Dr. L. Pratap Reddy Director R&D Cell, JNTU - Jawaharlal Nehru ...

Dr. L. Pratap Reddy the Director, Research & Development Cell of the University. He obtained his
B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from Andhra University and M.Tech from
Kakatiya University, and Ph.D. from JNT University Hyderabad. He served as Head of ECE. He is
serving as the Coordinator IPR Cell of the University. He conducted various training programs using
Free software. He is involved in curriculum development activities for various Universities and
Autonomous Colleges in India. He served as NSS coordinator. He served as Literacy Ambassador for
NLM and member of various bodies in the state for the Literacy Mission. He is a member in various
professional bodies like IEEE, IETE, IE, ISTE,CSI. He is an active member of SWECHA and FSMI.
He is involved in research projects funded by IT&C dept., UGC, DLRL. He guided seven Research
Scholars. He published more than 50 articles in Journals and Conferences. His research interests
include Image Processing, Embedded Systems, Pattern Recognition, OCR, Language Modeling in
Man Machine Interaction.
Contact:
Dr. L. Pratap Reddy
Director R&D Cell,
JNTU Campus, KUKATPALLY, HYDERABAD
Tel. No. 040-32422256 Extn. 1610
Email: directorrnd@jntuh.ac.in
500 085.
Educational Qualifications:
Degree University Year
B.E. Andhra University, Waltair 1985
M.Tech. REC, Warangal 1988
Ph.D. JNT University 2001
Academic positions:
Asst. Professor in ECE : 8th January 1991 to 30th June 2001
Associate Professor in ECE : 1st July 2001 To 24th April 2006
Professor in ECE : 25th April 2006 till date
Head of ECE Dept : 2008 to 2010
Coordinator IPR Cell : 2011 (holding position)
Director R&D Cell : 2012 (present position)
No. of Ph.D.s Guided : 7
Sl.No
Title of the thesis Degree Awarded
1 Incremental Training Method for Face
recognition: A Principal Component Approach
Sept. 2007
2 The Rough Set Based Document Ranking
System
March 2008
3 Image Quality Indices Using Weighted
Perceptual Features
July 2008
4 Extraction and Recognition of Middle Zone
Components of Telugu Script Using Language
Model
November 2008

5 Analysis of Natural Language Models for
Decipherment Problems A Case Study on
Indic Scripts
6 Cryptanalysis Using Cipher Text Only Attack
An Information Theoretic Approach on Indic
Scripts
7 Segmentation of Constrained Characters of
Telugu Script
Projects Held:
Sl. No. Title of the Project Sanctioning
1 Named Entity Error Detection
on English-Telugu Cross lingual
Text
2 Recognition of Unconstrained
Handwritten Characters of Telugu
Script
3. Development of Algorithms for
HF DF Systems
Agency/Dept.
IT&C Dept. Govt. of
Andhra Pradesh
UGC Major Research
Project
February 2011
August 2011
May 2012
Period & Amount
March 2008. (1 year)
Rs. 4,96,000=00
Feb. 2010 Jan. 2013
Rs. 11,51,800=00
DLRL Rs. 9,80,000
Research Interests : Image Processing, Embedded Systems, Pattern Recognition, OCR,
Language Modeling in Man Machine Interaction,
Training Interests : FLOSS based training, Conducted various training programs in UGC
Academic Staff JNTUH, HCU. Acted as coordinator for AICTE, ISTE sponsored staff
development programs in areas of research interests mentioned above. Reviewer for Journals
IJDA, Technology Spectrum. TPC member for various Conferences, RSPS, ICSCI. Secretary
for NCAR 2010.
Curriculum Development Activities : BOS chairman in ECE Dept., JNTUH College of
Engg., BOS member of OU, KLU, Vignan University, Nagarjuna University, JNTUA
University, BOS member of autonomous colleges: SNIST, MREC, Vardhaman, LBRC,
Member of Governing Council for CVSR, HITS, Srada Institute etc. Governing council
member of UGC Academic Staff College JNTUH.
Societal Developmental activities : Literacy Ambassador for National Literacy Mission
(NLM) in 1995. Member of State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) from 1997, Member
of ZSS East-Godavari Dist., Executive Member of AIPSN, NSS coordinator for 7 years,
Professional Bodies : Life member of ISTE, IE India, CSI, Life Fellow Member of
IETE, Working Chairman SWECHA, All India treasurer FSMI.