Biography
Prof. Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer
Prof. Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Biography: 
For being Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering in 2003, he was awarded D.Sc.(Engg.) and LL.D. (Hon.) by The Yorker International University in 2010 and 2011 respectively. He was awarded Fellow of AIMA by All India Management Association, New Delhi in Aug.2007. Received Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) by World Science and Engineering Academy & Society (WSEAS), Greece in 17th July 2006 and PDF elaborator in 01.09.2009 to 30 06.2010 for the Main Researcher, WSEAS Ecology and Ecosystems. Has served as Officer in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/Government of India Service with effect from 22.05.1985 to 10.02.1998. He has served as Professor and Main Researcher in Institute of Technology, Haramaya University (FDRE), Alemaya Ethiopia, East Africa since 17.01.2014 to 10.02.2015 . He has more than 32 years’ experience in Research, Academics, Industry, Field Work, Consultancy Services, Training and Extension, Government, Educational and Private Organizations. Has been coordinating and counseling Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Business Development (DEBM) programme of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) for fifteen students graduated far the past nine years. Presently serving as Professor and Dean (R &D) with effect from 21.09.2015 (FN) in Narasaraopeta Engineering College which is an autonomous affiliated institution of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh . Has been serving as emeritus fellow (EF) and member of expert visiting committee (EVC) of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He is fellow and member of 10 national and 9 international professional societies. He has 30 awards including recognitions and distinctions. Published 195 research papers which included 39 publications in high impact factor SCI and SSCI journals, and 66 book chapters with ISSN/ISBN, two books published by international publishers and 70 conference proceedings, five other technical magazinesc and five plenary lectures with ISSN/ISBN His academic performance index score is 1668.5 points. His publications were research cited in 20 number of citations and 440 journal citation indexes including JCI and CPCI. He is reviewer and editorial board member of more than twenty number of high impact factor SCI international and national journals and conference proceedings. He has reviewed more than twenty manuscripts that were published in national and international journals. He has visited countries viz. China, Ethiopia ( Harar) , Singapore, Thailand, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Germany.