• Formerly, Principal, BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere
• President of ISTE (Karnataka Chapter)
• Former Fellow of Institution of Engineers
• Former Committee Member of Combustion Institutte,
• Expert Committee to Inspect Unaided Polytechnics for Government of Karnataka,
• Chairman of Institution of Engineers - Davanagere Local Centre, and UBDTCE Chapter of ISTE
• Former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Chairman - BOE in Mechanical Engineering in Kuvempu University
• Former Member - BOE in Expert Committee of AICTE for Affiliation of Engineering Colleges in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra pradesh
• Former Member of National Board of Accreditation, AICTE for accreditation of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics
  
  
• Four decades of teaching experience, guided several Ph.D ScholarsAn avid research scholar, he has to his credit 65 research papers published / presented in national and international journals / conferences. His research interests are in Alternate Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines and Non Conventional Energy Resources.He has authored many books among which ‘Thermodynamics’ is referred as Text book by VTU and Kuvempu University.

Dr. Prabhukumar
Principal
Acharya Institute of Technology

Ph.D from IIT - Madras (1985)
ME from KREC, Suratkal (1973)
BE in Mechanical Engineering from BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere (1967)

Founded in the year 2000, today Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT) imparts technology education in 7 streams and offers Post Graduate Degrees in Business Administration and Computer Application. It also offers a Doctoral Study Programme in Mathematics leading to Ph.D.

Acharya Institute of Technology is accredited by NBA *

AIT is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and in the process of accreditation under NBA and NAAC for all programmes.

AIT’s infrastructure is one of the finest in the VTU and in many a sphere, exceeds the prescription of the University and AICTE. Its campus is completely WiFi and all its class rooms have the best of Audio/Video Equipment.

AIT’s Workshops and Laboratories have the latest equipment and trained Assistants who help the students learn through hands-on experience.

The faculty of AIT consist some of the finest in the academia. Many of them are research scholars with Doctoral accomplishments and form part of the University think tanks as represented in various Committees.

The students of AIT are encouraged to attend / present papers in seminars, conferences, workshops etc. through ISTE students chapter and also participate in co-curricular and extra curricular activities through departmental forums.

* NBA accreditation awarded for entitled programmes,
others in the process.