MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Gandipet, Hyderabad 500 075 FACULTY PROFILE 1. JNTUH REGISTRATION ID: 97150331-144019 2. NAME: Veerabhadra Rao Akurathi 3. DATE OF BIRTH: 15-08-1982 4. DESIGNATION: Assistant Professor 5. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 15 6. EMAIL ID: [email protected] 7. UG DEGREE: B.Tech (ECE) 8. PG DEGREE: M.E. (Systems & Signal Processing) 9. SUBJECTS TAUGHT: EM Theory & Transmission Lines, Antennas & Wave Propagation 10. CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL: Faculty Convenor, Microcosm 2018 11. CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL: Incharge, Public Address System 12. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES: ISTE 13. REFRESHER COURSES/ WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED: Participated in: I) 2-week AICTE sponsored FDP on Recent trends in Digital Image & Video Processing th th organized by Dept of ECE, MGIT , Hyderabad from 4 – 16 December 2017 II) 2 day Workshop on Communication Intelligence (COMINT) Systems jointly organized by Dept of ECE, CBIT & DLRL, DRDO during 25-26 October 2016 III) 2-week DeitY, MCIT sponsored FDP on Practical RF Antenna Design organized by E & CT Academy, NIT, Warangal at Dept of ECE, VNR VJIET from 8th to 13th August 2016 IV) 1-week FDP on Recent trends in Digital Image & Video Processing organized by Dept nd th of ECE, MGIT , Hyderabad from 22 – 27 February 2016 V) UGC sponsored 3-week Refresher Course on Soft skills for Professional excellence organized by JNTU, Hyderabad from 30th November to 19th December 2015 VI) AICTE sponsored 2-week FDP on Latest developments in Hydraulics, Pneumatics and th th Electronic Control systems held during 4 – 16 May 2015 organized by Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MGIT VII) 1-week FDP on Digital Design using Verilog & HDL conducted by Dept of ECE, MGIT th th from 15 – 19 December 2014 VIII) UGC sponsored 4-week Orientation Programme organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar from 15.04.2013 to 11.05.2013 IX) UGC sponsored Summer/Winter School Research Methodology organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, JNTU, Hyderabad AT JNTU, Jagityal from 11.06.2012 to 30.06.2012 rd X) National Conference on Advances in Wireless Communications on 3 March 2012 organized by Vasavi College of Engineering XI) National Convention for Academics & Research during 16th to 18th December 2010 as part of Free Software Movement of India hosted by Swecha at Mahindra Satyam Technology Centre, Hyderabad XII) MHRD – AICTE sponsored 2-week FDP on Nano Electronics organized jointly by the th st Dept of ECE and Centre for Continuing Education held at NIT, Calicut from 10 – 21 May 2010 XIII) 2-week Faculty Updation Programme on Converging Technologies: Wireless, Mobile & Embedded organized by C-DAC, Hyderabad in collaboration with JNTU, Hyderabad as part of PREPARE FUTURE project, HRD Division, Dept of IT, Govt of India from 22.06.2009 to 03.07.2009 XIV) 2 day State level Workshop on Current practices in Electronic Communication th Systems conducted by Dept of ECE, Pragati Engineering College, Kakinada during 26 and 27th February 2005 .