Instrumentation and Control Systems

Katta Narayana Reddy was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Retd.) at Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering (SVUCE), Tirupati. A Post Graduate in Power Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1960), joined at SVUCE as a Lecturer (1961) and rose to become Professor (1985) and continued till his retirement (1995). After retirement he worked as Honorary Professor at SVUCE (1995-2001). Later the joined and worked as Professor at VNRVJIET, Hyderabad (2001-2007). During his long teaching career, he taught several subjects, most important being Engineering Thermodynamics, Power Plant Engineering and Instrumentation and Control Systems. He received the Best University Teachers Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1992-1993. He was also rated as Best Teacher by the students of VNRVJIET, Hyderabad for the year 2006.

Palakodeti Sri Rama Krishnudu is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Retd.) at Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering (SVUCE), Tirupati. He joined SVUCE as Draughtsman (Mech.) (1964) and rose to the level of Associate Professor (1999) and continued till his retirement (2002). After retirement he continued in SVUCE in Honorary capacity till 2007. Through hard work and perseverance he obtained B.Tech (Mec.) (1984), M.Tech. (IE-1998) and Ph.D (2002) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. After SVUCE he joined as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Chadalawada Ramanamma Engineering College, Tirupati (2007-2008), Sir Rama Engineering College, Tirupati (2008-2009). Later he became Dean, Faculty of Engineering at Rayalseema School of Engineering and Research (Siddartha Group of Educational Institutions), Tirupati (2009-2011). He has many research publications to his credit. His work in the area of Aggregate Planning has been implemented by APSRTC (1993-1994). This resulted in reduced waiting time of pilgrims at bus depots of Tirupati-1 and Tirumala and also reduced the loss of revenue to the APSRTC. This plan is helpful to transport the pilgrims from Tirupati to Tirumala and vice-versa for early Darshan of the Lord of Seven Hills.