work_institution birth_place |field |nationality birth_date residence image article_title name alma_mater
national institute of technology , warangal sangam jagarlamudi , tenali civil engineering indian 20px 1927 vishakapatnam , india 20px kkrrec.jpg koteswara rao
 k koteswara rao college of engineering , guindy university of iowa
koteswara rao

koteswara rao -lrb- born c. 1927 -rrb- was a principal of the regional engineering college , warangal which is now national institute of technology , warangal rao was born in sangamjagrlamudi , a village located near tenali , andhrapradesh .
he pursued a degree in civil engineering from a college in guindy , madras in 1951 .
he jjoined andhra university as a junior lecturer in 1955 and later engaged in post graduation studies and pursued his masters from the university of iowa in 1960 .
and completed phd in 1963 .
rao was appointed as a principal of the regional engineering college at warangal -lrb- recw -rrb- , and was principal during its transition to national institute of technology , warangal in 1986 .
he was also appointed as a member of the committee constituted by central government for enhancing quality of graduation in engineering .
the committee advised the government on the national regulatory exam for graduate entrance , the graduate aptitude test for engineers .
