As a Founder, Counsellor and Chairman

Prof. Rao played a critical role in the establishment of IFToMM, right from its inception, in preparing the constitution and signing the same at the inaugural ceremony in 1969 in Poland. He was the Chairman for the Sixth Congress held in New Delhi and a member of its executive council. He also played a major role in establishing the Rotor Dynamics Technical Committee of IFToMM and chaired it for two terms, steering it into a leading and very reputable international body. He was elected lifetime Emeritus Chairman of this committee. As the Counsellor – Science and Technology at the Indian Embassy of the USA, Washington DC, Dr Rao played a key role in the arrangements for the visits of the Prime Minister and Ministers of State for Science and Technology for US Scientists to meet the PM in 1985. Arising out of these meetings with Non-Resident. Scientists, Joint Scientific Groups of Indian Scientists in the US and India were established in Microelectronics, Aeronautics, Biotechnology, Computers, and Materials. These groups are playing a key role in India, like the electronification of India. Arising out of the activities with Indian Scientists in the USA, a large number of export-oriented US industries are set up in India, e.g., Texas Instruments, Commodore Computers, Data General, Indus Technologies, etc, and a database of important Indian Scientists.

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As an Academician

Prof. Rao authored over 400 research publications, wrote over 20 text books and guided over 30 students for doctoral degrees. He was a visiting Professor at various universities abroad; and Consultant to over 30+ industries. He gave special lectures in more than one hundred and forty Universities, Research Laboratories and Industries in America, Europe and Asia.

Prof. Rao was honoured by several bodies for his outstanding scientific achievements and developing international understanding in science, that include: Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Washington, DC; Institution of Engineers (India); American Biographical Institute; International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England; Association of Machines and Mechanisms; Pacific Center of Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Hawaii. He was honoured with the IFToMM Distinguished Service Award 2004. He received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering Kakinada at its Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 2006.

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As a Consultant

Prof. Rao’s consultancy to the major industries includes the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), amongst others in India, Washington Metro and a full-time consultant at Stress Technology Inc., in USA; Twyflex Couplings, England; Taipower Company, Taipei, and others. Notable accomplishments amongst several consultancy jobs were investigation of the catastrophic failure of an Atomic Power plant in Narora, India, where the root cause was identified through successful analytical simulations. He investigated the brake-squeal problem of Washington Metro trains. He consulted the rotor and blade dynamic technologies for several multinational companies like General Electric, Nuo Pignone, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce Royce and GE Hydro. He contributed significantly to the design of the LP Compressor for the Kaveri engine of the Light Combat Aircraft and to the rotor dynamic design of High-Speed Cryogenic Pumps for the last stage of the Geostationary Launch Vehicle for ISRO.

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