Dr.

Kurukundu Rama Naidu

M.Tech., Ph. D.(IIT Kharagpur)
Professor of ECE & Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur
Ananthapuramu – 515 002, Andhra Pradesh, India

Bio-data

Name : Dr. Kurukundu Rama Naidu

Official Address : Professor of ECE

JNTUA College of Engineering
Ananthapuramu – 515 002, Andhra Pradesh (India)
Mobile: 091-9440 - 521540

E-mail : krnaidu.ece@jntua.ac.in

Nationality : Indian
Religion : Hindu
Educational Qualifications:
Year of
S. No. Qualification University/Institution Specialization
award
Indian Institute of Technology Wireless
1. Ph. D 2009
(IIT), Kharagpur Communications
Indian Institute of Technology, Electronics
Banaras Hindu University Engineering
2. M.Tech 1990
(now upgraded as IIT BHU), (Microwave
Varanasi Engineering)
Electronics &
JNTU College of Engineering.
3. B.Tech Communication 1983
Ananthapuramu
Engineering

Professional Experience:
S.No. Institution/Organization Position held Duration

JNTUA College of Professor

1
Engineering, Ananthapuramu Department of ECE 2011 - till date
JNTUA College of Associate Professor
2 2003 - 2011
Engineering, Ananthapuramu Department of ECE
JNTUA College of Assistant Professor
3. 1992 - 2003
Engineering, Ananthapuramu Department of ECE
G.Pulla Reddy Engineering Assistant Professor
4 1986 - 1992
College, Kurnool Department of ECE
G.Pulla Reddy Engineering Teaching Assistant
5. 1985-1986
College, Kurnool Department of ECE

Industrial Experience:
S.No. Industrial Position Project Involved Duration
Involved in the
production of pH
Engineer Trainee, meters (popular one 1984
1. Elico Pvt. Ltd., Sanath Nagar, in India at that time),
and Flame (06 Months)
Hyderabad.
Photometers.
 Involved in the
production of
Automatic Insertion
Production Engineer (Trainee)
Director which was 1983
2. Scope Electronics Pvt. Ltd.,
used in the mass (06 Months)
Somajiguda, Hyderabad
production of Printed
Circuit Boards
(PCBs) of multilayer.
Trained in the
manufacturing
process of
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Microwave tubes like 23rd May 1989 to
3. Klystron Amplifiers,
Jalahalli, Bangalore 30th June 1989
Magnetrons, and
Travelling Wave
Tubes (TWT) which
were used in missiles.

Administrative Experience:
S.No. Administrative Post held Duration
1. Director, IQAC, JNT University Anantapur (JNTUA) May 2021 - till date
2. Principal, JNTUA College of Engineering April 2018- June 2019
Director of Evaluation, JNT University Anantapur
3. Jan.2015 - April 2018
(JNTUA)
Coordinator for SEER Academy M. Tech. programs, JNT
4. July 2014 - Dec.2017
University Anantapur (JNTUA)
Vice Principal, JNTUA College of Engineering,
5. Sept. 2012 - Nov.2013
Pulivendula
6. Head of ECE department, JNTUA College of Engineering June 2006 - Feb. 2011

Other Responsibilities:
❖ As an Executive Council Member of JNTUA, Ananthapuramu from April 2016 to May
2019.
❖ As an expert ECE team member of National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi
to inspect the facilities in Engineering Colleges from March 2015 to till date.
❖ As an examiner for the evaluation of Indian Engineering Services Examination (IES)
answer books, UPSC, New Delhi since November 2013.
 ❖ As a UGC committee member for granting Autonomous status to Engineering Colleges
in India.
❖ As an Examiner for setting question papers to Andhra Pradesh Public Service
Commission (APPSC), Hyderabad (Erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh).
❖ As an External member of Faculty Selection Committee for SV University, Tirupati,
Yogi Vemana University, YSR (Dist.), and RGUKT – IIIT – R.K. Valley, Vempalli
(M), YSR (Dist).
❖ As session chair and resource person for International and National conferences
conducted in India.
❖ As resource person in ECE for delivering guest-lectures in Engineering Colleges.

Research Experience (20 Years):

 Two Scholars have been awarded Ph.D., and one Ph. D scholar is due for the final Viva-
Voce.
 Guided 120 M. Tech. Projects.
 Guided 50 B.Tech. Projects
 Research Papers: 43 (IJ – 20, NJ – 01, IC – 21 & NC – 1) at International and National
Peer Reviewed Journals and Conferences.
 Three Research Scholars have completed their Ph. D and seven students are in pipeline.
Research Projects:
 Completed Research Projects of worth Rs. 25.00 lakhs funded by the MHRD,
Government of India Schemes during the years 1994 – 1998, and during 2007-2008.

Teaching Experience:
f
36+ years of teaching UG & PG Courses

Subjects Taught:
Undergraduate courses
❖ Electronic Devices and Circuits
❖ Signals & Systems
❖ Electronic Circuit Analysis
❖ Network Analysis
❖ Electromagnetic Field Theory
❖ Networks and Transmission Lines
❖ Analog Communication systems
❖ Antenna and Wave propagation
❖ Digital Communication systems
❖ Digital Signal Processing
❖ Microwave Applications
Post graduate courses
❖ Digital Communication Techniques
❖ Advanced Digital Signal Processing
❖ Detection and Estimation Theory
❖ Wireless Communications
❖ Wireless Sensor Networks
❖ MEMS Applications
❖ Software Defined Radio
 ❖ In addition, the laboratories of UG and PG programmes in the areas of Electronics
and Computers have been dealt with.

Number of Research publications:

International Journals : 20
National Journals : 01
International Conferences : 21
National Conferences : 01

Performance Indices of Publications:

Total Citations : 110
h - Index : 6
i10 - Index : 2

Research Publications:

a) International Journals:

1. A. Swetha, K. Rama Naidu, “Miniaturized planar Antenna with Enhanced Gain

Characteristics for 5.2 GHz WLAN Application”, International Journal of Electronics
Taylor & Francis, May 2021.

2. Avula Swetha, K. Rama Naidu, “Miniaturized antenna using DGS and meander
structure for dual-band application”, Wiley-Microwave and Optical Technology Letters,
Vol. 62, Issue 11, Pages 3556-3563, November 2020. (SCI Journal).

3. K.Sravan Kumar, G.Shiva Prasad, K Rama Naidu, “An optimization technique for
simultaneous reduction of PAPR and out-of-band power in NC-OFDM based cognitive
radio systems” ETRI Journal, June 2020.

4. Hirald Dwaraka Praveena, C Subhas, K Rama Naidu,“Automatic epileptic seizure

recognition using relief feature selection and long short term memory classifier”,
Springer-Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Pages 1-17, June
2020.

5. Avula Swetha, K Rama Naidu, “Gain Enhancement of an UWB Antenna Based on a

FSS Reflector for Broadband Applications”, Journal-Progress In Electromagnetics
Research, Vol. 99, Pages 193-208, February 2020.
6. Hirald Dwaraka Praveena, C Subhas, K Rama Naidu, “Classification and
discrimination of focal and non-focal EEG Signals using Hybrid features and support
vector machine”, Int. J. Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, vol.18, No.3, 2021.

7. Riyaz Hussain Shaik, Rama Naidu K, “Performance evaluation of energy harvesting

based DF system over Nakagami-m fading channels in the presence of co-channel
interferences” Elsevier- Physical Communication Journal,Vol. 36,Pages 1-10, October
2019.

8. Riyaz Hussain Shaik, Rama Naidu K, “Performance evaluation of dual-hop amplify

and forward scheme over k-µ shadowed fading channels” Elsevier- Physical
Communication Journal,Vol. 33, Pages 206-214, April 2019.

9. K Sravan Kumar, K Sahitya, K Rama Naidu, “A Hybrid Technique for Joint PAPR
Reduction and Side-lobe Suppression in NC-OFDM based Cognitive Radio Systems”
AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol.100, Pages 172-
178,February 2019.

10.K. Rama Naidu, “Comparative Study of Piecewise Linear and Nonlinear Companding
Transforms in the Reduction of Peak to Average Power Ratio”, IJARTET, Vol 5, spl.
Issue 11, April 2018.

11.K. Rama Naidu, “Particle Swarm Optimization Based Power Allocation in Multi-Hop
Cooperative AF Relaying Networks”, IJIRCCE, Vol.6, Issue 3, March 2018.

12.MVR Vittal, K Rama Naidu, “Modified alternative-signal technique for sequential

optimisation for PAPR reduction in OFDM-OQAM systems” Defence Science Journal
67 (3), 298, 2017.

13.MVR Vittal, K Rama Naidu,“A novel reduced complexity optimized PTS technique
for PAPR reduction in wireless OFDM systems” Egyptian Informatics Journal 18(2),
Pages: 123-131, 2016.

14.C.Subhas, K Rama Naidu and Y VenkataRami Reddy, “Performance degradation due

to imperfect channel conditions in Pre-Rake DSSS systems”, International journal of
Systematics, Cybernetics and information Pentagram Research Publications,
Hyderabad, India, ISSN 0973-4864-PP.23-29, April 2009.

15.C.Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y Venkata Rami Reddy, “Pre-Rake Diversity with
generalized orthogonal codes and imperfect channel conditions for FDD/DS-CDMA
systems”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Asian research publishing
network publications, ISSN 1891-6608, Vol.4,No7,PP.64-70,September 2009.
16.C.Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y Venkatarami Reddy, “Transmitter- based filters for
interference mitigation under imperfect channel conditions for FDD/DS-CDMA
systems”, Journal of Computer Science, Karpagam Publications, Coimbatore, India,
ISSN 0973-2926,Vol.4,Issue-1,PP.1404-1412,Nov-Dec.2009.

17.C.Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y Venkata Rami Reddy,” Performance degradation due
to channel prediction errors in Pre-Rake FDD/DS-CDMA systems”, Communicated to
Defense Science Journal, DRDO Publications, New Delhi, India. Vol60, No.3, PP.282-
289, May 2010.

18.K. Rama Naidu, R. V. Raja Kumar and T. S. Lamba, “Prediction of the Impulse
Response of Frequency Selective Fading Channels”, Communicated to IEEE
communication Letters.

19.K. Rama Naidu, R. V. Raja Kumar and T. S. Lamba, “An Optimum Filter Based
Transmission Scheme Using Channel Prediction for FDD-CDMA Systems”,
Communicated to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

20.M. Madhu Babu, K. Rama Naidu “Area and Power Efficient Fused Floating –point Dot
Product Unit based on Radix-2r Multiplier & Pipeline Feedforward-Cutset-Free Carry-
Lookahead Adder”, IT in Industry, Vol.9, No.2, 2021.

b) National Journal:
1. C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y Venkata Rami Reddy, “Performance evaluation of
Inverse filters for interference migration with imperfect channel conditions for DS-
CDMA system”, Technology Spectrum, a National Journal of JNTU Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, Vol. 3, No.2, July 2009.
c) International Conferences:
1. Riyaz Hussain Shaik, Rama Naidu K, “Performance Analysis of Multi-hop Cooperative
System under κ-µ Shadowed Fading Channels," 2019 IEEE International Conference
on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP),pp. 0587-0591, Chennai, India, 4-6
April, 2019.

2. K.Sravan Kumar, G.Shiva Prasad, K Rama Naidu “Reduction of Peak-to-Average

Power Ratio in OFDM system using Convex Optimization” IEEE 3rd International
conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA), June
2019.

3. K.Sravan Kumar, K Rama Naidu “Spectral Precoder for OFDM based CR system using
different pulse shaping methods” IEEE 4th International conference for (I2CT), October
2018.
4. P.Naveen Kumar, K.Sravan Kumar, K Rama Naidu “A Modified low complexity mask
complaint spectral precoder for OFDM based Cognitive radio” IEEE International CET
Conference on Control, Communication, and Computing (IC4), Pages 204-209, July
2018.

5. N. Sri Pravallika, K. Rama Naidu, C. R. Anitha “Psi shaped Metamaterial loaded

antenna for wireless applications” IEEE WiSPNET Conference, June, 2016.

6. MadhuBabu, K. Rama Naidu, “Implementation of multiplexers based pipelined

CORDIC for OFDM Systems”, IEEE International conference on recent trends in
Electronics Information Communication Technology, May 20-21,2016.

7. Sk. Riyaz Hussain, K. Rama Naidu, M. Lakshmi Renuka, S, Padma Sri “Performance
Evaluation of Multi-branch Multi-Hop Networks with Kth Best Relay Selection, IEEE
International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, April 6-8, 2016.

8. Shaik Riyaz Hussain, ShaikShakeera, K Rama Naidu, “BER analysis of amplify and
forward scheme with Best relay selection in Space Shift Keying System”, IEEE
International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP), 2015.

9. Prabhavathi Bhai. J , K Rama Naidu, “SCMA with New Code Book Design ” IEEE 9th
International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication (ICACC),
November 2019.

10.Indra Mohan. G, K. Rama Naidu, “A Hybrid Reversible Image Data Hiding Scheme
With Symmetric Key Cryptography”, IEEE 9th International Conference on Advances
in Computing and Communication (ICACC), November 2019.

11.M. V. R. Vittal, K. Rama Naidu, C. Subhas “PAPR analysis of single carrier FDMA
signals with Gaussian pulse shaping”, IEEE International Conference on
Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP), April 3-5,2013.

12.C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y. Venkata rami Reddy, “Performance Evaluation of
Pre-Rake Diversity combining under imperfect channel conditions for Mobile
Communication Systems”, IEEE Annual Symposium on Emerging Needs in Computing,
Communication, Signals and power, Bangalore, India, PP.1-, August 2009.

13.C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y. Venkata rami Reddy, “Performance degradation in
transmitter based filters due to channel estimation errors for the TDD-CDMA
Downlink”, Silver Jubilee International Conference on Communication Technologies
and VLSI Design, VII University, Vellore, India, PP.55-59, Oct 2009.
 14.C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y. Venkata rami Reddy, “Performance Evaluation of
transmitter-based filters under imperfect channel condition for the FFD/DS-CDMA
Systems”, International Conference on Signals, Systems and Communication, Anna
University, Chennai, India.PP.128-134, Dec 2009.

15.C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y. Venkata rami Reddy, “Analysis of Performance
degradation with generalized orthogonal codes due to channel estimation errors in Pre-
Rate TDD/DS-CDMA Downlink”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Communication Systems and Networks, Bangalore, India, Jan 2010.

16.K. Rama Naidu, R. V. Raja Kumar and T. S. Lamba, “A CDMA Scheme with Optimum
Terminal Filters based on Channel Prediction to Mitigate Multipath Channel Effects”
communicated to IEEE International Conference on WCNC-2008, April 2008.

17.Naidu. K. R. Ratnam V. Raja Kumar, and T. S. Lamba, “A Multipath Transmission

Diversity Scheme using Prediction based Transmitter Filter in FDD-CDMA Systems,”
2006 IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications
Networks, 11-13, April 2006, Bangalore, India.

18.Naidu. K. R, Kumar R.V. R, Lamba, T.S,” A correlation-based blind method for

estimation and equalization of down-link WCDMA channels”, 2005 IEEE International
Conference on Personal Wireless Communications, 23-25 Jan 2005 Page(s):517-521.

19.Naidu. K. R, Kumar R.V. R, Lamba, T.S, “Pilot based Predictive Cancellation of Fading
in CDMA Systems” 2002 IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless
Communications, 15-17 Dec, 2002 Page(s):305-308.

20.M. Madhu Babu, V. Rama Kanth Reddy, K.Rama Naidu, “Optimum Utilization of
Hardware for the Real Valued FFT Architectures”, 6th IEEE International Conference
for Convergence in Technology, Pune, April 02-04, 2021.

21.Hirald Dwaraka Praveena, C. Subhas and K. Rama Naidu, “Detection of Epilebptic

Seizure Based on Relief FAlgorithm and Multi-Support Vector Machine”, Springer
Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.2020.

d) National Conferences:
1. C. Subhas, K. Rama Naidu and Y. Venkatarami Reddy, “Pre-Rake Diversity with
generalized orthogonal codes and imperfect channel conditions for FDD/Ds-CDMA
systems”, IETE Conference on FR and Wireless, Bangalore, PP.26-30, Oct 2009.

Conferences/Workshops Attended:
1. A three day workshop namely “High Intensity Training Program on 5G Cooperative
Communication and NOMA Wireless Technology” Massive MIMO Wireless
 Technology”, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur during
9– 11 October, 2020.

2. A three day workshop namely “High Intensity Training Program on 5G Millimeter wave
and MIMO – OFDM Wireless Technology” Massive MIMO Wireless Technology”,
organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur during 2– 4 October,
2020.

3. A three day workshop namely “High Intensity Training Program on 5G Multiuser and
Massive MIMO Wireless Technology”, organized by Department of Electrical
Engineering, IIT, Kanpur during 25 – 27 September, 2020.

4. One week workshop on “Professional Development Training under TEQIP-III” from 14-
18 October, 2019 held at IIM, Trichy.

5. One week workshop on “Professional Development Training under TEQIP-III” from 17-
21 June, 2019 held at IIM, Indore.

6. A Three day International conference on "Transforming Education conference for

Humanity" at Visakhapatnam during 15th-17th November 2018.

7. A Two day workshop on “Professional Development Training (PDT)” at IIM Udaipur

during 24th - 26th September 2018.

8. A Two day FDP on “NBA Accreditation process for faculty members” at Govt. College
of Engg. & Tech. Bikaner during 27th -28th July 2018.

9. A Hands on Three day workshop on “Embedded system design using MSP430”

September 2015.

10. A Hands on Three day workshop on “Linear Integrated Circuits: A system Approach”
March 2015.

11. A Workshop on “Outcome based Education Approach in Engineering Curriculum”

Organized by JNTUA College of Engineering during 26th& 27th August 2014.

12. A National Conference on “Use of Technology in Higher Education” conducted by IIT

Bombay during 25th – 26th February 2014.

13. A Three day workshop on “Training of Evaluators/Resource Persons on Outcome based

Accreditation”, conducted by JNTUA-NBA Nodal Center on 1st to 3rd July 2013.
 14. A One day Workshop on “Training Resource on Outcome based Accredation”,
conducted by JNTUA-NBA Nodal Center on 29th April 2013.
Membership – Professional Societies:
 Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (MIEEE)
 Fellow of Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, INDIA (FIETE)
 Life Member of India Society for Technical Education, New Delhi (ISTE)
 Life Member of Institute of Engineers (India) IE(I)

Declaration:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of knowledge
Dr. Kurukundu Rama Naidu

Date: 23-05-2021
Ananthapuramu