{"id":23950,"date":"2026-01-03T04:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gist.edu.in\/gist\/?page_id=23950"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:15:28","slug":"principals-desk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gist.edu.in\/gist\/principals-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s-desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3237 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/gist.edu.in\/gist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-29-at-15.12.26.jpeg\" alt=\"principal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr. D. Srinivas, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Ph.D., F.I.E.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Principal, Geethanjali Institute of Science and Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">Dr. D. Srinivas has an illustrious career spanning over three decades in engineering education and research.\u00a0 He served as Professor, Head of Department, Vice Principal, Dean and Principal in a couple of reputed engineering colleges. He left his indelible mark of professionalism in every role he played in his long career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">He has strong academic credentials with Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Masters in Geoengineering and a Ph.D. in Geoengineering (awarded in 1999) from Andhra University.\u00a0 His doctoral thesis was evaluated and appreciated as a cutting edge research by Professor Arthur Philip Cracknell, a distinguished British physicist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">He continued his research and development in Civil Engineering and allied fields. He was a recipient of the prestigious Senior Research Fellowship of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).\u00a0 He was a recipient of the Young Scientist research grant under Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) from Department of Science Technology (DST), Government of India.\u00a0 He received research grants from other prestigious bodies like AICTE and World Bank also.\u00a0 He was successful in getting research grants of over Rs. 50\/- lakhs from these bodies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">He has published his research works in several peer reviewed international and national journals from highly acclaimed research publishing houses like Elsevier, Word Scientific Publishing and Taylor &amp; Francis.\u00a0 Apart from research, he is recognized for his consultancy services in geotechnical investigations during the last 25 years for various government and private organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">On the academic front, he has nurtured creative and innovative pedagogic skills in his long teaching career.\u00a0 He has mentored several students who are now occupying high positions in India and abroad.\u00a0 He has encouraged and mentored several faculty in pursuing their research projects also.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 17px; color: #000000;\">He is recognized as a distinguished academician with deep commitment to academic excellence, research, leadership and institutional governance.\u00a0 He is an elected Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE), a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and was also an associate member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Dr. D. Srinivas, Ph.D., F.I.E. Principal, Geethanjali Institute of Science and Technology Dr. D. Srinivas has an illustrious career spanning over three decades in engineering education and research.\u00a0 He served as Professor, Head of Department, Vice Principal, Dean and Principal in a couple of reputed engineering colleges. 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