Kuderu Rajagopal

Kuderu Rajagopal is presently Vice-Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu. Earlier he worked as Vice-Chancellor for the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad of the combined states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He has become popular as the Government of Andhra Pradesh has also been Vice-Chancellor of various other universities viz., Osmania University- Hyderabad, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University-Hyderabad, Sri Venkateswara University-Tirupathi, Yogi Vemana University-Kadapa, and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.

Personal life and education

He was born on 2 February 1953 and brought up in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. He did his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 and Master of Technology in Heat Power in 1978 at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur. He earned his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1991.

Research and experience

He has about 335 scholarly articles published and presented at the national and international level. He guided about 35 research scholars in obtaining their doctorate degree and 70 students obtaining their Master of Technology.

He started his career as a lecturer in 1978, working at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur for two years and at Chaitanya Bharathi Inst. of Technology, Hyderabad for a year. He joined JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur in 1981. He has been a Vice-Principal, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. He has received about 15 awards from various professional bodies.

Awards Received

• Awarded ‘Best Teacher’ for the year 2004 by the Govt. of A.P.
• Swami Vivekananda Award by Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage, Kolkata
• Excellent Administrator award by Indian American Friendship Council (IAFC) Texas State Chapter, USA, April 2007

External links

• Rajagopal appointed SKU Vice-Chancellor
• Kuderu Rajagopal exclusive interview with idreamedia
• Kuderu Rajagopal scholarly articles