Principal, Atria Institute of Technology

Dr T N Sreenivasa is a dynamic professional with a rich experience of 31 years in Academics, Administrative and Research domain in Technical Education. A PhD from Visvesvaraya Technological University in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Sreenivasa has been instrumental in turning around the growth of multiple engineering colleges in Bangalore. Few of the hats donned by him include Principal, CEO, Dean and Head Of the Department in reputed engineering colleges.

His string of achievements include being a former member Academic Senate VTU, Belagavi; Chairman of LIC Committee under VTU, BOE member Bangalore University and Jain University, BOS member BMSCE, Adjudicator to evaluate Ph.D. / D.Litt. thesis for Tumkur University, Governing Council member for institutions like Don Bosco Institute of Technology, ACS College of Engineering, City Engineering College, Bangalore, AIT Chikmagalur and NDRK Institute of Technology, Hassan.

He has also been elected as a National Executive Council Member of ISTE, New Delhi for two terms (2015-20 & 2020-24), a life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE); Operational Research Society of (ORSI); Indian Institute of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (ISTAM); Institute of Standard Engineers; Fellow of Institute of Engineers (FIE) and Chartered Engineer (India), Member of “ISTE National Awards Committee” and “Project Advisory Committee ISTE – WPLP” 2015-2020 by President ISTE, New Delhi, faculty selection committee Member of Public Service Commission (KPSC) for 2014 by Government of Karnataka, faculty selection committee member of National Aeronautical Limited (NAL) for 2015 by NAL authorities.

His valuable international exposure includes being the Member External Assessor, Caledonian College of Engineering, University College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, appointed by the Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He has also visited several foreign Universities in Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Dr T N Sreenivasa is also guiding / mentoring several institutions for NAAC,NIRF and NBA in Outcome Based Education (OBE).

Academically, he is currently supervising 4 candidates for their Ph. D. degree under VTU and three Research Scholars awarded PhD from VTU and has guided more than 50 projects for UG and PG students. He has even published and presented 47+ technical papers in reputed National, International Journals and Conference proceedings. He has organized many International and National Conferences, FDP’s, and Workshops. He is also responsible for getting many research projects sponsored by VTU, VGST of Government of Karnataka and AICTE, ministry of MHRD. Government of India.

He can also be seen sharing his valuable advice and experiences in several live technical educational programs including “DD Chandana” Doordarshan-Bengaluru, Kasthuri News, Janashree, , TV9 Kannada, News9, Shri Shankara TV and Prajaa among others.

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