Dr Jandhyala N Murthy,
Professor and Director of GRIET studied PUC(MPC) from Maharajah’s College
of Vizianagaram(1969-70) and then BTech(Mechanical) from IIT Madras
(1970-75), MS (Thermal Power)(1982-84)and PhD (Thermal Power)(1985-88) from
Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK. He served in the Maintenance Branch
of the Indian Air Force as an AE(M) officer for over 25 years since 1975,
held various appointments looking after operations, overhaul, training at
unit, station and command levels. He was an Instructor at Air Force
Technical College, Bangalore and had a tenure at Combustor division, Gas
Turbine Research and Development Establishment, Bangalore. He led an IAF
Technical Training Team to Botswana, Africa, providing training and
maintenance support to Botswana Defence Force. He is an alumnus of Defence
Services Staff College, Wellington. He took voluntary retirement from the
IAF as a Wing Commander in 2001 and immediately joined as a professor in
the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of
Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Hyderabad, an accredited and
permanently affiliated college under JNTUH. He assumed the responsibility
as the Director of GRIET since 31 January 2018, after a successful tenure
as the Principal of GRIET since March 2004. His areas of interest span the
Thermal Engineering domain, Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers, simulation and
education.
Areas of Interest
: Thermal Propulsion, Computer Graphics, Modeling, Aircraft Maintenance,
CFD, Turbomachines, Education
Contact details:
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology
Bachupally, Kukatpally,Hyderabad – 500 090Telangana, INDIA
Ph.D in Thermal Power, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
(1985-1988)
MS in Thermal Power, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK (1982-1984)
MSc in Defence Studies, University of Madras, Chennai (1991-1992)
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai (1970-1975)
Courses
FDP201x: Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process, 14
Sep – 12 Oct 2017, IITBombayX
FDP101x: Foundation Programme in ICT for Education, 03 Aug – 07 Sep
2017, IITBombayX
ET601Tx: Educational Technology for Engineering Teachers, 07 Jan – 07
Mar 2016, IITBombayX
“
Quality Initiatives in Technical & Higher Educational
Institutions
” (in Compliance with NBA & NAAC Accreditation), Engineering Staff
College of India, Hyderabad, 10-12 March 2015
Junior Commanders Course, Air Force Administrative College, Coimbatore,
27 Aug – 20 Oct 1990
“
Study of Rice Straw Biocomposie and a Comparative Study of
Flexural Strength of
Various Biocomposite Plywood Materials” – Swadesh Kumar
Singh, Jandhyala N Murthy, PAPN Varma, D Sailaja, International
Conference on Civil, Biological and Environmental Engineering
BEE-2013, Bangkok, Thailand, ISBN978-93-82242-40-9.
“Assessment Practices in Engineering” – A Review, The
Journal of Engineering Education January – 2012, Vol.No.XXV-3 ISSN
0971-5843.
“Assessment Practices in Engineering” – A Review, 41st
ISTE Annual National Convention December 2011, Fatehgarh Sahib,
Punjab
“Reliability Data Generation” – EVIAMAT -94, New Delhi
“
Approach for Reliability and Maintainability assurance of
Kaveri Engine
” – Workshop on “MiG Engine Experience for Kaveri Project”, HAL
Koraput, 1993
“
Computational Study of some of the implications for Gas Turbine
Design, Maintenance as a consequence of NOx generation
” – 18th CIMAC Congress, Tinanjin, China, 1988
Research Work:
The design and development of gas turbine combustors is a
crucial but uncertain part of an engine development process.
Combustion within a gas turbine is a complex interaction of,
among other things, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer and
chemical kinetics. At present, the design process relies upon a
wealth of experimental data and correlations. The proper use of
this information requires experienced combustion engineers and
even for them the design process is very time consuming. Some
major engine manufacturers have addressed this problem by
developing computer programmes based on the above test and
empirical data to assist combustor designers. Such programs are
usually proprietary. A similar attempt is made in my research
work, which has yielded DEPTH, a combustion design program.
DEPTH (Design and Evaluation of Pressure, Temperature and Heat
transfer in combustors) is developed in Fortran-77 to assist in
preliminary design and evaluation of conventional gas turbine
combustion chamber including emissions and stability.
Assisted in developing test rig facilities for combustors while
at GTRE 1992 -94
Assisted to create framework for FMECA studies at GTRE. 1993
Guided and Examined UG, PG projects at the university level,
from 2001
External Examiner for Thermal Engineering at Cranfield
University, UK, 2009-2014
Honors and Awards
Best Principal from ISTE AP Chapter, 2014
Won the second prize for an essay on Productivity – a
nationwide open essay competition conducted by Botswana
National Productivity Centre, Botswana, 1996
Recipient of Chief of Air Staff Medal by the Indian Air Force,
1990
Winner of Roy Fedden Memorial Prize at CIT, Cranfield, UK, 1984
Awarded School of Mechanical Engineering Prize at CIT,
Cranfield, UK, 1983
Winner of Gold Medal from Maharajah College of Vizianagaram,
1970
Membership of Professional Bodies
Combustion Institute (Indian Chapter), Institute of
Aeronautical Engineering,
Indian Society for Technical Education, Institution of
Engineers
Appointments
1976-1977 Training as AE Officer at Air Force Technical
College, Bangalore
1977-1980 Squadron Engineering Officer, first and second line
operations and maintenance activities in fighter squadron and a
pilotless Target Aircraft squadron
1980-82 Squadron Engineering Officer of the first Pilotless
Target Aircraft Squadron
1984-1985 Senior Production Manager in a Base Repair Depot,
Overhaul/ assembly of Viper Engine and its accessories.
1988-1991 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Air Force
Technical College, Bangalore. Visiting faculty for Gas Turbine
Technology Course – a fellowship course for Scientists of
DRDO, at Institute of Armament Technology, Pune.
1992-1994 Combustor Group, Gas Turbine Research Establishment,
Bangalore
1994-1997 Team Leader, Indian Air Force Training Team of
officers and men to Botswana to impart training to the Botswana
Defence Force (BDF) on maintenance and operations.
1997-98 Staff Appointment at Command HQ, IAF
CEO (Chief Engineering Officer) of a transport base with fixed
wing aircraft and helicopters
1998-2001 Senior Engineer(Aircraft), Fighter Training
Establishment, IAF
2001-2003 Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering,
GRIET
2003-2004 Vice Principal and Head of Computer Science
Department, GRIET
