Back close

Venkatakrishnan K S

Professor of Practice, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Chennai

Qualification: BE, M.E
@amrita.edu

Bio

Dr. Venkatakrishnan KS currently serves as Professor of Practice in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus.

He has more than twenty-five years of Industry Experience having worked with leading IT giants both in India and abroad. He is an experienced IT Project Manager who has successfully led large project teams of 50+ people from requirements-gathering through implementation and support, with strong Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Trading, Oil & Gas, Banking and Health care industry expertise.

Qualifications
1995 – 1997 M. E. (Instrumentation Engineering) – 

Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai.

1991 – 1995 B.E (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

University of Madras, Chennai.

Appointments
November 2025 to Present Professor of Practice, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai Campus
February 2023 – February 2025 IT Head, Johnson Lifts Limited, Chennai
December 2018 – January 2023 AGM – IT, The Hindu, Chennai
October 2006 – July 2015 IT Project Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
March 1997 – February 2006 Assistant Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services
Awards
  • Qualified GATE scholar ranked with 90+ percentile
  • Qualified for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) awarded by University Grants Commission
  • Certified CMMi Assessor for IT services and conducted CMMi assessments for organisations
  • Certified Systems Quality Analyst
Skills
  • Unix/C/Java
  • .Net/SQL Server
  • Oracle ERP
  • Azure/GCP/OCI
  • Web/Mobile App development

Courses Taught 

  • Operating Systems 

Courses Taught

  • Operating Systems
Admissions Apply Now