PROFORMA FOR TEACHING STAFF PROFILE
1. Name : Dr. A.V. Sita Rama Raju
2. Designation : Professor
3. Department : Mechanical Engineering
4. Date of Birth : 15th May, 1960
5. Date of Joining JNTU Service : 30th July, 2003
6. Official Address : Professor of Mechanical Engg.
& OSD (Affiliations) to V.C.
JNT University Hyderabad
Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500 090
7. Residential Address : PLOT NO. 1183-1186
Flat No. 104, Sri Sampath Sai Residency
Pragathinagar,
Opp. JNTU, Kukatpally
Hyderabad – 500 090
8. Phone No. : Mobile (P) : 98493 81136, Residence: 040- 40075225
Mobile (O):
9. Mail_id :
10. Blood Group : A+
11. Qualification : B.Tech.; M.Tech.(IITD) ; Ph.D.(IITM)
12. Experience
a) Teaching : 31Years
b) R&D : 18 Years
c) Industrial : Nil
13. Field of Specialisation : Thermal Engineering
14. Subjects of Interest (teaching) : Thermodynamics, I.C.Engines, Fuels-Combustion &
Environment, Alternative Fuels, Power Plant Egineering, Turbo- Machinery, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Engineering Graphics
15. Number of Scholors
a) Awarded with Ph.D. : Nineteen
b) Submitted thesis : --
c) Working for Ph.D. : Five are in progress
16. Number of M.Tech. Projects
Guided : 50 (approximately)
17. Awards Received : 1. Adjudged as Best Teacher among the Mechanical
Engineering Department Teaching Staff by the out
going B.Tech. students (2004-2008 batch), JNTU
College of Engg., Kakinada.
2. Adjudged as Best Teacher among the Mechanical
Engineering Department Teaching Staff by the out
going B.Tech. students (2002-2006 batch), JNTU
College of Engg., Kakinada.
18. Titles of Books Authored : Nil
19. Memberships of Professional
bodies : 1. Indian Society For Technical Education (ISTE)
Life Member – 10184
2. Combustion Institute (India), Life Member
LMC 820
20. Member Curriculum Development
bodies (such as BOS) : 1. Chairman, BOS, Centre for Energy Studies,
JNTUH College of Engg., Kukapally, Hyderabad
2. Chairman, BOS, Faculty of Mechanical Engg.,
JNT University, Kakinada
3. Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical Engg.,
JNT University Anantapur
4. Member of BOS, Faculty of Minining Engg.,
JNT University Hyderabad
5. Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical Engg.,
JNTUH College of Engg. Hyderabad (Autonomous)
6. Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical Engg.,
JNT University, Kakinada
7. Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, Kakatiya University, Warangal
8. Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, K. L. University, Vijayawada
9. Acted as Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, JNT University, Hyderabad
10. Acted as Member of BOS, Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah College of
Engineering (Autonomous), Nagarjuna University,
Guntur
21. Any other Distinctions : 1. OSD (Affiliations) to Vice-Chancellor, JNTUH, 10th
November, 2016 – till date
2.Director, Admissions, JNTUH, Hyderabad,
6th April, 2013 – 5th October, 2016
3. Vice-Principal, JNTUH College of Engg.,
Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 14th July, 2011 – 5th April,
2013
4. Controller of Examinations, Exam. Branch, JNTUH, Hyderabad 19th August, 2010 – 14th July, 2011
5. Professor Coordinator, Centre for Energy studies, JNTUH College of Engg., Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 22nd August, 2009 – 18th August, 2010
6. Vice – Principal, JNTUH College of Engg. Jagityal,
7th March, 2009 – 26th March, 2009
7. Training & Placement Officer, University College
of Engg., Kakinada, JNT University Kakinada, 21st July 2005 – 20th January, 2009
8. Chief Co-Ordinator, Akshay Urja Club, JNTU
Kakinada College of Engineering, Kakinada, 2007-
2009
9. Head of Mechanical Engg., JNTU College of
Engg., Hyderabad, 8th July, 2004 – 18th June, 2005
10. Acted as Expert Committee Member in various
AICTE Committees for extending permission for
existing Courses, increasing the intake in existing
Courses, starting of new Courses in various self
financing Institutions and University/Government
Colleges, Establishing New Colleges.
11. Acted as Member in AICTE standing Committees
12. Acted as a Member in UGC Expert Review
Committees for the extension of Deemed
University status to Karunya University,
Coimbattore, TN, Arunai University,
Thiruvannamalai, TN and Maharishi
Markandeswar University, Ambala, Haryana
13. Acted as a Member in UGC Expert Committee for
the grant of Deemed University status to Arunai
Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, TN.
14. Acted as Convener in various Fact Finding
Committees for the Grant of temporary/permanent
affiliations to self financing Institutions under
JNT University.
15. Resource person in various Refresher /
Orientation Courses
16. Delivered expert Lectures in various
Engineering Colleges
22. Number of Conferences /
Workshops Organized as
Coordinator/Chairman :
1. Co-Ordinator for APSCHE (A.P.State Council of Higher Education) sponsored “Career Awareness and Recruitment Drive (CARD)” program July, 19, 2008 at JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada.
2. Co-Ordinator for AICTE-ISTE sponsored short term training program (STTP) on “Alternative Fuels of IC Engines and Their Impact on Environment”, June 17-21, 2008 at JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada.
3. Co-Ordinator for ISTE-NSTEDB sponsored “Faculty Awareness Camp on Entrepreneurship (FACE)”, June 22-24, 2008 at JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada.
4. Co-Ordinator for NSTEDB sponsored Two week “Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship” organized by JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada and Center for Entrepreneurship Development, Hyderabad, March 14-24, 2008.
5. Co-Ordinator for One Day Workshop on “Modern Engineering Workshop Practice”, 7th January, 2006 at JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada.
6. Vice-Chairman for National Conference on “State of The art of Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (NCSAME-2004)”, June 29-30, 2004, at JNT University College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
7. Convener for National workshop on “ Quality Improvement in Product & Process Design Using Taguchi Approach (QIPPDTA), September 24-27, 2003, at JNT University College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
8. Organizing secretary for AICTE sponsored “NBA awareness workshop for Management Members, Principals and senior faculty of various professional colleges in Andhra Pradesh”, 8th March, 2002 at Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal.
23. Publications:
I. Journals
a) National :
1. P.Srinivas, Dr. A. V. Sita Rama Raju and Dr. P. S. Babu, “ Comparitive Assessment of Environment Friendly Alternatives to R12 and R134a in Domestic Refrigerators”, IE(I) Journal-MC, The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, Volume 92, July 18, 2011, pp. 8-13.
2. P. Ravindra Babu, T. Siva Prasad and A. V. S. Raju,”The Effect of External Roller - Burnishing on the Surface Roughness and Surface Hardness of EN31 Alloy Steel”, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Manufacturing Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division, Vol. 91, Oct., 2010, pp. 36 – 40
3. Mohan Babu Yarlagadda, Raju U.B. and Sita Rama Raju A.V., “Occupational Safety and Health Policy – A Tool for Improving Working Conditios of an Organization”, CURIE, 2010 - 2011, VOL.3, No.3&4, BITS, Pilani, pp.01 – 09.
4. Srinivas P., Narayana Rao K., Sita Rama Raju A.V. and Kalyan P.A.H., “Performance Investigation of Refrigeration System Using Alternative Refrigerants to R12”, CURIE, 2010, VOL.3, No.2, BITS, Pilani, pp.44 – 58.
5. P.Ravindra Babu, T.Siva Prasad, A.V.S.Raju and K.Syam Sundar,”Experimental Analysis of External Roller Burnishing on the Surface Roughness, Surface Hardness and Microstructure of Brass Metal”, Manufacturing Technology Today, Academy of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AEAMT) at Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bangalore, ISSN:0972-7396, Vol.8, Issue 11, pp.19-28.
6. P. Ravindra Babu, T. Siva Prasad, A. V. S. Raju and A. Jawahar Babu,”Effect of Internal Roller Burnishing on Surface Roughness and Surface Hardness of Mild Steel”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, January, 2009, Vol. 68, pp. 29 – 31
7. R. Uday Kumar, P. Ravinder Reddy & A. V. Sita Rama Raju, “Analysis of Radial Stresses in Fluid Assisted Deep Drawing Process”, Journal of Current Sciences, 14 (1) : 341 – 354 (2009)
8. T.S.S. Balaji, A.V.S. Raju, G.V. Raju, “Optimization of Surface Grinding Process Parameters Using Taguchi Technique”, Industrial Engineering Journal, Volume-II & Issue No. 3, Sept. – 2009, pp.13-18
9. Hanumantha Rao Y.V., Ram Sudheer Voleti, A.V.Sita Rama Raju and P. Nageswara Reddy, “Experimental Investigations on Jatropha Bio-diesel and Additive in Diesel Engine” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN:0974-6846, vol.2,No.4, April,2009, pp.25-31
10. P. Ravindra Babu, T. Siva Prasad and A. V. S. Raju,”The Effect of External Roller - Burnishing on the Surface Roughness and Surface Hardness of EN24”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, 2008, Vol. 3, issue 4
11. P. Ravindra Babu, T. Siva Prasad and A. V. S. Raju,”Effect of External Roller - Burnishing on the Surface Roughness and Surface Hardness of EN8 Alloy Steels”, i-mangers Journal of Future Engineering & Technology, Aug. – Oct., 2008, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 36 – 42
12. M.V.S.Murali Krishna, P.V.K. Murthy, C.M.Vara Prasad and A.V.Sita Rama Raju, “ A Comparative Study of the Exhaust Emissions of a Low Heat Rejection Engine with Two Different Levels of Insulation with Jatropha Oil Based Bio Diesel” Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Vol.20(1)M, January-April 2008, pp.99 -104.
13. M.V.S.Murali Krishna, P.V.K. Murthy, C.M.Vara Prasad and A.V.Sita Rama Raju, “ A Comparative Study of the Performance of a Low Heat Rejection Engine with Two Different Levels of Insulation with Pongamia Oil Based Bio Diesel” Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Vol.20(2), May-August 2008, pp.405 – 409.
14. Ravi Kumar N, Sk.Jaheeruddin and A.V Sita Rama Raju, “Optimisation of triple pressure heat recovery steam generator in combined cycle power plant”, i – manager’s Journal on Engineering and Technology, Vol – I No. 3, Feb-Apr 2006, pp 53-62.
15. Ravi Kumar N and A.V Sita Rama Raju, “ Optimisation of heat recovery steam generator in combined cycle power plant”, Engineering Today, Vol.VIII, Feb 2006, issue 2 ,pp.7-13
16. Ravi Kumar N. and A.V Sita Rama Raju, Performance Simulation and Exergy analysis of HRSG in combined cycle power plant, i – manager’s Journal on Engineering and Technology, Vol – I No. 2, Nov. 2005 – Jan. 2006, pp 18-27.
17. Ravi Kumar N. and A.V Sita Rama Raju, Second law analysis and considerations for Heat Exchanger in Thermal Systems, monthly Journal Engineering Today, Sep. 2005, pp 3 –8.
18. Sita Rama Raju A.V., A.Ramesh and B.Nagalingam, Experimental Investigations on A Lean Burn Natural Gas Fuelled SI Engine at Different Compression Ratios, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India). Vol.80, March 2000, pp-144-147.
19. Sita Rama Raju A.V., J.P. Subrahmanyam, T. Rajeswara Rao and B.Pitchumani, Gas Solid Heat Transfer in Cyclone Heat Exchanger, Indian Chemical Engineer, Section A, Vol.36, Nos.1.2.pp58-62 (1994).
b) International :
20. M.Amrita, R.R.Srikant, A.V.Sitaramaraju, “Evaluation of Cutting Fluid with Nanoiclusions”, Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, Transactions of the ASME, Paper No. 031007, Vol. 4, 10th March, 2014
21. M.Amrita, R.R.Srikant, A.V.Sitaramaraju , “ Performance evaluation of nanographite - based cutting fluid in machining process” Taylor and Francis Group - Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 29: pp. 600-605, 12th January, 2014, ISSN:1042-6914 print/1532-2475 online.
22. M. Amrita, R. R. Srikant, A. V. Sitaramaraju, MMS Prasad and P Vamsi Krishna, “Preparation and characterization of properties of nanographite- based cutting fluid for machining operations”, Proc IMechE Part J:J Engineering Tribology, 2014, Vol. 228(3), pp. 243-252
23. M. Amrita, R. R. Srikant, A. V. Sitaramaraju, MMS Prasad and P Vamsi Krishna, “Experimental investigations on influence of mist cooling using nanofluids on machining parameters in turning AISI 1040 steel”, Proc IMechE Part J:J Engineering Tribology, Vol. 227(12), pp. 1334-1346 @ IMechE-2013.
24. R.R. Srikant, MMS Prasad, M. Amrita, A.V. Sitaramaraju and P. Vamsi Krishna “Nanofluids as a potential solution for minimum quantity lubrication: A review”, Proc IMechE Part B: J Engineering Manufacture 2013. http://pib.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/08/19/0954405413497939.abstract
(Date received: 27 September 2012; accepted: 20 May 2013)
25. O. Srikanth, B.V.Ramana Murty, A.V.Sita Rama Raju, “Performance Evaluation of Pull Production Control Mechanisms by Mathematical Modeling and Simulation Analysis on EKCS and HEKCS Policies” International Journal on Theoretical and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering, ISSN:2319-3182, Volume-2, Issue-4, 2013, pp. 7-11
26. O. Srikanth, B.V.Ramana Murty, A.V.Sita Rama Raju, “A New Mathematical Modeling Technique for Pull Production Control Systems” International Journal on Theoretical and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering, ISSN:2319-3182, Volume-2, Issue-4, 2013, pp. 1-6
27. A. Swarna Kumari, Ch. Penchalayya, A.V. Sita Rama Raju, D.Vinay Kumar, “Performance characteristics for the use of blended safflower oil in diesel engine” International journal of advanced research in engineering and technology ISSN 0976-6499 Volume 4, Issue 3, April 2013, pp 26-32
28. A. Swarna Kumari, Ch.Penchalayya, A.V.SitaramaRaju, P.Ravi Kumar, “Effect of injector opening pressure on performance characteristics of diesel engine with safflower oil” International Journal on Mechanical & Automobile Engineering (IJMAE) ISSN 0974 –231X (accepted ) Acceptance Code:SERC-IJMAE-JPH12-05M
29. P.Ravindra Babu, K.Ankamma, T.Siva Prasad, A.V.S.Raju and N.Eswara Prasad, “Optimization of Burnishing Parameters and Determination of Select Surface Characteristics in Engineering Materials”, International Journal of SADHANA, Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences 2012 (accepted for publication)
30. P.Ravindra Babu, K.Ankamma, T.Siva Prasad, A.V.S.Raju and N.Eswara Prasad, “Optimization of Burnishing Parameters by DOE and Surface Roughness, Microstructure and Micro Hardness Characteristics of AA6061 Aluminium Alloy in T6 condition”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications”, ISSN: 2248 – 9622, Vol. – 2, issue – 2, March – April, 2012, pp. 1139 – 1146
31. PAPN Varma, K. Rakesh Varma, KGK Murty, AVS Raju and Swadesh Kumar Singh, “Mathematical modeling and Microstructural Studies of Excessive Ironing of EDD steel in Deep Drawing Setup in Warm Conditions” International Journal of Advanced Materials Manufacturing & Characterisation, ISSN No. 2277-3886, March, 2012, Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 165-172
32. K.Bala Showry, A.V.S.Raju and P.Ravinder Reddy, “Multi-Dimensional Modeling of Direct Injection Diesel Engine and Effects of Split Injection” International Journal of Science and Research Publications, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2012, ISSN 2250-3153, pp. 1-8
33. P.Ravindra Babu, K.Ankamma, T.Siva Prasad, A.V.S.Raju and N.Eswara Prasad, “Effects of Burnishing Parameters on the Surface Characteristics, Microstructure and Micro Hardness in EN Series Steels”, International Journal of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (Springer), DOI 10.1007/s 12666-011-0100-y published online 1st December, 2011