Venugopal K.R. Explained

Venugopal K. R.
Birth Date:1956 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Bangalore
Nationality: Indian
Alma Mater:Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, Bangalore University, Bengaluru.
Residence:Bangalore India
Office:Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University[1]
Term Start:12 June 2018
Term End:10 June 2022
Signature:IMG AEE9BFF7327E-1.jpg
Office1:Principal at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
Term Start1:June 2007
Term End1:March 2018
Office2:Special Officer Government of Karnataka[2]
Term Start2:December 2012
Term End2:June 2016
Honorific Prefix:Dr.

Venugopal Kuppanna Rajuk known as Venugopal K. R. (VKR) was born on 26 March 1956 in Bangalore. His father, Muniswamappa Kuppanna, a farmer worked in Indian Telephone Industries Bangalore, mother Narayanappa Muniyamma was a home maker. He was former Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University,[3] Principal of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE),[4] He was also the chairman, Department of Electronics and Communication, Computer Science Engineering and Information Science Engineering in University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). He has served UVCE as well as Bangalore University for the last five decades.[5] UVCE has been affiliated to Bangalore University since 1964. Dr. Venugopal K R was the Special Officer to the Government of Karnataka for Trifurcating Bangalore University. He submitted the report on 26 March 2015 for restructuring Bangalore University into Bangalore University, Bengaluru City University and Bengaluru North University and UVCE to be carved out as Center of Excellence on the model of Indian Institute of Technology. UVCE was granted autonomy by a bill tabled in Karnataka assembly and now UVCE is an autonomous institution with effect from 25 March 2022.

Education

Prof Venugopal K R holds PhD in economics from the Bangalore University, Bengaluru and also a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai. He graduated from the Indian Institute Science (IISc), Bengaluru with an ME degree. He got his BE degree from UVCE in the field of Electronics and Communication. Along with these, he has also obtained degree in more than 10 fields including Economics, Finance, Law, Public Relations and so on. He has authored many books including Data Science and Computational Intelligence Computer,[6] Networks and Intelligent Computing,[7] Microprocessors X86 Programming,[8] Mastering C,[9] Introduction to Linux and Shell Scripting,[10] C Test Your Aptitude,[11] Programming with Pascal and C,[12] Web Recommendation System.[13] [14] Petrodollar and the World Economy, Mastering C++

Achievements

Prof Venugopal K R has 1062 research publications,[15] [16] authored and edited 84 books and has been granted 37 patents,[17] with over 6700 citations and google scholar h-index of 38 [18] [19] focusing mainly on the subjects of Economics and Computer Science. He has awarded PhDs to 30 students and has also guided informally more than 150 Research scholars. He has received many awards and titles including IEEE Fellow (2016) ACM Distinguished Educator Award,[20] Anna University National Award, IEEE Best Branch Counsellor, Karnataka State Government Award, UP State National Award and others.

Notes and References

  1. News: Prof._VKR_brief_bio-latest-26-7-21.pdf .
  2. News: Venugopal is special offer for North University . The New Indian Express.
  3. News: K. R. Venugopal . IEEE.
  4. Web site: campusuvce .
  5. News: Correspondent . Special . HC upholds order setting aside appointment of Venugopal as BU V-C . The Hindu . 16 March 2022 . en-IN.
  6. Book: Data science and computational intelligence : sixteenth International Conference on Information Processing, ICInPro 2021, Bengaluru, India, October 22-24, 2021, Proceedings . 2021 . Cham, Switzerland . 978-3-030-91244-4. Venugopal . K. R. . Deepa Shenoy . P. . Buyya . Rajkumar . Patnaik . L. M. . Iyengar . Sitharama S. .
  7. Book: Computer networks and intelligent computing : 5th International Conference on Information Processing, ICIP 2011, Bangalore, India, August 5-7, 2011, proceedings . 2011 . Springer . New York . 978-3-642-22786-8.
  8. Book: Venugopal . K. R. . Microprocessor x86 programming . 1995 . BPB Publications . New Delhi . 978-8170294580.
  9. Book: Venugopal . K. R. . Mastering C . 2007 . Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited . New Delhi . 9780070616677.
  10. Book: Introduction to Linux and Shell Scripting . K.R. Venugopal . 978-8195123117 .
  11. Book: C test your aptitude . 2007 . Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing . New Delhi . 978-0070634572.
  12. Book: Venugopal . K. R. . Programming with Pascal and C . 1994 . Tata McGraw-Hill . New Delhi, India . 978-0074624906.
  13. Book: Venugopal . K. R., Dr . Web recommendations systems . 2020 . Springer . Singapore . 978-981-15-2513-1.
  14. Web site: Books by K.R. Venugopal (Author of Microprocessor X86 Programming [Feb 28, 2003] Venugopal, K. R. and Kumar, Raj) ]. www.goodreads.com.
  15. Web site: Venugopal K R . venugopalkr.com/.
  16. Web site: Bangalore University . bangaloreuniversity.irins.org/.
  17. Web site: Patent and Design Journal - Intellectual Property India . search.ipindia.gov.in .
  18. Web site: Venugopal K R . scholar.google.com.
  19. News: IEEE Computer Society Members Elevated to Fellow for 2016 IEEE Computer Society .
  20. News: ACM Recognizes Distinguished Members for Computing Innovations that Transform Society . www.acm.org . en.