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OBITUARY
Obituary Nalinaksh S. Vyas1 Published online: 2 September 2020 © Krishtel eMaging Solutions Private Limited 2020
Obituary: Professor J S Rao (27th Dec. 1939–4th July 2020) The sudden passing way of Professor J. S. Rao on July 04, 2020 came as a shock to hosts of students, colleagues and friends around the world. He had a long history of outstanding achievements and was actively pursuing his professional passions till his last days. A world renowned academician in the area of Machine Dynamics, Jammi Srinivasa Rao was born on 27th December 1939 in Madugula village in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. He received Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours in 1960 at Andhra University. Thereafter he did his M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 1963 and, while being on the faculty obtained his Ph.D. (1965) and D.Sc. (1971) from the same institute.
* Nalinaksh S. Vyas [email protected] 1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
Professor J.S. Rao became a full professor at IIT Kharagpur in 1970. He then moved to IIT Delhi in 1975, to establish the Center for Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering. He also chaired the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi and subsequently occupied Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd Endowed Chair. Professor J.S. Rao was a visiting Professor at many universities around the world, which include—University of Surrey, Guildford; National Institute of Applied Sciences, Lyon; Concordia University, Montreal; Rochester Institute of Technology, New York; Technical University, Kassel; National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi; Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences and The University of New South Wales, Sydney among others. He was a consultant to over thirty major industries, which include the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) amongst others in India, and Washington Metro and 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 and investigations into the brake-squeal problem of Washington Metro trains. He was a full-time consultant to Stress Technology Inc., Rochester and served the government of India, for 5 years, during 1981–1986, as Science Counselor at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. Professor Rao moved from academics to industry on a permanent basis in the year 2000. He became the Chief Technology Officer at QUEST, Bangalore and played a major role in its rapid, nearly ten-fold, growth in 4 years. He later assumed the role of CSO at ALTAIR, Bangalore and also provided academic services to Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbato
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