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is Emeritus Professor, Department
of Civil Engineering, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Leeds, UK. He has taught at
the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai; Regional Engineering College,
Calicut; Lanchester College of Technology, Coventry, UK; Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, and Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal. He
was also Visiting Professor at the University of Basrah, Iraq, during 1979-82.
Dr Raju is the recipient of
several awards, including Sir Bowen Memorial prize, Garudacharya and Krishna
Iyengar Gold Medals, UP Govt National Award, Birla Super Endowment Award,
Eminent Civil Engineers Award, George Oomen Memorial Prize, Institution of
Engineers Prize, Naghadi Award, and the ICI Silver Jubilee Award.
Dr Raju has published over 60 research papers in
reputed journals and is the author of several engineering books like Design of
Concrete Mixes, Prestressed Concrete, Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures,
Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design, Design of Bridges, Design and Drawing of
Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures, Numerical Methods for Engineering
Problems, Structural Design and Drawing, Prestressed Concrete (Problems &
Solutions), Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements, and Advanced Mechanics of
Solids and Structures.
