Facts: - fields: metallurgy , material science and engineering , - birth date: 21 march 1942 - doctoral students: kamanio dey ghanta s. reddy sanjay chaube awadh bihari pandey arvind chattopadhyay sinha t.k.siva prasad swati haldar sushil kumar mandal dipayan sanyal sambhu nath ojha gunturi v.s.sastry gautam kumar - alt: patcha ramachandra rao - caption: patcha ramachandra rao - death date: 10 january 2010 - spouse: sudha rao - name: patcha ramachandra rao - death place: madurai , india - birth place: kavutavaram , andhra pradesh , british india - prizes: shanti national metallurgist award -lrb- 2004 -rrb- shanti swarup bhatnagar gold swarup medal , insa -lrb- 2005 -rrb- bhatnagar prize , csir -lrb- 1985 -rrb- - workplaces: institute indian institute of technology -lrb- bhu -rrb- varanasi -rrb- national of metallurgical laboratory defence institute of advanced technology technology , banaras hindu university -lrb- now - image size: 200px - nationality: indian - alma mater: institute indian institute of technology -lrb- bhu -rrb- varanasi -rrb- indian of institute of science osmania university technology , banaras hindu university -lrb- now - residence: hyderabad , india - doctoral advisor: t.r. anantharaman - children: suparna patcha dandamudi animesh patcha - image: prrao.jpg - religion: hindu Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of patcha ramachandra rao .
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patcha ramachandra rao -lrb- 21 march 1942 -- 10 january 2010 -rrb- was a metallurgist and administrator .he has the unique distinction of being the only vice-chancellor -lrb- 2002 -- 05 -rrb- of the banaras hindu university -lrb- bhu -rrb- who was also a student -lrb- 1963 -- 68 -rrb- and faculty -lrb- 1964 -- 92 -rrb- at that institution .from 1992 to 2002 , rao was the director of the national metallurgical laboratory , jamshedpur .after his tenure as vice-chancellor of b.h.u. , in 2005 , he took the reins of the defence institute of advanced technology -lrb- diat -rrb- as its first vice-chancellor .he was to serve diat until his superannuation in 2007 .from 2007 till the end , rao was a raja ramanna fellow at the international advanced research centre for powder metallurgy and new materials , in hyderabad , andhra pradesh .