Dr. P. Lovaraju obtained his Ph.D from Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur in the year 2008, M.E from Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.I.T Campus, Anna University, Chennai, in the year 2002. He has 18 years of teaching and 6 years of research experience. He has published more than 20 research articles in reputed international journals and more than 15 conference papers. His teaching interests are Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Aerodynamics and Flight Dynamics. He is currently supervising four PhD students. He is the member in various professional societies like American society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institution of Engineers India (IEI) and Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI). He is the reviewer for several international journals.