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Academics:
Prof. Rao became full professor at Indian
Institue of Technology (IIT-Kharagpur) in
1970 and later moved to Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT-Delhi) in 1975 and Chaired
the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He
started a new center on Industrial
Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance
engineering in 1977 at IIT-Delhi. He also
taught at the University of Surrey, as a
commonwealth fellow; at National Institute
of Applied Sciences, Lyon; Concordia
University, Montreal; Rochester Institute of
Technology and Gesamthochschule in Kassel,
National Chung Cheng University, ChiaYi, The
University of New South Wales, Sydney as
visiting Professor. He also served as
Science Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in
Washington during 1984-88. He also served as
Protem Chancellor of Koneru Lakshmaiah
University from 2011-12 and
President-Academics at Kumaraguru College of
Technology, India.
Consultancy:
He was a consultant to over 30 industries,
e.g., Gas Turbine Research Establishment,
Bharat Heavy Electricals, Indian Space
Research Organization amongst others in
India and to Washington Metro and Stress
Technology Inc., in USA and Twyflex
Couplings in England, Institute of Fluid
Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Taipower Company, Taipei and others. Notable
amongst several consultancy jobs, Professor
Rao led a team of BHEL engineers in
successfully investigating the complete
catastrophic failure of Narora Atomic Power
plant in Northern India, fixing up through
analytical simulations and field tests of
the annoying squeal problem of Washington
Metro trains, Solving the problem of High
pressure compressor rotor failures due to
rub from clearance, thermal expansion and
rotor dynamic problems. He was a full time
consultant to Stress Technology Inc. in
Rochester
Industry and Corporate:
Professor Rao moved in the year 2000 from
academics to industry on a permanent basis
at Quality Engineering and Software
Technologies, where he held the position of
Chief Technology Officer and responsible for
a rapid nearly tenfold growth in a four
years. He has been the key figure in
advancing design culture in private industry
in India and in particular getting further
industrial advances in the fields of rotor
and blade dynamic technologies for several
multinational companies, GE, Nuo Pignone,
Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce, GE Hydro and
Indian defense establishments GTRE, ISRO.
Professor Rao is also a Director on the
Board of GMR Energy Group, which set up the
largest barge mounted combined cycle power
plant with four GE aeroderivative engines
and one Mitsubishi Steam turbine in record
time and successfully producing power since
2001.
3. Memberships of
Scientific Bodies:
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Fellow - American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow - Indian National Academy of
Engineering
Founder Member - Association for Machines
and Mechanisms
Life Member - Indian Society Theoretical &
Applied Mechanics
Life Fellow - Indian Society of Technical
Education
Fellow - Institution of Engineers (India)
Member - United Children’s Movement
4. Professional
Activities:
- President – The Vibration Institute
of India 1999 –
- Chief Editor – Journal of Advances
in Vibration Engineering and Journal of
Vibration Engineering Technologies
sponsored by IFToMM – The Vibration
Institute of India; 2002 -
- President - Association of
Machines & Mechanisms 1983-1987
- Chairman - IFToMM Tech
Committee Rotor Dynamics 1983-90 and
2011
- Chairman - IFToMM Commission
on Conferences 1990 – 97
- President - Indian Soc. of
Theo. & Applied Mechanics - 1990-92
- Member - IFToMM Executive
Council 1984-91
- Chairman - VI IFToMM World
Congress 1983
- Chairman - Rotor Dynamics
Group ARDB Propulsion Panel 1991-
- IFToMM Founding Father 1969
- IFToMM Chief Delegate -
1969-1987
- Member Delegate IUTAM from
India- 1972-78
- Vice-President Indian Soc.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics 1974-76
- Editorial Secretary - ISTAM
1976-78
- Member National Committee on
Vibration and Noise Control
- Member Review Committee for
C-12 Cryogenic Engine Turbine Pump for
GSLV 3rd Stage, LPSC, ISRO, Trivandrum
- Member Editorial Board -
Mechanism and Machine Theory
- Associate Editor – Mechanism
and Machine Theory
- Member Editorial Board -
International J of Engineering Analysis
and Design
- Member Structures & Dynamics
Committee - ASME IGTI
- Member Board of International
Advisers Wiley Series in Design
Engineering
- Member Steering Scientific
Committee - 9th IFToMM World Congress,
Milan, 1995
- Member International Steering
Committee - International Conference on
Theory and Applications of Robotics,
CAD/CAM (TARC-95), Merida, Yucatan,
Mexico
- Member Organizing Committee
Indo-German Workshop on Mechanics, March
28-April 2, 1994
- Member - Expert Panel, Turbo
machinery Asia '94 Tutorial,
International conference and Exhibition,
July 1994, Singapore
- Member International Program
Committee - International Conference on
Mechanical Trans-missions and Mechanisms
'97, Tianjin
- Member International
Scientific Advisory Committee for 6th
International Symposium on Transport
Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating
Machinery, Honolulu, 1996
- Member - Distinguished Panel,
Turbo power Asia '96 Conference July
1996, Singapore
- Member of Advisory Committee
Corporate R&D, BHEL, Hyderabad
- Member of Advisory Committee
Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
- Member of Advisory Committee
Central Railway Research Board, New
Delhi
- Member of Advisory Committee
Ahmadabad Textile Industry Research
Association, Ahmadabad
- Member of Advisory Committee
Central Mechanical Engineering Research
Institute. Durgapur
- Chairman - Orissa Academy of
Sciences Awards Committee - 1996-97
- Member Board of Governors, IIT
Delhi - 1998-2000
- Member International Steering
Committee, International Symposium
Extraordinary Machines and Structures in
Antiquity, International Olympic
Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece, 16-18
September 1999
- Co-Chairman, Steering
Committee, The First International
Conference on Vibration Engineering &
Technology of Machinery, Bangalore,
October 2000
- Member - International
conference program committee,
International Conference on Mechanical
Transmissions, 5-8 April 2001.
Chongqing, China
- Member - Steering Committee
Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems
Integrity and Maintenance (ACSIM)
- Chief Delegate from India to
ISO TC 108
- Member - International
Scientific Advisory Committee XXI
Southeastern Conference on Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, FL, May
2002
- Member – Indo US Committee on
Bio Technology set up by Prime Minister
of India, 1984-89
- Member – Indo US Committee on
Microelectronics set up by Prime
Minister of India, 1984-89
- Member – Indo US Committee on
Aerospace set up by Prime Minister of
India, 1984-89
- Member – Indo US sub
commission on Science and Technology set
up by India and US Governments, 1984-89
- Member – Indo US Science and
Technology Initiative set up by Prime
Minister of India and President of the
United States, 1984-89
- Member - Scientific Committee
for the 1st WSEAS-IASME Conference on
ADVANCES IN MECHANICS AND MECHATRONICS,
Udine, Italy, March 25-27, 2004
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-III and
ACSIM-2004, December 2004, New Delhi
- Patron, IUTAM Symposium on
Rotor Dynamics, 2009, New Delhi
- Chairman Board of Studies in
Nuclear Engineering for Jawaharlal
Technological University Kakinada.
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-V, 26-28
August, 2009, Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VI, 15-17
December, 2012, New Delhi, India
- Conference Chair,
International Conference on Multi Body
Dynamics, February 2011
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VII,
21-24 November, 2011, Shanghai, China
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VIII, 3-6
September, 2012, Gdansk, Poland
- Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-IX, 21-23
September, 2013, Nanjing, China
- Conference Chair – VETOMAC-X,
9-11 September 2014, Manchester, UK
- Honorary Advisory Committee
member - 2015 IFToMM World Congress,
Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 25-30, 2015
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- Best Paper award - Defense Science
Journal - 1984.
- Association of Scientists of Indian
Origin in America - Award for
Outstanding Scientific Contributions -
1985.
- Award for significant
contribution to Mechanical Engineering -
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Washington, DC - 1988.
- First Occupant of BHEL Chair
1991- 98
- Outstanding in Instruction of
Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi - 1989
to 1992
- Glimpses of Engineering
Eminent Personality - Institution of
Engineers (India) Platinum Jubilee Year
Award 1994
- Distinguished Leadership Award
- American Biographical Institute - 1996
- Silver Medal of Honor - 20th
Century Award for Achievement -
International Biographical Center,
Cambridge, England - 1997
- Honored by Association of
Machines and Mechanisms (India) for
Distinguished Services in the Area of
Theory of Mechanisms/Mechanical Design
and Technical Education and Honorary
Life Membership - 1997
- ISROMAC-7 Award for
outstanding Research Contributions in
the Area of Dynamics of Rotating
Machinery - Pacific Center of
Thermal-Fluids Engineering and 7th Intl.
Symp on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics
of Rotating Machinery, February 22-26,
1998, Honolulu, Hawaii
- ANSYS User‟s Symposium 2001
First Prize (Jointly awarded) for
following papers: 1. Solid Model Rotor
Dynamic Studies for (a) Jeffcott Type
Rotor, (b) Dual Rotor (co-author Veeresh
Vastrad) 2. Estimation of Damping in
Turbomachinery Blades (co-author Anil
Saldanha)
- Bharat Excellence award and
Gold Medal 2002 – Friendship Forum of
India
- LSDYNA User‟s Symposium 2003
First Prize for the paper Bird Impact on
Rotating Fan Blades (coauthored with S.
Srinivas)
- IFToMM award 2004 for
fundamental contributions as one of the
founding fathers in developing IFToMM
and MMS, and in promoting the PC History
- IFToMM Distinguished Service
award 2004
- Outstanding alumnus
achievement award from College of
Engineering Kakinada at its Diamond
Jubilee Celebration, 2006
- Emeritus Chairman of IFToMM
Rotor Dynamics Technical Committee,
announced in Vienna 2006
- International Engineer of the
Year for 2008, The International
Biographical Center of Cambridge,
England
- Distinguished Mechanical
Engineering Educator, Indian Society of
Mechanical Engineers, 2008
- Aerotech 2008 award received
from former President Abdul Kalam
- 2009 TANA award for
exceptional and outstanding
contributions in the field of
Engineering received from Governor of
Illinois State Mr. Pat Quinn
- Recognition from IMarEST - The
Institute of Marine Engineering Science
& Technology, London for courses on 1.
Ship Dynamics and Failure Prediction -
offered by Dr J.S. Rao and 2.
Turbomachinery Dynamics and Failure
Predication - offered by Dr J.S. Rao, as
contributing to the Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) needs of
members of the IMarEST.
- Distinguished Services Award
conferred in recognition of tremendous
services from IIT New Delhi at its
Golden Jubilee Celebrations on its
Foundation Day 27 January 2011
- Honorary Membership award from
IFToMM 22 June 2011
- Distinguished Alumnus Award
for Outstanding Achievements and
Contributions, IIT Kharagpur on Diamond
Jubilee Celebration and Convocation on
22 August 2011
- Significant Contributions in
Structural Dynamics award, International
Conference on Structural Stability and
Dynamics, 4-6th January 2012, Jaipur
- Rated No. 1 in the Country in
Tata McGraw Hill publication "100
Managers in Action" under the category
"Technology Leadership and Systems
Thinking".
- Rashtriya Gaurav Award 2012,
India International Friendship Society
- Sir Isaac Newton Scientific
Award of Excellence for 2012, American
Biographical Institute.
- Distinguished Expert of
Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research
Institute for Dynamic Environment Test
of Suzhou Dongling Vibration Test
Instrument Company, 2014
- Life Time Achievement Award,
3rd World Conference on Applied
Sciences, Engineering and Technology
WCST-2014, presented by Minister for IT
& Comm. Govt. of Nepal at Kathmandu
during 27th September 2014.
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