KL College of Agriculture

Director

Dr. Veeraraghavaiah Ravuri
Ph.D (Canada)

Dr. Veeraraghavaiah Ravuri is currently serving as the Director and HOD of KL College of Agriculture. He has over 38 years of experience in Teaching, Research and Administration at several prestigious institutes in India and Abroad.

Prior to assuming this position, he served as a Dean Postgraduate Studies and University Head – Agronomy, at Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Ravuri, apart from holding these positions, also served the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University through many administrative positions, such as Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of Home Science, Director - Planning and Monitoring, Director of Seeds, Associate Director of Research, Associate Dean, Head of the Department, Head of the Research Station, Farm Manager, and Warden. In addition to that Dr. Ravuri also worked as FAO fellow at the University of California, Davis, USA.

In the long span of his career, he guided 15 students for Ph.D. degree, and 45 students for M.Sc. (Ag.) degree. He has published more than 110 research papers in International Journals, and have 62 extension papers, two books, two book chapters, 36 conference proceeding papers in National and International Conferences in India, Canada and United States of America, in his record.

He did his Ph.D. from the University of Guelph, Canada on achieving the prestigious Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship.

Dr. Ravuri has been conferred with several Recognitions and Rewards across the globe: