Dr.M. Sreenivasa Reddy

Dr.M. Sreenivasa Reddy

B.E, M.Tech, Ph.D, LMISTE, MTSI, MoRSI, FIE, C. Engg.,( I )
Principal & Professor at R.L.Jalappa Institution of Technology, Doddaballapur

Having an excellent academic track throughout, with choice and passion chosen the teaching career in full pledge 22 years ago after a stint of 2 years in the industry.

Academic & Industrial Experience

  • Served in varied positions since 2001 of which 7 years as HoD - ME.
  • Served as a Project Engineer: 02 Yrs. (Oct.1998 - Sept. 2000) at Hexagon Engineers Limited, Bangalore

Professional Societies/Memberships

i. Life Member-Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE)
ii. Fellow-Institution of Engineers (FIE)
iii. Member-Tribology Society of India (MTSI)
iv. Member-OR Society of India (MORSI)
v. Charted Engineer – C.Engg., (Institution of Engineers)

Books Authored / co-authored

i. Operations Research (published by Cengage Learning, New Delhi), ISBN:9789387511521.(prescribed as a text book by University of Madras)
ii. Elements of Mechanical Engineering (published by Subhas Stores, Bangalore), ISBN: 9789383214495. Basic Management Skills and Indian Constitution (Published by Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore), ISBN: 9788128018299.
iii. Constitution of India, Professional Ethics & Human Rights (Published by Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore), ISBN: 9788128026287.
iv. Operations Management (published by Subhas Stores, Bangalore), ISBN: 5551234087086.
v. Engineering Graphics (published by Subhas Stores, Bangalore), ISBN: 5551234007629.
vi. Quantitative Techniques for Management (published by Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore), ISBN: 9788128014932.

Invited Talks

Delivered 22 Invited talks / expert lectures at various Institutions.

Projects Undertaken / Executed / Funded

i. Organized an all India seminar funded by the Institution of Engineers (I) on the topic Green manufacturing technology.
ii. Executed successfully “District Level Energy Park” sanctioned by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) worth of Rs. 8 lakhs at RLJIT campus.
iii. A grant of Rs.30, 000 has been sanctioned by the Institution of Engineers (I), during October 2019 for the topic on Green Manufacturing as co-applicant.
iv. An undergraduate project work on Solar Tree has been funded by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and also by the VTU for the academic year 2019-20.

Other Key Roles & Responsibilities

i. Staff representative – Governing Council – RLJIT
ii. Member Secretary – RLJIT Quarters Association
iii. Chef coordinator Xibit -11 ( a national level technical symposium)
iv. Convener for 3 national conferences.
v. General chair for 3 international conferences.
vi. Session chair for 2 national and 1 international conference.
vii. Chief Warden – RLJIT college hostels.
viii. Chief Editor SMRUTHI -12, College annual magazine.
ix. Editorial: The Springer Publication ASISA -16 an International Proceedings on Advances in Soft Computing, Intelligent Systems and Applications: 2016: 628 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing)

Awards & Recognition

Recipient of the “ Rastria Vidya Gaurav Gold Medal Award” from ISC, New Delhi, in the year 2011 and the academic profile has been included in achievers of International Institute of Education and Management‟- New Delhi for achievements in the chosen field

Research guidance

Guiding / Supervising 5 Ph.D Research Scholars under VTU

Journal PublicationsAn Accordion Title

A. National Journals
i. Harish R S and M. Sreenivasa Reddy “Comparison of Alumina Reinforced and Fibre
Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites – a review”, published by Indian Foundry Journal
(IFJ); a National Journal ISSN 0379-5446, Vol.65 , Issue 12, December 2019; pp 20-23.
ii. Bharath L and M. Sreenivasa Reddy “Aluminum Matrix Composites – a review”,
published by Indian Foundry Journal (IFJ); a National Journal ISSN 0379-5446, Vol. 64,
Issue 10, October 2018; pp 21-26.
iii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar, “Evaluation of
mechanical and wear properties of Al 7075, fly ash and E-glass fiber reinforced hybrid
metal matrix composites”, published by Indian Foundry Journal (IFJ); a National Journal
ISSN 0379-5446, Vol. 59, No. 2, February 2013; pp 27-32.
iv. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar, “Wear Properties of
Aluminum (7075)-Based Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with Fly ash particulates”,
published by Indian Foundry Journal (IFJ); a National Journal ISSN 0379-5446, Vol. 58,
No. 4, April 2012; pp 29-31.
19 Other key roles /
responsibilities
i. Staff representative – Governing Council – RLJIT
ii. Member Secretary – RLJIT Quarters Association
iii. Chef coordinator Xibit -11 ( a national level technical symposium)
iv. Convener for 3 national conferences.
v. General chair for 3 international conferences.
vi. Session chair for 2 national and 1 international conference.
vii. Chief Warden – RLJIT college hostels.
viii. Chief Editor SMRUTHI -12, College annual magazine.
ix. Editorial: The Springer Publication ASISA -16 an International Proceedings
on Advances in Soft Computing, Intelligent Systems and Applications: 2016:
628 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing)
20 Awards and
recognition
Recipient of the “ Rastria Vidya Gaurav Gold Medal Award” from ISC, New Delhi,
in the year 2011 and the academic profile has been included in achievers of
„International Institute of Education and Management‟- New Delhi for achievements
in the chosen field.
21 Research guidance Guiding / Supervising 5 Ph.D Research Scholars under VTU.B. International Journals
i. Bharath L, M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Girisha H. N and Dr. G. Bala Kumar “Influence
of Process Parameters on the Mechanical Properties of Al-Cu alloy by Taguchi’s
Technique” Aegaeum journal, ISSN0776-3808, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2020, pp 881-887.
ii. Bharath L, M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Girisha H. N and Dr. G. Bala Kumar
“Formation And Evaluation of Tensile Strength And Hardness Properties Of Al2024 Alloy
Reinforced With Boron Carbide Particulates” , International Journal of Research and
Analytical Reviews ( IJRAR), Vol. 7, Issue -1, Jan. 2020.
iii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, K.G. Srinivas, N. Chikkanna and Manohar. H. S “Effect of
Carbon Black Content on Coefficient of Thermal properties od Al composites”,
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering ( IJME), Vol. 5, Issue – 6, Nov. 2017.
iv. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty, Dr. Sudheer Premkumar and Dr.
Reddappa H N “Influence of reinforcements and heat treatment on mechanical and wear
properties of Al 7075 based hybrid composites” „Procedia Material Science‟ of Elsevier,
Vol. 5 (2014), pp 508 – 516.
v. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and Dr. Sudheer Premkumar, “Evaluation
of hardness and tensile strength of Al based 7075 hybrid composites using Artificial Neural
Networks” , International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology
(IJMET), Volume 5, Issue 9, September (2014), pp. 280-285.
vi. M. Sreenivasa Reddy and Mallikarjun “Microstructure, hardness and wear properties
of Aluminium based hybrid composites”, International Research Journal of Humanities,
Engineering& Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jan. 2013.
vii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and Dr. Sudheer Premkumar, “Influence of
reinforcements and heat treatment on Mechanical and Tribological properties of hybrid
composite formed by Al 7075 reinforced” published by International Journal of Advanced
Materials Science (IJAMS); ISSN 2231-1211, Volume 3, Number 3 (2012), pp 267-274.
viii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. N.G.S Udupa and Venkate Gowda, “Microstructure,
hardness and wear properties of Aluminum based hybrid composites” published by
International Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
ISSN:2249-2569, January 2012, pp 22-26. Received Best paper award.
ix. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar “Evaluation of
hardness and tensile properties of Al 7075 based composite”, published by International
Journal of Advances in Engineering Research(IJAER); ISSN ISSN: 2231-5152, 2012, Vol.
No. 3, Issue No. I, January 2012, pp 1-7.Conference Publications
A. National Conferences
i. M. Sreenivasa Reddyand Harish R S presented a paper on “Experimental Investigation
of Aluminium 7075 Alloy Reinforced with Alumina and e-glass” ” in the National
Conference on Emerging Trends, Simulation & Manufacturing- Key components of Make
in India Initiative organized by M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, during
23rd & 24th November 2020.
ii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy and Bharath L, et.al, presented a paper on “Validation of UTS and
compression strength of Al2024 based composites using regression analysis” in the
National Conference on Emerging Trends, Simulation & Manufacturing- Key components
of Make in India Initiative organized by M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
during on 23rd & 24th
November 2020.
iii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy and Bharath L, et.al, presented a paper on “Influence of boron
carbide, heat treatment on ductility and yield strength of Al2024 alloy” in the National level
E-Conference on Innovative Trends in Mechanical Engineering (NECITME-2020) held on
6
th July 2020, organized by, Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala, India.
iv. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar, “Influence of
reinforcements and heat treatment on hardness of A-Zn-Mg based hybrid composites”
presented at the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering &Management
(NCETEM-13) organized by PES Institute of Technology & Management, Shivamogga,
Karnataka, during 01&02 March 2013.
v. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar, “Wear Properties
of Aluminum 7075 Based Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with Fly ash particulates”,
presented at 26th Indian Engineering Congress organized by The Institution of Engineers
held at Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, Karnataka, during 15-18 Dec.2011.
vi. Girish H.N, H. Ghanashyam Shenoy and M. Sreenivasa Reddy, “Heat treatment effect
on Mechanical properties 0f Al (6061) alloy based hybrid composites” presented at the
National conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology ( RTIET 2008)
organized by R.L. Jalappa Institute of Technology, Doddaballapur, Karnataka, during 21st &
22nd November 2008.
vii. Bibhavendra Kumar Singh, Sundaresh S, M. Sreenivasa Reddy and Dr. A. N. Khaleel
Ahmed, “Hardness and wear properties study of Aluminum(7075) based metal matrix
composites reinforced with Mica particulates” presented at the National conference on
Approaching Scholastic Horizons in Mechanical Engineering( NCASHME „10) organized
by Shiridi Sai Engineering College, Bangalore, Karnataka, during 23rd &24th
April 2010.
Received the Best paper presentation award.B. International Conferences
i. M. Sreenivasa Reddy and Bharath L, presented a paper on “Optimization of ductility and
yield strength on Al2024/B4C composite material using Taguchi Technique” in the
International Virtual Conference on Robotics, Automation, Intelligent Systems and Energy
(IVC-RAISE 2020) held on 15th December 2020, organized by Department of Mechatronics
Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
ii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and Sudheer Premkumar, “Evaluation of
hardness and tensile properties of Al 7075 based composite” presented at the International
conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management & Thermal Sciences
(AMMMT-2010) at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, held on 18th
October 2010.
iii. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and Dr. Sudheer Premkumar, “Formation
of Metal Matrix composites of Aluminum (7075) reinforced with Mica particulates and
evaluation of its hardness” presented at the International conference on Novel Applications
of Nano Technology (NANO T10), at ARUNAI Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai,
Tamilnadu, during Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2010.
iv. Girish H. N, Dr. Soma V. Chetty and M. Sreenivasa Reddy, “Study of hardness and
wear properties study of Aluminum(7075) based metal matrix composites reinforced with
Mica particulates” presented at the International conference on Computational Methods in
Engineering &Sciences(IC-CMES‟09) at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology,
Hyderabad, AP, during 8th
– 10th Jan. 2009