BIO-DATA OF DR. D.H. RAO, PRINCIPAL,
GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELGAUM, INDIA.
Born on 12th February 1955 at Kudligi village of Bellary District, Karnataka, India.
Obtained B.E. (Electronics) in 1976 from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Obtained M.E. from Madras University in 1979.
Joined M.S. Ramaiah College of Engg. Bangalore as Lecturer and worked upto Sept. 1982.
Joined G.I.T. in October 1982 as Asst. Prof. in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engg.
Went to Canada in 1988 and obtained M.S. and Ph.D. in 1990 and 1993 respectively.
Worked in the University of Chicago, USA and came back to India in 1995.
Joined G.I.T. Belgaum as Professor & Head, Dept. of E&C.
Has published more than 90 Technical Papers in National & International Journals and Conferences.
Attended many International Conferences in Canada, USA, Singapore, Japan and India.
Has co-edited a book on Neural Networks published by IEEE, USA, in 1994.
His areas of interest are Adaptive Control, Neural networks, Fuzzy Logic and Robotics.
He is listed in the American Bibliography in 1998 as a distinguished Researcher.
He has given many invited Technical talks and has chaired technical sessions in the National & International Conferences.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE & a Fellow of IETE.
He is a Dean, Faculty of Engineering of Karnatak University, Dharwad.
He is a Member of Goa Public Service Commission.
He is a Member of Belgaum District Task Force.
Recipient of “Distinguished Engineer” awarded by Institution of Engineers (India) - 2004
He is the Editor of VTU Technical Journal.
Winner of Dr. Sir M. Visvesvaraya National Suvarna Mahan Shree Rathna Award – 2002.
Member of Post-Graduate Board of National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, Karnataka.
Director, KLS I.T. Incubation Center, Govt. of Karnataka.
Obtained M.B.A. from West Coast University, USA
He was Academic Senate Member of VTU from 2004 to 2007.
He is nominated as a member for Executive Council of VTU.
Presently, he is the Principal of G.I.T. Belgaum.
Dr. D.H. Rao