Background
Ramachandran, Venkatanarayana Deekshit was born on May 3, 1934 in Mysore, India.
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Venkatanarayana Deekshit Ramachandran
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Venkatanarayana Deekshit Ramachandran, Indian, Canadian Electrical engineering educator. Registered profile engineer. Named to Order of Engineers of Quebec; recipient Merit award Concordia Council on Student Life, 1981-1982, Outstanding Contribution award Engineering andComputer Science Association, Concordia U., 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Mysore, 1953; Bachelor in Engineering, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, 1956; Master in Electronics, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, 1965.
Career
Senior research assistant, Indian Institute Science, 1958-1959;
lecturer, Indian Institute Science, 1959-1966;
assistant professor, Nova Scoti Technology College, Halifax, Canada, 1966-1969;
professor electrical engineering, Concordia U. (formerly Sir George Williams University), Halifax, Canada, since 1971;
acting department chairman electrical and computer engineering, Montreal, various times;
graduate program director department, 1969-1984. Adjunct Professor U. Windsor, Ontario, Canada, since 1983, Ecole Technology Superieure U. Quebec, Montreal, since 1989. Member program committee International Symposium on Operator Theory of Networks and Systems, 1975.
Vice chairman International Symposium on Circuits and Systems Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Montreal, 1984, member technical programcom., 1987. International coordinator International Conference on Computers, Systems and Signal Processing, Indian Institute Science, 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute Electronics and Telecomms. India (edit board journal 1986), Institute Engineers India, Institute Elec. Engineers England, Engineering Institute Canada (secretary Montreal chapter 1979-1980, centennial board 1983-1984), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Member Circuits and Systems chapter Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Montreal section 1978-1984), Canada Society Elec. Engineers (editor journal 1983-1985, editor bulletin 1981-1983), American Society Engineering Education (chairman awards committee St. Lawrence chapter 1987-1988, Western Elec. Fund award 1983, Myril B. Reed Best Research Paper award 1984, Outstanding Svc.
Connections
Son of Knights of Columbus Venkatanarayana Deekshit and Subbamma Deekshit R. Married Kamala Visweswaraiya, June 12, 1960. 1 child, Ravi P.
