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Presently Prof. Reddy is the Member of University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi and also he is Regional Chairman, AICTE, South Central Region, Hyderabad and Chairman, Indian Society for Technical Education, A.P. State Section and also as chairman, appellate committee, National Board of Accreditation, MHRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Prof. Reddy served as Vice-Chancellor, JNT University Hyderabad during 2008-2011 and also In charge Vice Chancellor for Osmania University from Feb. - July 2011.

Professor D. Narasimha Reddy is well known and renowned professor in Academic circles in the country and abroad. His academic record wise he has obtained B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, M.Tech from IIT Madras, and Ph.D from IIT, Delhi.

Commencing his academic career in Research and Development as the Senior Scientific Officer in ARDE (DRDO), Pune from 1976-78, then moving onto the Post of Development Engineer of M/s Hyderabad Industries, Hyderabad from 1978-1980. His first stint in academic career began from 1980-86 when he took up the Faculty assignment in the year 1980 in Mechanical Engineering Department, Osmania University. Scaling up the academic ladder, Dr. Reddy got promoted as Professor in 1991. From 1991 onwards Teaching, Administration and Research have been his forte. His administrative experience speaks volumes. He has held various positions as Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1996-99, He became the Head of the Department of Bio-Medical Engineering, Osmania University between 2001-2003 and 2005-2007 and Founder/ Director, Centre for Energy Technology in Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Principal, University College of Engineering, Osmania University for nearly 8 years, Dean Faculty of Engineering for 2 years and also the member of the Executive council at Osmania University.
Awards and honours have been exemplary to his intellectual. Capability Notable among them are:
1. Eminent Engineer National Award by Institution of Engineers in 2007.
2. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (ISTE) National Award for best Engineering College Principal in 2003.
3. 2000 Millennium Medal of Honour awarded by American Biographical Society, USA.
4. Eminent Engineer Award by M/s Institution of Engineers (India) in 2000.
5. Vijaya Ratna award and Certificate of Excellence, 1999, New Delhi.
6. Best research paper award at International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power held in IIT Roorkee, 2002.
7. Best research Paper award at National conference on Fluid Engineering held in Hyderabad 2006.
8. Best Mechanical Engineer Award by the Institution of Engineers, Hyderabad. 2009
9. Sarvepally Radhakrishnan Award for Academic Excellence in the year 2011.
His contribution to society are numerous. Some of them are responsible for the award of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for the best Engineering College, O.U, and also for the ISO 9001 : 2000 certification. Along with this he was responsible for serving as member in the National Executive Council (ISTE), setting up Renewable energy technology park in Osmania University, organized Swarna Bharathi Science and Technology exhibition, during Indian Science Congress held in Hyderabad served at the Convenor of the state wide ICET exam PGECET and Chairman, EAMCET 2008-2011 state wide entrance test for professional courses. Served as Resource person at international Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.

Dr. Reddy’s Leadership is almost innumerable. He has attended a total of 42 National Conferences and 29 International conferences, has composed 12 monographs and published in 12 national /International journals, and supervised 15 sponsored research projects from various funding agencies. He has provided guidance to 12 Ph.D students.

He holds life membership in many professional societies like Indian society for Technical Education, society for Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid power, Solar energy Society of India, Indian Science Congress Association. He is also a Fellow and life member in the Institution of Engineers and Indian Institute of Plant Engineers. He is also Fellow of A.P. Academy of Sciences and Member of Executive Committee of the Academy. World wide exposure is his experience which consists of visiting countries like USA, UK, China, Thailand, Ireland, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Italy, Spain, Australia, South Africa and Sweden. During his tenure as Vice –Chancellor of JNT University, Hyderabad has introduced many reforms in curriculum evaluation new Education Models and Foreign collaborations for improving the Quality of Engineering Education. He is well known in the academic circles as straight forward and known for objective assessment of issues.

He is a role Model in Higher and Technical Education for Faculty and Students and he keen interest in promoting Teaching – Learning processes using ICT.
He served as expert committee Member/Advisor for various organisations like DRDO, UPSC, UGC, AICTE, ESCI and several Universities/Institutions in the country.

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