S.No

Date of Lecture

Topic

Speaker

1

10th Feb 1979

Decision Making in the Complex world of Today

Prof. S. Sampath,
Member, UPSC, New Delhi

2

10th Jan 1980

Technology: Man Machine Interaction

Prof. K.S. Narendra,
Yale University, USA

3

10th Jan 1981

Laser makes light work

Prof. Hariharan, CSIRO Division of Applied Physic, Sydney, Australia

4

15th Jan 1982

Light and Illumination

 Prof. B. Murdoch,
New Hampshire University

5

11th Jan 1983

Graph theory: A Power tool in modern system  analysis and Design

Prof. M.N.S. Swamy,
Dean of Engineering and CSE, Canada

6

03rd Jan 1984

Robotics, Mechanism and Geometry

Prof. Kenneth H. Hunt, Professor of Mechanism, Victoria, Australia

7

14th Dec1984

Computer vision

Prof. Sanjit K. Mitra,
 University of California, USA

8

06th Jan 1986

Hundred years of circuit theory

Prof. Alfred Fettweis, Ruhr University, Germany

9

01st Dec 1986

Information theory: The last forty years

Prof. T. Kailath, Associate Chairman, Department of ECE and Director of Information Science lab,
Stanford University, USA

10

18th Jan 1989

Current Challenges before the Indian Engineers

Prof. UDN Rao,
Chairman & MD,
ITI ,Bangalore

11

05th Jan 1990

Neural Networks

Prof. K. S. Narendra,
Yale University, USA

12

11th Jan 1991

Materials and Material Processing in Electrical Devices

Prof. Ramaseshan,
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

13

01st Jan 1992

Testing VLSI circuits – An Indian Perspective

Prof. Sudhakar Reddy, Chairman, Department of Electrical  and CE,
University of Iowa, USA

14

16th Jan 1993

Knowledge itself is power, Communications is the key to knowledge

Sri T.H. Chowdhary,
Director  Centre for Telecom Management & Studies, Hyderabad

15

06th Jan 1994

Advances in Control systems

Sri C. Rao Kasarabad,
Chairman & MD,
ECIL, Hyderabad

16

16th Jan 1995

Micro Mechatronics Devices and their applications

Prof. Rama B. Bhyat, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

17

14th Jan 1996

Power quality and its measurements

Prof. Krishnaswamy Srinivasan, Hydro – Quebec Utility research centre

18

11th Dec 1996

Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

Prof. Ramjee Prasad,
Delft University, Netherlands

19

21st Feb 1998

Some recent advances in two Dimensional Filtering

Prof. Ramchandran,
Concordia  University, Canada

20

01st Oct 1999

Recent advances in Intelligent Robotics System

Sri D.M. Vidyasagar,
Director Centre for AI & Robotics, Bangalore

21

15th Feb 2000

Science & Technology in Independent India

Dr. P. Rama Rao,
Vice Chancellor,
Hyderabad Central University.

22

21st Mar 2001

Challenges of Teaching  New Technologies in the Coming Millennium

Prof. M.W. Shultz,
Dean of Technology,
Andrews University, USA

23

08th Jan 2002

Neuro  Sciences – Human Behavior and Art

Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, University of San Diego, USA

24

26th Aug 2003

Modern Electronic Technology for Medical Diagnostics and Tele Medicine

Dr. D. Nageswar Reddy, Director, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Medinova, Hyderabad

25

27th Dec 2003

Brains and machines – Friends of Foes

Prof. K. S. Narendra, Director, Centre for systems and Sciences,
 Yale University, USA

26

28th Jan 2005

Electrical Solutions to Rhythm disorders of the heart

 Dr. C. Narasimhan Eminent Electro cardiologist and Senior consultant of the CARE Hospital, Hyderabad

27

16th Feb 2006

Anywhere “Security Anytime Connectivity”

 Shri Prahald,
Distinguished Scientist,
 Chief controller, R&D, DRDO

28

24th Feb 2007

VLSI Design in Nano – CMOS era

 Dr. M. B. Srinivas,
Chairman Electrical IEEE, Hyderabad Section.

29

24th Jan 2008

Edges in Speech: The Engineering Challenges in Processing the sounds and  Silence

Prof.  B. Yegnanarayana,
 IIIT, Hyderabad.

30

21st Feb 2009

Bench  of beside and Lab, to land impressive history of transitional research in India since independence

Prof. Dorairajan Balasubramanian,
Director of Research ,
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute.

31

17th April 2010

Empowering rural women to prevent chronic renal failure

Padma Bhushan Dr M.K. Mani, Chief Nephrologist,
Apollo Hospital, Chennai

32

07th Jan 2016

Defense Electronic systems – Force multipliers to Neutralize enemy’s command and control systems

Dr. R. Sreehari Rao,
Former Chief Controller of R&D, DRDO

33

27th Dec 2016

Brains and Machines – who will be in control.  A look into the crystal ball

Prof. K.S. Narendra,
HaroldW. Cheel Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Yale University, USA

34

29th March 2023

Inventions, Innovations and Creating an Echo system

Prof. Uday B. Desai,
Emeritus Professor,
IIT Hyderabad

35

13th August 2024

How AI on a Cloud Continuum is Transforming the World

Dr.Gopal Pingali
Global Managing Director for Hybrid Cloud at Accenture, USA

S.No.

Date of Lecture

Topic

Speaker

1

22nd Dec 2010

Convergence, Synchrony, Emergence: Complexity management in Natural and Man-made Systems

Prof K S Narendra,
Yale University, USA

2

14th Dec 2014

Challenges in Implementing SMAC Technologies and Open policies in e-Governance.

Dr Peter Parycek,
Head, Centre for e-Governance,
Danube University, Krems, Austria

3

30th Mar 2016

Recent Technology Innovations and Design of Smart Villages and Smart Cities

Prof N. Viswanadham,
INSA Senior Scientist
IISc Bangalore

4

08th Jan 2018

Road to Resilient Autonomous Cars is paved with Redundancy

Dr. Nirmal R Saxena
Distinguished Engineer,
NVIDIA, USA

5

10th Jan 2024

Learning from Weak and Noisy Labels

Prof. Bhiksha Raj, Carnegie Mellon University, USA & Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi.

6

26th Nov 2024

Neuro-Inspired Memories: Driving Next-Generation AI Models for Computer Systems

Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood
IBM Fellow, IBM Research, USA & Adjunct Professor, Stanford University, USA