India should manufacture at world scale… – Dr K N Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati

Dr K N Satyanarayana (KNS), the Director of IIT Tirupati, is an alumnus of IIT Madras, where he completed his civil engineering and went on to pursue his Masters and PhD degrees with specialisation in construction engineering and management from Clemson University, USA. His interests extend in the areas of project management, construction productivity, C&D waste management, amongst others. He has been the chairman of the implementation committee for IIT-M Research Park – Phase II and has served on the committees for setting up new campuses including – IIM Trichy, IIT Indore and Jodhpur.