Dr. V.V. Subba Rao got his doctoral degree from IIT, Kharagpur. Presently he is working as a professor in the Mechanical Engineering department of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada. He is the former Registrar in the same university and also worked as Principal in the University College of Engineering, Narasaraopet. He guided many Ph.D.s and his research papers were published in various highly indexed international journals.