Dr.PADURU VENUGOPAL REDDY
PROFILE:
Dr.
PaduruVenugopal Reddy after completing his M. Sc., and Ph.D from Osmania
Unversity, joined the same University during 1984. Subsequently he was promoted as a Professor
Physics during 1998. In 2002, he was made Principal, P.G. College of Science,
Saifabad and served in this position for 3years. During 2006, he was appointed as
Director, Alumni Association of Osmania University and successfully completed
four years term in 2010. Finally, Prof. Reddy superannuated from the University
services in 2009, after completing 11 years as a Professor.
After superannuating from Osmania University, Prof.
Reddy joined a reputed private engineering college, VidyaJyothi Institute of
Technology, as a Professor of Physics and Principal. Subsequently, he was made
Director of the college and continued to occupy the position for eight years.
At present he is acting as Dean Exams. in the same college. Apart from his
administrative responsibilities, Prof. Reddy is also supervising the Ph.D.,
work of three research scholars. During his 12 years period of stay in this
college, he has not only completed a pending DST project sanctioned to him at
Osmania University but also completed two more research projects (Rs 51.00
& 52 Lakh) sponsored by DRDO. His
research fields include ferrites,
metallic glasses, High Tc superconductors, Dilute Magnetic
Semiconductors, Manganites, Mutiferroics, shape memory compounds, Abintio
computational work etc.,
During the career of Prof. Reddy,
spread over a more than 40 years, he has completed 15 research projects
sponsored by UGC, DST, DRDO etc., and 18 students were awarded with Ph. Ds
under his supervision. The work of another two students is in an advanced stage
of completion. Further, based on the
work done by him along with his group of students, he has published more than
200 research papers in International & peer reviewed Journals of
repute. His work also yielded three
patents. Prof. Reddy not only participated in more than 50 national 15
International conferences in India abroad. To present his work, he has visited
USA, China, Japan, Italy, France, U.K, Australia, and Malaysia. He was also
acting as a visiting Professor at University of Maryland at Baltimore County,
USA, University of Technology, Mara, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, Shangai University,
Shangai, China. In addition to acting as a Ph.D., thesis adjudicator of several
Universities, he has also been acting as a Referee for several International
Journals.
Prof. Reddy was elected as a Fellow of
Ultrasonic Society of India in 2001 and as a Fellow of A.P. Academy of Sciences
in 2007. Subsequently, in 2016 Prof. Reddy also became a founder member of
Telangana Academy of Sciences. He is also a distinguished Life Member of
Materials Research Society of India and a Life Member of Indian Science
Congress. Among several other achievements, he has authored 4 books and is
currently acting as an Editor of Science Letters Journal (Published by
Cognizure). He has acted as a UGC - SAP advisory committee member of the Dept.
of Physics, Kakatiya University, Warangal and also as a foreign expert member
of the selection committee to select Professors of Physics of University of
Putra Malaysia.