A Brief Introduction to the Department Alumni Association

The alumni association of our department composed of Mechanical Engineering and PetroleumEngineering alumni across the world on a voluntary basis with a view to preserve and carry forward the fine traditions of our institute to strengthen the connection between the alumni and the department to share their details of employment and achievements.

The Association serves the alumni, carrying out a variety of activities such as the guest lectures by the renowned alumni for the students to get exposure to the cutting technologies, research and development and entrepreneurship, alumni meets, etc.. It strengthens ties between alumni, as well as between alumni and Alma Mater, providing opportunities for cooperation and communication.

The Association invites alumni with their family members to all the events organized at the department level and at the institute level to actively participate and enjoy their stay in the campus.

S.NO	NAME	COMPANY /ORGANISATION	DESIGNATION	BATCH
1	Mr.KANDRU RAMESH BABU	eqicdiess moulds pvt ltd	Director	1981
2	Mr.G.V. Ramana	Hindustan Fluoro Limited	HOD	1981
3	Mr.SrinivasaRao.K	Vignan University	Director	1982
4	Mr.Gandhi	Steel Plant	General Manager	1983
5	Mr. Suresh Veeramachaneni	Visakha shipping and Logistics	Director	1984
6	Mr. Y.V.Rao	Visakha-Falg	Mg Partner	1984
7	Mr.Sukumar	Steel Plant	Manager	1984
8	Mr. CH.Ajaya Babu	Larsen&Toubro		1985
9	Mr.A.V. Gopala Krishna	Water Resources Department, AP	member of state aoex committee	1985
10	Mr.Korada Venkata Ramana	D.E.Shaw India Software Pvt .Ltd	Associate Director IT	1985
11	Mr. Manidhar	NOVACOM	CEO Founder	1986
12	Mr.SridharPothuri	Mahayana Properties and Constructions Pvt LTD.	Managing Director	1986
13	Mr.TJ Srinivas	Pharmazell	Assoc. Vice President	1987
14	Mr. Prabhu.P	Tata	Gobal Head	1987
15	Mr.A. V. V. Mallikarjuna Rao	DYNASOLE INDUSTRIES	MANAGING PARTNER	1987
16	Mr. K Venkateswar Reddy	Tech Mahindra	Vice President	1988
17	Mr. Damodara Murali krishna	Citigroup Inc	Vice President / Sr App Dev tech Specialist	1988
18	Dr. S. Kamaluddin	Vignan IIT	Professor & Dean	1988
19	Mr.P.V.V.S.S Chowdary	Devis Laboratories Ltd,	Manager	1988
20	Mr. B.Suresh	Vizag Profiles Group	Director	1989
21	Mr.Kadiyala Ravi	JNTU	Professor	1989
22	Dr.RugadaVaikunta Rao	Raghu EngineeringCollege	Professor& Head	1989
23	Mr. M.Surya Prakash	Manjeera Group	Vice President	1990
24	Mr.Madhanmohan Reddy	L& T Technology Services	Delivery head	1990
25	Mr. K.S.R.K. Srinivasa Rao	Vision Classes	Director	1991
26	Mr. K. Krishna kishore	Process Whirl	Director	1992
27	Mr.JanakiramGubbala	State Street	Vice President	1992
28	Mr. Hareesh .V	Technicode Software	Director	1993
29	Mr. Naga Srinivas Yerraganti	Standard Chartered	Sr.Vice President	1993
30	Mr.RAMBABU TADEPALLI	ATOS-SYNTEL	Delivery Director	1994
31	Mr.SIVA REGILLA	FUJITSU	DIRECTOR QUALITY	1994
32	Ms.Batchu Venkata Revathi	State Govt		1996
33	Mr.KrishnaCharanVitaldevara	GOOGLE	DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT	1997
34	Mr.SrinivasaRao.B	ISRO	Project Manager, Solid Propellant Augmentation Project	1999
35	Mr.Suresh	Transport & Handling	Business	1980-84
36	Mr.Ramesh Babu	Eqic Dies & Moulds Engineers Pvt. Ltd.	Director Of Operations	1981-1985
37	Mr. Srinivas Lavu	Delta Information	Vice President	1982-1986
38	Mr.Atmakuri Srikanth	Dolphin textures pvt ltd	MG . Director	1982-86
39	Mr. K.Jayavardhana Reddy	Enmax Engineering	Manging Director	1988-92
40	Mr.D.Vadsu Sai Ram	Eminent Engineers	M.D	1988-92
41	Mr. Sudhakar Naram	Global Skill City	CEO	1988-92
42	Mr. A.Pavan Kumar		Director	1988-92
43	Mr. Ratnakar Parakala Venkata	Nexus Informatics Solutions India Pvt Ltd	Director	1989-1993
44	Mr.VamsiSistla	Unify Consulting	Director	1989-1993
45	Mr. Janardhan.M	Miss India Designer Sarees	PropretiorSelf Business	1989-93
46	Mr. K.srinivas	Prasanthi Vidya Niketan	Director	1989-93
47	Mr. Nag Karaka	PCB APPS	CEO	1989-93
48	Mr. Jagadeeswara Reddy	Prathiraj Metal Master Pvt Ltd	Director	1990-1994
49	Mr.K.V .Ramana Murthy	Kite Group of Institution	Associate Professor	1990-1994
50	Mr.A.Stanly Kumar	SRKIT,VIJAYAWADA	Head of the Department ,MECH.	1990-1994
51	Mr.Lakshmi Narayana Gollapudi	BAHRAIN POLYTECNIC	Professor	1990-1994
52	Mr.N.Satyanarayana	Lingayas Institute of Mgt , &Technology	HOD Mechanical Incharge Principal	1990-1994
53	Mr.Leelaprasad Yarlagadda	SVP, Enterprise Technology	Santander Consumer, Dallas	1990-1994
54	Mr.DJ Rao	Linde India Limited, Bombay	South Asia Head	1990-1994
55	Mr.Sasidhar .M	Amurtha SAI	Principal	1990-1994
56	Mr. Sreekanth Garladinne	Unit4	Director	1990-94
57	Mr. Majeti Prasad	Health Technology	Director	1991-1994
58	Mr. Lalith Prasad GJ	Adisys	Director	1991-1995
59	Mr. K.Appagantula Srinivasa Aditya Hari Haranath	Omega Health Care Mgt Service Pvt Ltd.	Vice President	1992-96
60	Mr. Dinesh Gaddam	Managing Engineering teams @ OpenText	Managing Director	1995-99
61	Mr. Shravan .E		CO Founder	2008
62	Mr.Dinesh Reddy	Infosys	Project Engineer	2013
63	Mr.SomavarapuPrithvinarayana	Prisol Soft Technologies Pvt ltd	CEO	2014
64	Mr.Devarakonda Siva Naga Hanumaiah	Dynamatic Technologies	Project Handling	2014
65	Mr. M .Rajesh Kumar	All Companies	CEO	2015
66	Mr.Purushotham .S	Allsec	Project Engineer	2015
67	Mr.SOHOM NANDI	EDUFEAT PVT LTD + FREELANCING (SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETER)	TEAM LEAD + CEO	2017

S. No.	Date of the Event	Name of the Event
1	31-10-2025	Guest Lecture on "Challenges faced in maintenance of public transport vehicles (Buses)" by Mr. Y. Gangadhar (93ME232)
2	22-09-2025	Guest Lecture on"Facts and Future of Digital Manufacturing-Across the Globe" by Mr. Revanth Kumar M, Y05 Batch
3	23-08-2025	Guest Lecture on "India Skills Competition: Essential Skills & Preparation Techniques" by Mr. Kadarampalli Tilak (2100079041)
4	26-07-2025	Decade Reunion for the 2015 graduating batch
5	05-07-2025	Two Decades Reunion for the 2005 graduating batch
6	28-03-2025	Guest Lecture on "Digitalization in Manufacturing" by Mr. Krushna Sai Kumar Reddy (13007254)
7	28-02-2025	Guest Lecture on "Optimization and Digital Transformation in Warehousing and Supply Chains" by Mr. P. Ratna Prasad (Y1IP258)
8	26-10-2024	Guest Lecture on "From Intern To Full-Time: Your Path To Success" by Mr. Daniel Parmar (2201120001)
9	25-09-2024	Guest Lecture on "Industrial Evolution in Green Hydrogen" by Mr. R Bala Venkata Murali (11207003)
10	24-08-2024	Guest Lecture on "Overview on Mechanical Industries & Growth Opportunities" by Mr. Venkata Kumar Kancharla (Y0IP224)
11	10-08-2024	Decade Reunion for 2014 passed out batch
12	27-07-2024	Silver Jubilee Celebrations of 1995-99 batch
13	28-03-2024	Guest Lecture on " Industrial Engineering - Masters Scope & Prospects " by Mr. P. Ratna Prasad (Y1IP258)
14	21-02-2024	Guest Lecture on "Advancements in Industrial Sector" by Mr. Mukkamala Praveen (98IP246)
15	24-01-2024	Guest Lecture on "Wire and arc additive manufacturing -current perspectives" by A. Sirisha Bhadrakali (99IP221)
16	21-12-2023	Guest Lecture on "Latest Trends in Marine Engineering" by Mr. K. Manikanta (13007374) & Mr. S. Satish Babu (13007059)
17	09-09-2023	Guest Lecture on "Introduction to Engineering Industry" by Mr. S.S Surya Prakasa Rao (1993-1997 Batch)
18	23-08-2023	Guest Lecture on “New Age Mechanical Engineering” by Mr. Gangavarapu Vamsi Krishna (13007410)
19	09-05-2023	Guest Lecture on “Advances in Additive Manufacturing, 3D-Scanning and Reverse Engineering” by Mr. Pusapati Srimannarayana Raju (150070323)
20	10-02-2023	Guest Lecture on “Entrepreneurship” by Mr. R S V Badrinath (1980-1984 Batch)
21	27-01-2023	Guest Lecture on “Design Phases of Automotive Vehicles” by Mr. Uppala Gopala Rao
22	21-01-2023	Guest Lecture on “Attaining admission to US universities and photocatalysis research” by Dr. Anveeksh Koneru
23	24-12-2022	Guest Lecture on “Present Scenario in AL and ML” by Mr.M.V.N. Bharath Kumar
24	30-08-2022	Guest Lecture on "Job Opportunities in Public Sector Companies" by Mr. Y. Gangadhar
25	27-08-2022	Guest Lecture on "Value Analysis and Value Engineering" by Mr. T. Rakesh
26	30-07-2022	Guest Lecture on “Powerplant - Overview of deposits on Steam Turbine Blades” by Mr. R.B.V Murali (11007003)
27	28-03-2022	Guest Lecture on “Motor cycle control functions for 2 wheels and power sports” by Mr. K. Pavan Sai
28	19-01-2022	Guest lecture on “Simulation of Whirling Instabilities of an Elastic Rod in a Viscous Fluid using the Lattice Boltzmann Method Combined with Finite Element Method ” by Dr. Suresh Alapati
29	03-10-2021	Guest Lecture on “Future of Engineering: Perspectives from Aviation” by D. Uma Maheshwar, (1987-1991 ME Batch)
30	26-04-2021	Guest lecture on “Automation in Manufacturing” by Dr. N. Rishi Kanth
31	17-04-2021	Y6 Batch Alumni Meet - April, 2021
32	20-03-2021	Guest lecture on “Career Opportunities for Mechanical Engineering Graduates” by Mr. Sai Akhil
33	20-03-2021	Guest lecture on “Career Opportunities and Selection” by Mr. Santosh Kumar
34	15-03-2021	Alumni Meet - March, 2021
35	27-02-2021	Alumni Meet - Feb'2021
36	24-02-2021	Guest lecture on “Robotic Process Automation” by Mr. M. Sai Sunil
37	28-01-2021	Guest lecture on “Exhaust Gas Recirculation Systems” by Mr. V. Kartheek

Dr. A.C. Rao Memorial Gold Medal sponsoring by Dr. A. Srinath (Alumni), Principal of Academic Staff College and Professor-MED, KLEF in the memory of his Grandfather Dr. A.C. Rao (Late) to the top outgoing candidate in B.Tech with Mechanical Engineering every year since2011.
Manidhar Devineni Award: Our beloved alumni, Mr. ManidharDevineni, CEO of Novacom belongs to 1982-1986 batch, ME sponsoring a gold medal to be awarded every year from the current year (2021) onwards to a meritorious student from Mechanical Stream.

Photo of Mr.Manidhar Devineni with Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Principal and other administrators of KLEF

Ln Mulpuri Upendra, Prop., Sreevani Constructions and Chairman, Lions club - who attended as a chief guest for Mentor-Mentee Re-initiative program at our institute on 15th March, 2021. He gave one lakh rupees donation and announced a gold medal for ME meritorious student from this yearonwards.