Sastri Muralikrishna Vedantam

Background

Vedantam, Sastri Muralikrishna was born on February 3, 1938 in Tenali, India. Son of Lakshmipati and Hanumayamma (Yellepeddi) Vedantam.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1958. Master of Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delaware, Newark, 1968.

Career

Lecturer, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1961-1962; lecturer, Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur, India, 1962-1963; teaching and research assistant, U. Delaware, Newark, 1963-1965; assistant professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1968-1970; assistant professor, Indian Institute Technology, Madras, India, 1970-1973; associate professor, Indian Institute Technology, Madras, India, 1973-1975; professor, Indian Institute Technology, Madras, India, since 1975. Visiting professor U. Delaware, Newark, 1993-1994.

Achievements

• Sastri Muralikrishna Vedantam has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Indian National Academy Engineering. Member Regional Center Energy Heat & Mass Transfer Asia & Pacific (science secretary 1976), Asia Pacific Ctr.Energy & Environmental (executive trustee 1992), Indian Society Heat & Mass Transfer (secretary 1974-1983, 87-93). M C.

Connections

Married Bharati Devi Madduri, June 12, 1959. Children: Anuradha, Manjula, Srikanth, Sujanasree.

Father:

Lakshmipati Vedantam

Mother:

Hanumayamma (Yellepeddi) Vedantam

Spouse:

Bharati Devi Madduri

child:

Sujanasree Vedantam

child:

Srikanth Vedantam

child:

Manjula Vedantam

child:

Anuradha Vedantam