राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कर्नाटक , सुरत्कल
ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ , ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Prof. Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao
Director NITK Surathkal.
Email: director [at] nitk.ac.in
Prof. Uma Maheshwar Rao Karanam has graduated in Mining Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in the year 1983. After working in various mining industries for a total period of around 3 years, he joined Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) for a Masters in engineering program. He acquired his M-Tech in Mining Engineering in 1987, and was the topper of the class with a CGPA of 9.38 on 10.
Prof. Rao started his teaching career as a Lecturer in Mining Engineering at the then Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, DK, Karnataka during 1987-89. Later in the year 1989 he joined Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the Department of Mining Engineering as a Lecturer. He obtained his Ph.D in the field of Rock Mechanics from IIT Kharagpur. With a steady growth from lecturer he became a full Professor in 2004.As a Professor Dr.Rao had served IIT Kharagpur at various administrative positions. Some of important portfolios were as the Chairman Estate, and vice-chairman Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). Prof. Rao was the Head of the Mining Engineering Department during 2006-08 and 2010-14.
Prof.Rao's field of specialisation is experimental rock mechanics and he has been working in this area since 1989. He has produced six PhD degrees and there are another 12 research scholars in the advanced stage of research under his supervision for their doctoral degree. He has to his credit published 30 quality papers in international journals and 30 papers in the international seminars and conferences. The milestone in his research is the publication of book on the Principles of Rock Drilling, published by A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands in the year 1999. Later this book was also published by India Book House, New Delhi. This book has given Prof.Rao an international acclaim in the field of Mining Engineering.
Prof.Rao has obtained INSA-KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) award and under this fellowship program he worked at Korea Institute of Geo-Scieces and Mineral Resources during 2003-04. Later he was also awarded Erudite fellowship from KIGAM (South Korea) in the year 2005. And he was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Chonnam National University (CNU), Gwangju, South Korea in the year 2008. He served as a Professor in the Department Energy Resources Engineering at CNU during 2008-09. During his association with South Korea until 2012 he was invited on various occasions for delivering lectures in Seoul National University (SNU), Channam National University, Kangwon National University. He was also invited by the University of Adelaide, Australia for delivering lectures in mining engineering. Later in the year 2015, he was appointed as a Visiting Professor in the University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagon campus by the school of Mechanical engineering.
NITK has a long legacy in southern India of imparting education to move form thinking about the greatest problems affecting society to understanding and solving them and this has been our long standing vision. We are built of cutting edge engineering and science infrastructure, fostering highly motivated faculty & staff members to help students leverage each other's developments and take the institute to the next level. Years of unrelenting contributions of all the stakeholders has let NITK evolve into an institute of national importance.
Our primary mission is to provide resources and state-of-the art programs that will help in our student’s professional development. The central Research facility (CRF) and Career Development Centre (CDC) are a few initiatives the institute has taken to engage the students to the real-time issues and make the students stronger candidates for national, and international workforce as well as graduate and higher professional programs.
Our focus is to seek and continuously improve our performance and to grow into one of the best institutions for engineering education in the country.
Prof.K.Umamaheshwar Rao
Director
Vision
To facilitate transformation of students into good human beings, responsible citizens and competent professionals, focusing on assimilation, generation and dissemination of knowledge.
Mission
- Impart quality education to meet the needs of profession and society, and achieve excellence in teaching-learning and research.
- Attract and develop talented and committed human resource, and provide an environment conducive to innovation, creativity, team-spirit and entrepreneurial leadership.
- Facilitate effective interactions among faculty and students, and foster networking with alumni, industries, institutions and other stake-holders.
- Practice and promote high standards of professional ethics, transparency and accountability.