The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed P. Uday Bhaskar as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.
The post has been lying vacant for quite some time now. Dr. Uday Bhaskar, professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Foreign Universities and Alumni Relations of the JNTU Kakinada, is also director of evaluation at the JNTU-K.
A B.Tech graduate from the JNTU College of Engineering, Dr. Uday Bhaskar did his masters and doctoral degrees in environmental engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
He worked at the JNTU-K in various capacities including head of civil engineering, chief coordinator of several consultancy, modernisation and research projects. He published more than 20 research papers in the national and international journals and conferences.
Staff Reporter from Kakinada adds: Vice-Chancellor of the JNTUK V.S.S. Kumar and other officials congratulated Prof. Udaya BhaskarWith Chief Secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao issuing the appointment order, officials of the university congratulated their colleague for being selected for the coveted post.
Registrar of the JNTUK G.V.R. Prasada Raju, Rector B. Prabhakara Rao were among those who congratulated Prof. Udaya Bhaskar.