Dr.

TADISINA KISHEN KUMAR REDDY

RECTOR (PRO VICE CHANCELLOR)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad-500 085
Email Id: reddykishen@jntuh.ac.in
Date of Birth: 08 th April, 1956
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, 1978 First Class with Distinction.
M.Tech. (Heat Transfer & Thermal Power Engg), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1980, First Class.
M.S. (Thermal Fluid Sciences), Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA., USA, 1983. GPA 3.6/4.0
Ph.D. (Fuel Sciences), Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA., USA, 1987. GPA 3.7/4.0. Doctoral project Thermal
Stability of Distillate Hydrocarbon Fuels funded by NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, USA.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept of Mechanical Engg, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA, March 1988 to
October 1988
CSIR Pool Officer, Research Center, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., Baroda, India, February 1991 to
September 1992.

CURRENT DESIGNATION:
RECTOR (PRO VICE CHANCELLOR) JNTU HYDERABAD. May 2014 onwards
Member National Executive Council Indian Society for Technical Education New Delhi, January 2012Dec 2015.
Member- Executive Council Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad; Nov. 2011 Oct 2014.
PAST DESIGNATIONS:
Officer on Special duty to Vice Chancellor, JNTUH January 2012 May 2014.
Director, Academic Audit Cell Founder Director of AAC, July 2009 to January 2012.
Member (Advisory Panel)- Skill Training through Science & Technology (STST) Scheme, Dept. of Science &
Technology, New Delhi, India. April 2005 to 2012.
Director, Industry Institute Interaction, JNTUH February to July 2010.
Director, R & D, JNTUH September 2008 to June 2009
ADVISER, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, India. April 2002 to April 2005.
Member - Board of Governors, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab. 2003 2005.
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 2003 2005.
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh. 2003-2005.
Member (Advisory Committee) Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Science & Technology
(DST), New Delhi, India. April, 2002 to April, 2005.
CSIR Pool Officer, Indian Petrochemicals Corp Ltd. Research Centre, Baroda, India. (February 1991 to September
1992)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. (March to
October 1988)
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engg. & Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. (June 1983 to
December 1987)
Engineer Trainee, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., New Delhi. (November 1980 to August 1981)
Officer Trainee, Indian Oil Corporation (Marketing Division), Chennai. (May to September 1979)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Officer on Special Duty to VC, and EC Member JNTUH:
Initiated Green practices in University Campus and prepared a Vision Document for JNTUH 2012-2015.
Created a contemporary from existing logo of JNTUH April 2014.
Director, Academic Audit Cell: (July 2009 to Jan 2012)
Instituted new & comprehensive Inspection Formats for JNTUH in tune with AICTE, UGC, State Govt.
and University norms and standards and implemented the assessment and grading of colleges for AYs
2009-10 and 2010-11.

Director, Research & Development: Independent charge of R & D Cell September 2008 to June 2009.
Instituted plagiarism prevention checks of research papers, doctoral theses and Masters level dissertations
emanating from JNTUH to ensure original content and promote intellectual honesty, November 2008
onwards. Quality of research output has improved considerably.

SERVED AS EXPERT MEMBER for:

Planning Commission, New Delhi; July 2011.
Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi; 2009 till date.
DRDO Promotion Interviews & Fresh recruitment committees, Award committees - 2011 till date
Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi; 2012 till date
Department of Science & Technology, (DST), New Delhi; 2004 till date
University Grants Commission, New Delhi; 2003-2004; 2010-2011
All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi; 2002-2005, 2008
AICTE in various GOI Ministry meetings; 2002-2005
National Research and Development Corporation, New Delhi; 2002-2005
National Institute of Technology, Warangal, A.P.
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, A.P.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur and JNTU Kakinada, A.P.
Osmania University, Hyderabad, A.P
TEACHING EXCELLENCE:

Recipient of State Award as Meritorious Teacher for 2010 by the Dept. of Higher Education,
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRDL Hyderabad- Design of Actively Cooled Scramjet Combustor.
Project No. DRDL/23/54P/12/0268/32946, Amount Rs. 9,89,400/- Duration: Eighteen months. Award date: June
23rd, 2013.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRDO, New Delhi- Numerical Simulation of Planar Flow Melt Spinning
Process using CFD analysis and optimization of process parameters for obtaining good quality amorphous
ribbons of Fe-Si-B alloys. Amount Rs. 26,85,000/-. Duration: Three years
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR - Advanced System Laboratory-DRDL- CFD Simulation of Ejection System in
High Attitude Test facility for different Gas and Steam Inlet pressure and for different Gas flow rates and
optimization of Ejector Geometry. Award date: 30th March 2010; Amount Rs. 4,97,600/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, for All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, India funded project
under Research Promotion Scheme titled CFD Analysis of flow of molten metal in a Casting Cup for manufacture
of Amorphous Metal Alloy Strips. Fund awarded: Rupees 800,000 during 2007-08.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, India under
Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS) scheme. 2008-09. Recipient of Rupees 850,000/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, India under
Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS) scheme. Recipient of Rupees 500,000/- 1998-99.
CO-INVESTIGATOR, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, (NASA), Lewis
Research Center, Cleveland, U.S.A. PROJECT (US $ 180, 000; 1981-85): "Thermal Stability of Distillate
Hydrocarbon Fuels, under Research Grant Award No. NAG 3-183, June 1985. Doctoral thesis on above cited topic
resulting in one NASA report and several international refereed journal papers and international conference
papers.
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD: ICMO 2013 held during 16-17th September 2013, New Delhi,
India. Sowjanya Makarla, doctoral research scholar working under the supervision of Prof. T. Kishen
Kumar Reddy, JNTUH, research paper presented in the International Conference on Manufacturing and
Optimization 2013 was adjudged as Excellent paper in the conference.