RESUME
Dr. Challa Lokanatha Reddy
Professor in Computer Science
Dravidian University
Kuppam–517426, A.P.
lokanathar@yahoo.com
Ph: 9441151840
Aged 58 years, hailing from
Chennur Village, Cuddapah District, A.P.
Education Profile
- Ph.D.
in Computer Science & Technology
from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur.
- M.Tech.(Hons.
in Computer Science) from Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta.
- M.Sc.(Mathematics)
from Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi.
Service Profile (in reverse chronological order)
- Professor
of Computer Science (since 2006) at
Dravidian University, Kuppam
- Head
of Computer Centre (1991–2005) at
the Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur.
- Scientist/Engineer
(1987–1990) at the Indian Space
Research Organisation (Bangalore), Govt. of
India.
- Lecturer
(UGC Scale) at the KSRM Engineering
College, Cuddapah(1982–1986).
Contribution to Teaching/ Academic
Environment/ Institutional Corporate life
- Served
as Chairman, Board of Studies in
Computer Science at Dravidian University
upto January 2010.
- Served
as Chairman, Board of Studies in
Computer Science & Technology (PG)
at the S.K. University.
- Served
as Chairman, Boards of Studies in
Mathematics, Statistics at Dravidian University.
- Served
as Member, Board of Studies in
Bio–Informatics, Dravidian University.
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies at
the S.K. University in the Departments
of Commerce, Management for specialized
Programmes.
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies at
GPR College of Engineering, Kurnool
affiliated to S.K. University.
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies in
Sri Padavathi Mahila Visva Vidyalayam,
Tirupati.
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies in
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
(Hyderabad–Anantapur).
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies in
Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa.
- Served
as Member of Board of Studies in
University of Madras, Chennai.
- Served
as Dean, School of Science &
Technology at Dravidian University, Kuppam.
- Served
as Dean (Examinations) in Dravidian
University, Kuppam.
- Served
as the first Director i/c for
the 21st Century Gurukulam at
Dravidian University during the years
2006–7.
- Served
as the Dean (Choice based credit
system) at Dravidian University from
2005 to 2007 and was extensively
involved in introducing 5 year
Integrated MA/MCom/MSc for the first
time in the State of Andhra
Pradesh at the Dravidian University, Kuppam.
- Served
as a member of several UGC
Committees and APSCHE Committees.
- Nominated
by the UGC as an Expert for
evaluation and funding of Innovative
Programmes in Emerging and Thrust
Areas for introduction of new courses
in Indian Universities in 2004 and
2005.
- Nominated
by the UGC for 3 weeks training
for initiating Information Technology
Education in various disciplines organized
by Indian Computer Institute Association,
and Intel Corporation, conducted at
Madras University in 2003.
- Nominated
by the UGC as an Expert for
evaluation and funding of the 10th
Plan Projections of the Agra
University and the B.R. Ambedkar Bihar
University in 2002.
- Was
instrumental in initiating M.C.A. and
2 Year M.Sc.(CS)) in the year
1994 as self-funding Programmes of
study in the S.K. University. Our
Department was the first University
Department in the State to initiate
M.Sc.(CS) Course (other than Nagarjuna
University which allowed it in an
affiliated college) which turned out
to be a grand success and
subsequently the Course found excellent
acceptance by almost every University.
- Was
responsible for formulating syllabi,
preparation of material for practicals
and organization of instruction works
for PGDCSA, M.C.A. and M.Sc(CS)
Courses run by the S.K. Univeristy
since 1992 with full–time headship
upto June 2001.
- Made
significant contribution to the spread
of Computer Science subject at
undergraduate level and postgraduate level
in the S.K. University jurisdiction in
various courses.
- Prepared
several successful proposals for UGC
funding at S.K. Univerisity and
Dravidian University for Computer Centers.
Extension & Field–Outreach
Activities
- Member
ACM, ISTE.
- Was
an invited guest faculty at JNTU
Anantapur for B.Tech. & M.Tech.
Programmes.
- Was
an invited Guest Lecturer at several UG
and PG Institutions in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- Helped
many University teachers and research
scholars of various Departments like
Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Economics,
Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Commerce, Management,
Rural Development, Physical Education in
proper study and analysis of their
data to get their Ph.D’s.
- Computerized
the first ever State Level Entrance
Examination of the APSCHE namely
LAWCET under the guidance of Prof.
Sudarshana Rao and Prof. K.N.
Venkatashiva Murthy of SKU, Anantapur.
- Computerized
the first PECET Entrance Examination
of the APSCHE under the guidance
of Prof. P. Chinnapa Reddy of
SKU, Anantapur.
- Computerized
several SKUCET Entrance Examinations of
the S.K.University under the guidance
of successive Principals since 1993.
- Organized
the initial Computerization of SKU
Examinations Works under the guidance
of Prof. K.N. Venkatashiva Murthy of SKU,
Anantapur.
- Computerized
the Accounts Data–Flow between S.K.
University and Andhra Bank since 1995.
- Carried
out Y2K Conversions Project under VAX
+ ORACLE of Indian Telephone Industry,
Electronic City, Bangalore under the aegis
of Navayuga Infotech, Hyderabad.
- Carried
out Y2K Conversions Project under
SCO–UNIX + ORACLE of APCOB,
Hyderabad under the aegis of Computers
Maintenance Corporation of India (CMC)
& Navayuga Infotech, Hyderabad.
- Delivered
Key–Note addresses at Presidency
College, Chennai; JNTU, Anantapur; SVU
College of Engineering, Tirupati.
Refresher Courses/ Summer
Institutes Attended/Conducted
- Had
been the UGC Coordinator for UGC
Refresher Course in Computer Science
(1995) at S K University.
- Member–cum–participator
in the Refresher Course organized by
the UGC for Directors of Academic
Staff Colleges of South India at Madras
during 2003 in implementing Computer
Training at College Level.
- Served
as a resource person for a few
UGC Refresher Courses conducted by
various Academic Staff Colleges in
Andhra Pradesh.
Courses taught at
B.C.A./M.C.A./M.Sc./B.Tech./M.S./M.Tech. levels since 1982
- Adhoc
and Sensor Networks
- Advanced
Database Management Systems
- Advanced
UNIX Programming
- Artificial
Intelligence
- Automata
and Compiler Design
- Computer
Forensics
- Computer
Graphics
- Computer
Networks
- Computer
Oriented Numerical Methods
- Computer
Oriented Statistical Methods
- Computer
Programming in COBOL, FORTRAN, C, C++,
Java
- Data
Structures
- Data
Warehousing and Data Mining
- Database
Management Systems (with DB2, ORACLE)
- Database
Security
- Design
and Analysis of Algorithms
- Digital
Image Processing
- Distributed
Databases
- Distributed
Systems
- Formal
Languages & Automata
- Human
Computer Interaction
- Information
Technology Security Metrics
- Introduction
to Cloud Computation
- Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science
- Mobile
Application Development
- Network
Security
- Object
Oriented Analysis and Design
- Object
Oriented Programming (C++, JAVA)
- Operating
Systems
- Optimizing
Techniques
- Principles
of Programming Languages
- Scripting
Languages
- Software
Engineering
- Software
Metrics
- Software
Process & Project Management
- Software
Vulnerability Analysis
- Storage
Area Networks
Research Contribution:
- Worked in areas of Computer
Networks, Computer Graphics, Device
Drivers, Distributed Computing &
Realtime Systems.
- Reviewed the then existing
two-dimensional and three-dimensional surface
drawing algorithms and created
macro-oriented terminal independent graphics
systems packages for developmental use
at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,
Trivandrum during 1985.
- Have been actively engaged in
research related to flight dynamics
and health monitoring of satellite
systems, INSAT–2B satellite parameters
tracking and online–graphic–display on
VT330 devices etc., in the Ground
Checkout Division, ISRO Satellite Centre,
Bangalore during 1987–90.
- Created special purpose document-creation
software for use on VAX VT220
and VT300 terminals with a target
printer of LA75.
- Created innovative software for
Health monitoring of the satellite
sub–systems.
- Invented new methods for largescale
enlargement to any desired size of
digital images.
- No.
of Ph.D.’s awarded: 9 (+1
submitted and 6 working/submitting)
Candidate
|
Work Area
|
Title
of Thesis
|
Dr. Rajan M.A.
|
Computer Networks
|
An Investigation of some
Fundamental Issues of Connectivity, Degree
Distribution, Energy Distribution and Topology
Control Relevance to Wireless Ad–hoc
Network Including Cross Layer Interaction
and Design.
|
Dr. Arun Kumar B.R.
|
Computer Networks
|
Cross Layer Design for
Quality of Service Multi–Casting in
Mobile Ad–hoc Networks.
|
Dr. Sathyanarayan Reddy K.
|
Computer Networks
|
Explicit Congestion Reduction
in High Traffic High Speed Networks
Through Automated Rate Controlling.
|
Dr. Hanumath Sastry G.
|
Information Technologies –
Digital Libraries
|
Studies on User Interface
and Visualization for Digital Library
Access in Indian Universities.
|
Dr. Venkatadri M.
|
Databases
|
Implementation of Data Mining
Techniques using Genetic Programming.
|
Dr. Nagaraju Naik B.
|
Information Technologies –
Digital Libraries
|
Studies on Data Center
Portal Approach for Digital Libraries in
Indian Universities.
|
Dr. Aquter Babu S.
|
Databases
|
A Natural Language Interface
to ORACLE Database.
|
Dr. Rajesh K.S.
|
Automatic Machine Translation
|
A New Dynamic Statistical
Maximum Likelihood Alignment Algorithm for
Sentence Translations in Bilingual Corpora
(Malayalam & English).
|
Dr. Mahesh K
|
Databases
|
Cluster Analysis for
Purpose–Oriented Data Mining in Large
Databases Employing New Schemas With
Genetic Programming.
|
- No.
of M.Phil.’s awarded: Guided 12
M.Tech. Dissertations.
- Guided
more than 200 M.C.A. and MSc.(CS)
Industrial Projects.
- Research
papers published:
- Indian Journals: 6
- Foreign Journals: 49.
- Indian Conferences: 5
- Foreign Conferences: 6
(C. Lokanatha
Reddy)