Venkatesh Narayanmurthi
Bio
Prof Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti is a part of the Academic Advisory Board of Plaksha University. He was born in Bangalore, India, in 1939. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Physics (in 1958 and 1960, respectively) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, one of India's leading institutions in the liberal arts and sciences.
While there, Prof Narayanamurti was a debater, President of the College Union, and a track and field star—the only Physics major on the team. He earned his PhD in Physics from Cornell University in 1965.
He is credited with developing the field of phonon optics: the manipulation of monoenergetic acoustic beams at terahertz frequencies. He is currently active in the field of semiconductor nanostructures.
Prof Narayanamurti has served on numerous national and international advisory committees and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Prof Narayanamurti has served on numerous advisory boards of the federal government, professional societies, national laboratories, and industry. In addition to serving in administrative and research roles, he lectures widely on solid-state, computer and communication technologies, and on the management of Science, Technology and Public Policy.