Venugopal Kuppanna Rajuk known as Venugopal K. R. (VKR) was born on 26 March 1956 in Bangalore. His father, Muniswamappa Kuppanna, a farmer worked in Indian Telephone Industries Bangalore, mother Narayanappa Muniyamma was a home maker. He was former Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University,[3] Principal of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE),[4] He was also the chairman, Department of Electronics and Communication, Computer Science Engineering and Information Science Engineering in University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). He has served UVCE as well as Bangalore University for the last five decades.[5] UVCE has been affiliated to Bangalore University since 1964. Dr. Venugopal K R was the Special Officer to the Government of Karnataka for Trifurcating Bangalore University. He submitted the report on 26 March 2015 for restructuring Bangalore University into Bangalore University, Bengaluru City University and Bengaluru North University and UVCE to be carved out as Center of Excellence on the model of Indian Institute of Technology. UVCE was granted autonomy by a bill tabled in Karnataka assembly and now UVCE is an autonomous institution with effect from 25 March 2022.

Venugopal K. R.
Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University[1]
In office
12 June 2018 – 10 June 2022
Principal at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
In office
June 2007 – March 2018
Special Officer Government of Karnataka[2]
In office
December 2012 – June 2016
Personal details
Born (1956-03-26) 26 March 1956 (age 68)
Bangalore
Nationality Indian
ResidenceBangalore India
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai,

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru,

Bangalore University, Bengaluru.
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WebsitePersonal website

Education

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Prof Venugopal K R holds PhD in economics from the Bangalore University, Bengaluru and also a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai. He graduated from the Indian Institute Science (IISc), Bengaluru with an ME degree. He got his BE degree from UVCE in the field of Electronics and Communication. Along with these, he has also obtained degree in more than 10 fields including Economics, Finance, Law, Public Relations and so on. He has authored many books including Data Science and Computational Intelligence Computer,[6] Networks and Intelligent Computing,[7] Microprocessors X86 Programming,[8] Mastering C,[9] Introduction to Linux and Shell Scripting,[10] C Test Your Aptitude,[11] Programming with Pascal and C,[12] Web Recommendation System.[13][14] Petrodollar and the World Economy, Mastering C++

Achievements

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Prof Venugopal K R has 1062 research publications,[15][16] authored and edited 84 books and has been granted 37 patents,[17] with over 6700 citations and google scholar h-index of 38 [18][19] focusing mainly on the subjects of Economics and Computer Science. He has awarded PhDs to 30 students and has also guided informally more than 150 Research scholars. He has received many awards and titles including IEEE Fellow (2016) ACM Distinguished Educator Award,[20] Anna University National Award, IEEE Best Branch Counsellor, Karnataka State Government Award, UP State National Award and others.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Prof._VKR_brief_bio-latest-26-7-21.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Venugopal is special offer for North University". The New Indian Express.
  3. ^ "K. R. Venugopal". IEEE.
  4. ^ "campusuvce" (PDF).
  5. ^ Correspondent, Special (16 March 2022). "HC upholds order setting aside appointment of Venugopal as BU V-C". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Venugopal, K. R.; Deepa Shenoy, P.; Buyya, Rajkumar; Patnaik, L. M.; Iyengar, Sitharama S. (2021). Data science and computational intelligence : sixteenth International Conference on Information Processing, ICInPro 2021, Bengaluru, India, October 22-24, 2021, Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-030-91244-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Computer networks and intelligent computing : 5th International Conference on Information Processing, ICIP 2011, Bangalore, India, August 5-7, 2011, proceedings. New York: Springer. 2011. ISBN 978-3-642-22786-8.
  8. ^ Venugopal, K. R. (1995). Microprocessor x86 programming. New Delhi: BPB Publications. ISBN 978-8170294580.
  9. ^ Venugopal, K. R. (2007). Mastering C. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 9780070616677.
  10. ^ Introduction to Linux and Shell Scripting. K.R. Venugopal. ISBN 978-8195123117.
  11. ^ C test your aptitude. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-0070634572.
  12. ^ Venugopal, K. R. (1994). Programming with Pascal and C. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0074624906.
  13. ^ Venugopal, K. R., Dr (2020). Web recommendations systems. Singapore: Springer. ISBN 978-981-15-2513-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Books by K.R. Venugopal (Author of Microprocessor X86 Programming [Feb 28, 2003] Venugopal, K. R. and Kumar, Raj)". www.goodreads.com.
  15. ^ "Venugopal K R". venugopalkr.com/.
  16. ^ "Bangalore University". bangaloreuniversity.irins.org/.
  17. ^ "Patent and Design Journal - Intellectual Property India". search.ipindia.gov.in.
  18. ^ "Venugopal K R". scholar.google.com.
  19. ^ "IEEE Computer Society Members Elevated to Fellow for 2016 | IEEE Computer Society".
  20. ^ "ACM Recognizes Distinguished Members for Computing Innovations that Transform Society". www.acm.org.