Marketing.
- National-level winner, Business Plan Competition, Christ University, Bengaluru.
- Led the transformation of a traditional family enterprise into a science-based, compliance-driven organisation serving corporate, institutional, healthcare, pharmaceutical, hospitality, and premium residential sectors.
- Represents emerging professional leadership — integrating management systems, digital learning models, technology-driven communication, and future-ready educational methodologies.
Guided by Senior Scientific and Professional Leadership
The Academic Advisory Board strengthens PestPro Learning Hub through scientific counsel, field-tested professional judgement, and faculty engagement. Prof. Dr. C. Gopalaswamy serves as Academic Advisor. The remaining three distinguished advisors also serve as Faculty.
Prof. Dr. C. Gopalaswamy
- Professor of Biochemistry (Retired), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
- Thirty-seven years of postgraduate teaching in Biochemistry.
- Doctoral supervisor — twenty-eight Ph.D. degrees conferred.
- 187 research papers; published in Nature (1974).
- Focus: biochemical and toxicological dimensions of pest control.
Dr. Anil R. Mazagaonkar
- Ph.D. Agricultural Entomology; termite researcher and pest management professional.
- 42+ years in pest management; Founder, Opal Pest Control, Mumbai.
- NIRD Certified Master Trainer — Pest Control Skill Development.
- Syllabus Architect — Urban Pest Management, NIPHM Hyderabad (2007).
- Faculty for advanced termite management and scientific affairs.
Dr. Anil Kumar Makkapati
- Ph.D. Medical Entomology, IICT Hyderabad; public health entomologist.
- Former Global Head, Entomology R&D, Reckitt Benckiser.
- Global Technical & Development Manager — Envu / Bayer Environmental Science.
- 250+ training programmes; invited speaker at FAOPMA, IPCA, PMA, FIPP, Pest World East.
- Vice President — Academy of Public Health Entomology (2026–27).
Dr. G.S.S. Prakash
- 42 years in pest management; 34 years at Pest Control (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- NIRDPR Empanelled Master Trainer — General Pest Management & Fumigation.
- Visiting Faculty, NIPHM Hyderabad (20 years).
- Certified — CFTRI Mysore, AFAS-RSA Sydney, AIB International USA.
- Master trainer for skill development — 24 years of active training.
Scholarship in Depth
Prof. Dr. C. Gopalaswamy
- Thirty-Seven Years of Postgraduate Teaching in Biochemistry
- Doctoral Supervisor — Twenty-Eight Ph.D. Degrees Conferred
- 187 Research Papers in National & International Journals
- Published in Nature (1974) — among the world’s most cited journals
- Invited Participant — Princeton, Stanford, Yale & University of Leeds
Biographical Profile
Prof. Dr. C. Gopalaswamy is a distinguished biochemist, academic, and research scholar of national and international repute, whose career at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, encompasses thirty-seven years of postgraduate teaching and sustained scientific inquiry. Widely recognised for the rigour and breadth of his scholarly contributions, he has shaped the intellectual formation of successive generations of scientists in the life sciences, whilst building a body of research that speaks to some of the most consequential intersections of biochemistry, toxicology, and public health.
Research Leadership and Doctoral Supervision
Among the most consequential dimensions of Prof. Dr. Gopalaswamy’s academic legacy is his record as a doctoral supervisor of exceptional productivity. Over the course of his career he guided and successfully conferred twenty-eight Ph.D. degrees, with dissertations addressing an extensive range of topics spanning toxicology, microbiology, histopathology, and physiology — a sustained commitment to doctoral formation rarely matched in scale within the Indian life sciences academy.
Publications and International Scholarly Standing
He has published one hundred and eighty-seven research papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Of particular distinction is his publication in Nature in 1974 — widely regarded as the world’s foremost interdisciplinary scientific journal — a recognition that places him amongst the small number of Indian scientists of his generation to have achieved this mark of international standing. His research has addressed fundamental questions in the biochemistry of toxic substances, microbial behaviour, tissue pathology, and physiological response, with implications that extend well beyond the laboratory into environmental safety and public health.
Advisory Role at PestPro Learning Hub
Prof. Dr. Gopalaswamy joins PestPro Learning Hub as a member of its Academic Advisory Board, bringing a depth of scientific authority that strengthens its commitment to evidence-based, scientifically rigorous pest management education. His expertise in toxicology and the biochemical mechanisms of pesticide action is of direct and profound relevance to the professional formation of practitioners in the modern urban environment, ensuring that programmes are anchored in sound scientific principles and attentive to the public health dimensions of urban and structural pest management.
Dr. Anil R. Mazagaonkar
- Ph.D. Agricultural Entomology — College of Agriculture, Dapoli (2018)
- Thesis: Species Diversity & Management of Termites in the Konkan Region — 25 species identified
- 42+ Years in Pest Management · Founder, Opal Pest Control, Mumbai (1992)
- NIRD Certified Master Trainer — Pest Control Skill Development Council of India
- Syllabus Architect — Urban Pest Management, NIPHM Hyderabad (2007)
- Advisor & Trainer — Pest Management Association of India since 2004
Biographical Profile
Dr. Anil R. Mazagaonkar is an agricultural entomologist, termite researcher, pest management entrepreneur, and master trainer of distinguished standing, whose career of more than four decades weaves together academic rigour, field expertise, entrepreneurial enterprise, and a lifelong commitment to the professionalisation of the pest management industry in India. His singular contribution lies in bridging the worlds of university entomology and applied urban pest management — a gap he has identified, written about, and worked to close throughout the whole of his professional life.
Academic Formation
Dr. Mazagaonkar holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (1980) and a Master of Science in Agricultural Entomology (1983) from the College of Agriculture, Dapoli. In a remarkable act of scholarly commitment, he returned to his alma mater in 2012 as a doctoral student, completing four semesters of coursework before undertaking original field research on termites in the Konkan region. His Ph.D., conferred in April 2018, identified twenty-five termite species, investigated the use of termites in the breakdown of mulches for soil improvement, evaluated Insect Growth Regulators in termite control, and introduced a novel method for the quantification of termite activity.
Opal Pest Control and National Contributions
In 1992 he founded Opal Pest Control in Mumbai, providing the full range of pest management and fumigation services to clients drawn from the highest levels of Indian industry. In 2007 he was invited by NIPHM, Hyderabad, to formulate the syllabus for a short-term training programme in Urban Pest Management; in 2015 he authored two chapters of the NIRD manual Extension Guidelines for Vector and Pest Management in Human Habitation; and he was most recently instrumental in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Pest Management Association of India and DBSKKV for a short-term course for Agricultural Graduates and Pest Management Professionals.
Chief Academic Advisor & Head – Scientific Affairs
Dr. Mazagaonkar bears responsibility for the scientific integrity of PestPro Learning Hub’s entire programme portfolio — shaping its academic architecture, ensuring the currency and rigour of its scientific content, and aligning its curricula with the most exacting standards of entomological science, pesticide knowledge, and regulatory compliance. He also serves directly as Faculty on advanced termite management, bringing to the classroom an authority earned through decades of field research, doctoral scholarship, and hands-on practice.
Dr. Anil Kumar Makkapati
- Ph.D. Medical Entomology — IICT, Hyderabad (1996); MSc — WHO Collaborating Centre, Puducherry
- WHO/ICMR Fellow in Medical Entomology · ICMR Fellow · DOD Fellow
- Global Head, Entomology R&D — Reckitt Benckiser (12 years)
- Global Technical & Development Manager — Envu / Bayer Environmental Science
- CEO — YashoDhan Consultants, Hyderabad (2024 to present)
- 250+ Training Programmes · Invited Speaker at FAOPMA, IPCA, PMA, FIPP & Pest World East
Biographical Profile
Dr. Anil Kumar Makkapati is a public health entomologist, pesticide scientist, and industry leader of distinguished standing, whose career of more than three decades spans the highest levels of corporate research and development, regulatory science, international business development, and professional education. With a commanding expertise encompassing vector biology, household insecticide technology, and the science of public health pest control, he has contributed materially to the advancement of pest management practice on a global scale.
Academic Formation and Professional Career
He holds a Bachelor of Science from Andhra Loyola College (1987), an MSc in Medical Entomology from the Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry University (1990), and a Ph.D. in Medical Entomology from IICT, Hyderabad (1996). At Bayer Crop Science Limited, Mumbai (1996–2010), he rose to Associate General Manager for Business Development, Marketing, Strategies, and Regulatory Affairs. At Reckitt Benckiser (2010–2022) he served as Global Head of Entomology Research and Development, establishing a world-class R&D laboratory and leading the organisation to a global award for scientific excellence. Since January 2024 he has served as Chief Executive Officer of YashoDhan Consultants, Hyderabad.
Scientific Contributions and Industry Leadership
Dr. Makkapati has been instrumental in the development and commercial launch of a range of significant pest control products, and has supported the registration of more than twenty-five products in public health and household insecticides through rigorous engagement with regulatory authorities across multiple countries. He has served as Honorary Technical Editor of PESTOLOGY since 1998 and as Honorary Technical Advisor to several of India’s principal professional bodies.
Role at PestPro Learning Hub: Advisor and Faculty
In his advisory capacity, Dr. Makkapati guides the institution in the design of its curricula, the selection of evidence-based content, and the alignment of its programmes with the most current international scientific and regulatory developments. As Faculty he brings to the classroom the full weight of his field experience, corporate leadership, and scientific scholarship — ensuring that instruction is at once analytically rigorous, practically grounded, and attuned to the realities of professional pest management in the twenty-first century.
Dr. G.S.S. Prakash
- 42 Years in the Pest Management Industry · 34 Years at Pest Control (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- NIRDPR Empanelled Master Trainer — General Pest Management & Fumigation
- Visiting Faculty — NIPHM, Hyderabad (20 years)
- Certified — CFTRI Mysore (1994) · AFAS-RSA Sydney (2005) · AIB International, USA
- Master Trainer for Industry Skill Development — 24 years of active training
- Managing Committee Member — Indian Pest Control Association (IPCA)
Biographical Profile
Dr. G.S.S. Prakash is one of India’s most experienced and widely respected pest management practitioners, educators, and industry trainers, whose professional career of forty-two years embodies the full arc of the modern pest management profession in India — from field practice and technical service to master training, curriculum development, and national skill certification. His singular distinction lies not only in the depth of his operational expertise but in the sustained passion with which he has dedicated himself to the elevation of professional standards.
Academic and Professional Formation
Dr. Prakash holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Zoology and a Degree in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, a combination that equips him with both natural science foundations and an applied health sciences perspective. His formation has been further shaped by specialised certification of the highest order: a Certificate Course in Fumigation, Pest Control, and Prophylactic Treatments from CFTRI, Mysore (1994); a Certificate Course on Fumigation Practices for Quarantine Purposes from AFAS — RSA Education, Sydney (2005); and a Certificate Course in Food Safety and Hygiene Training from AIB International, United States.
Master Training and Institutional Affiliations
Dr. Prakash has devoted twenty-four years to the active training of pest management personnel, establishing himself as one of the foremost master trainers in the Indian sector. His empanelment by NIRDPR as a Master Trainer for General Pest Management and Fumigation is a recognition accorded only to practitioners of demonstrated excellence and pedagogic competence. For twenty years he has served as a visiting faculty member at NIPHM, Hyderabad, and he has collaborated as a technical trainer with CBRI, UPL, Intech Organic, Sandhya Chemical, and numerous other organisations.
Role at PestPro Learning Hub: Advisor and Faculty
In his advisory role, Dr. Prakash brings forty-two years of operational knowledge, a national perspective on industry skill development, and an intimate understanding of the practical needs of pest management professionals at every stage of their careers. As Faculty, he brings a pedagogic authority earned over two decades of master training at the highest institutional levels — reaffirming the institution’s conviction that the finest professional education is delivered by those who have given their working lives to the craft they teach.
Three Divisions. One Professional Standard.
PestPro Learning Hub organises its professional learning portfolio into three focused divisions. Each division is designed for professionals who require depth, discipline, compliance awareness, and field relevance.
Advanced Technical Pest Management
Termite management, mosquito management, cockroach management, rodent management, fly management, bed bug management, stored product pest management, bird management, wood-destroying organisms, digital monitoring systems, and IPM systems.
Food Safety, Compliance & Audit Systems
FSSAI Schedule 4, HACCP, ISO 22000, BRCGS, FSSC 22000, GMP/GHP, audit readiness, documentation systems, corrective action systems, pest trend analytics, and food premises protocols.
Leadership, Business & Institutional Excellence
AMC design, technical proposal writing, tendering, pricing strategy, leadership development, team management, client retention, technology integration, and AI applications in pest management.
Learning that strengthens judgement, documentation, and professional confidence.
Boot Camp Calendar
Four intensives carry the year, each conceived by practising professionals and aligned to recognised standards. They progress from the sciences of termite management to food-safety governance, digital practice, and the advanced triadic discipline — a deliberate arc from the field to the frontier. Delivered in hybrid mode — in person and Live Online.
Structural Termite Intelligence
A two-day intensive on the structural dimensions of termite management — developing competency in building risk assessment, soil treatment science, IS 6313 (Parts 1–3), pre- and post-construction anti-termite treatment systems, reticulation technology, and emerging non-chemical structural protection methods. Grounded in field practice and aligned to Indian and international standards.
The HACCP-Based Pest Control System
The full HACCP framework applied to pest control across food processing, pharmaceutical, and institutional environments — covering FSSAI Schedule 4, BRCGS Issue 9, FSSC 22000 v6, and ISO 22000:2018.
PCO Digital Mastery
An advanced programme on technology, artificial intelligence, automation, and digital documentation in modern pest management practice — conceived by professionals, for professionals.
The Three Sisters
Three advanced disciplines of urban and structural pest management, seldom taught together, reunited into a single working intelligence — taught in concert, to our knowledge, for the first time in an Indian setting.
Clear Rules. Fair Processes. Professional Accountability.
Registration, cancellation and refund terms apply to all Boot Camps, Masterclasses, Workshops, Seminars, Webinars, Certification Courses, and other structured Learning Events, whether delivered in person, in hybrid mode, or entirely online.
| Notice Period Prior to Commencement | Fee Refund Entitlement | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| More than fourteen (14) calendar days | 90% | 10% retained as administrative charge |
| Seven (7) to fourteen (14) calendar days (inclusive) | 50% | No further entitlement beyond stated amount |
| Fewer than seven (7) calendar days | Nil | Transfer may be considered at the Institute’s discretion |
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