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Biography
Dr. 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 combined states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He has become popular as the Government of Andhra Pradesh has entrusted incharge Vice-Chancellor ship for various other Universities viz., Osmania University- Hyderabad, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University- Hyderabad, Sri Venkateswara University-Tirupathi, Yogi Vemana University-Kadapa, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.
Personal Life and Education
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 and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1991.
Research and Experience
He has about 335 scholarly articles published / presented at National and International level. He guided about 35 research scholars in obtaining their Doctorate degree and 70 students to obtain their Master of Technology.
He started his career as lecturer in 1978 worked at Siddaganga Inst. of Technology, Tumkur for two years and at Chaitanya Bharathi Inst. of Technology, Hyderabad for an year and joined JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur in 1981. With his passion, dedication and commitment towards his job, he attained higher positions in his career and delivered duties as Vice-Principal, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. He received about 15 awards various professional bodies.