Dr. Lalithendra Kurra, Ph.D.
Dr. Lalithendra Kurra received the BE degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Arunai Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, in 2001 and the M. Tech degree in Radar and Microwave Engineering at the College of Engineering, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, in 2004. He joined the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 2009 as a Full-Time PhD candidate and received the PhD degree in 2015.
He began his teaching career in CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad in 2004 and worked up to 2009, later he went to pursue Full-Time PhD at IIT Delhi and rejoined CVR College of Engineering after PhD in 2015. He served as Head of the ECE Department from Oct. 2017 to June 2023. Presently he is a Professor of ECE, Professor In-Charge Library and Associate Dean-Accreditations.
As Associate Dean for Accreditations, his work involves assisting the departments and programs within the college with periodic program reviews in getting and maintaining accreditations with national professional accrediting or approving organizations like NAAC, NBA and National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) that are important for continuous improvement and recognition of the institute at state and national level in the area of technical education.
He teaches subjects related to Electromagnetics, Transmission Lines, Antennas and Microwave Engineering. His research interests are Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures, Metamaterial, Frequency Selective Surfaces, Planar Antennas. He has 6 journal publications in IEEE and IETE, 6 conference publications and 1 book to his credit. He received second prize for best poster in Science Day Celebrations at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India (2013). Received DST International Travel Support 2013.
He is a Fellow of IETE (F-502687), a Life Member of ISTE (LM 121194) and a Member of IEEE (90655692). He volunteered as Treasurer for 2 years and Chairman for 2 years for IEEE MTT-S IIT Delhi Student Branch Chapter. He is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Access, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET Electronics Letters Journals, IETE Journal of Research and for many Conferences.