Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy
Former VC (VTU) , NITK.
Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy’s career spanning four and half decades, has held leadership positions in
academia and administration, during which substantial contributions to the development of
quality of technical education specifically and education in general has been made. Bridging
thoughts with action.
Dr. Reddy earned his Post-graduation from IIT, Kharagpur and Doctorate from IIT, Madras. Former
Director of Technical Education, Karnataka, Former VC of Visvesvaraya Technological University
(VTU) and at present Chairman, Board of Governors, NITK.
Dr. Reddy has established world class infrastructural facilities and has helped to realize
satellite-based education, e‐learning, online examination, industry‐university interaction,
increased research base and superior training programs for teachers creating an internationally
acclaimed quality brand image for Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and its affiliated
colleges.
As recognition of above efforts, among several awards; fellowships Dr. Reddy has received, the
notable ones are: Karnataka Rajyotsava award 2008, Fellow of World Academy of Productivity
Science (Canada), 2006 Honorary Fellowship of Indian Society for Technical Education 2006,
Aryabhatta award 2002 Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award 1999, M Visvesvaraya Technical award
1997.
Dr. Reddy’s interest and passion lies in promoting the use of technology in the Knowledge Era,
online education and examination, increasing industry, university and institute participation,
spreading of quality education to semi-urban and rural areas, improving the quality of teachers
with funded research and superior training drawn from India and abroad, continuous innovation in
strategies for learning, teaching and research.
Towards this goal, Dr. Reddy relentlessly pursues the Government, Academia, Industry and
students and brings about changes to enhance professional competence of every stakeholder and
improve efficacy of Education Institutions with five major ethos, the culture of Excellence,
Innovation, Quality,Flexibility and Sustainability.