He believes that following three things are necessary to make every person great and every nation great:

• Conviction of the Powers of good
     
• Absence of Jealousy and Suspicion
     
• Helping all who are trying to be good and do good

Dr.  A. Govardhan is a Senior Professor of Computer Science & Engineering.  He served and held several Academic and Administrative positions including Rector JNTU Hyderabad, Executive Council Member, Finance Committee Member, Registrar I/c., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)., Nodal Officer (JNTUH CER), Principal (JNTUH CEH), Director (School of Information Technology, JNTUH), Director of Evaluation (JNTUH), Principal (JNTUH CEJ), Officer-in-Charage of Examinations (JNTU CEH), Head (Dept. of CSE, JNTUH CEH), Student's Advisor, Chairman & Member of Boards of Studies of various State & Central Universities and on Boards & various Committees at National and State Level.

He did his 10th standard from Z.P.H.S. Choutuppal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Dist. (earstwhile Nalgonda Dist.), Intermediate from Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior College (APRJC), Nagarjuna Sagar, B.E.(Computer Science and Engineering) from Osmania University College of Engineering, OU, Hyderabad, M.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership (PGDL) from EMERITUS (A Collaborative Program of Tuck Executive Education (Dartmouth), Columbia Business School Executive Education and MIT Management Executive Education), Singapore.  He has received the training on Academic Leadership and Professional Development from various Higher Learning Institutes and Industries including IIM Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)  (2019), IIM Kozhikode (2016) and Wipro Technologies (Mission 10X, 2011))..

 He is the recipient of 45 International/ National Awards and National/ State Merit Scholarships including The Visionary EduLeader of the year 2023 Award, Most Influential Thought Leaders to Follow Award (2023), Elsevier Lifetime Achievement Award (2022), Lifetime Achievement Award (2022), Inspiring Educationist Award(2019),     Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Excellency Award (2018), Best Senior Scientist Award (2018), Dewang Mehta Academic Leadership Award (2017), Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan National Award,  Andhra Pradesh State Government Best Teacher Award (2012), Pride of Asia International Award, Best Principal, Bharat Seva Ratna Puraskar, CSI Chapter Patron Award, CSI Service Award, Bharat Jyoti Award, International Intellectual Development Award and Mother Teresa Award for Outstanding Services, Achievements, Contributions, Meritorious Services, Outstanding Performance and Remarkable Role in the field of Education and Service to the Nation. He served/ is serving as a Chairman and Member on several Boards of Studies of various Universities. He has also served as the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of CSI Hyderabad Chapter and IT Professionals' Forum, A.P. He is a Member on the Editorial Boards for Twelve International Journals.

He served as the General Chair/ Honorary Chair/ Program Chair for 7 International Conferences. He is a Member on Advisory Boards/ Academic Boards/ Technical Program Committee Member for more than 100 International/ National Conferences. He is Member on Boards of Governors and Academic Councils for number of colleges. He is an Editor for 10 Books/ Proceedings including Springer. He has 3 Monographs and 10 Book Chapters in Springer. He has guided 103 Ph.D theses, 1 M.Phil and 140 M.Tech projects. He has published 555 research papers at International/National Journals/Conferences including IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier, IGI Global, Taylor & Francis and InderScience. He has organized 5 International Conferences and 25 FDPs/Workshops. He is popularly known as a motivational speaker. He has participated as an invited Panel Member in 27 International/ National Conferences/ Webinars. He has delivered more than 150 Keynote speeches/ invited lectures on various latest topics including Data Science, Information Retrieval Systems, Cyber Security, Art of Doing Research, Research Methodologies, Research as a Career, Art of Learning, Art of Programming, Life Skills, Leadership Skills, Purpose of Human Life and National Educational Policy-2020.  He has Chaired 23 Sessions at the International/ National Conferences in India and Abroad. He has the Research Projects (Completed) worth of Rs. 61.58 Lakhs. He was the Institute Project Director during TEQIP-II and TEQIP-III including a Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management (Total Project Worth - Rs. 22 Crores). He has 30 years of Teaching and Research experience. He has 5333 Google Scholar citations of his publications with h-index as 31 and i-10-index as 107. He served as a Convener for TS EAMCET-2022, TS EAMCET-2021, TS EAMCET-2020, TS ECET-2019, TS ECET-2018, TS ECET-2017, Co-Convener for TS EAMCET-III-2016, EAMCET-2009 and Chief Regional Coordinator for TS EAMCET-2016, EAMCET-2011 and EAMCET-2010. He is a member on several Professional and Service Oriented Bodies. He is a jury member for number of Award Selection Committees at International/ National/ State level. His areas of research include Databases, Data Science, Security, Information Retrieval Systems and Educational Leadership.

He has introduced several reforms, innovative practices and adapted several best practices at various levels in JNTU Hyderabad. He was instrumental in the establishment of JNTUH College of Engineering Jagtial. He has introduced Centre Jumbling, Single Set Question Paper System with watermarking and VPN in conducting the University Examinations which were subsequently adapted by many Universities. He was instrumental in getting the TEQIP-III and Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Disaster Management to JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad. He has been serving as the Chairman/ Member for various important Academic and Research related Committees at National/ State/ University level.

He has taught more than 20 PG and UG Subjects including Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Research Methodologies & IPR, Data Warehousing & Mining, Information Retrieval Systems, Database Management Systems, Distributed Databases, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Software Testing Methodologies, Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Programming Languages like Python, JAVA, C++, C, COBOL, Pascal and Scripting Languages etc.

He is a Fellow (CSI, IEI, IETE,  ISDS and CSRC)/ Life Member/ Senior Member/ Member  in several Professional and Service Oriented Bodies including Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Computer Society of India  (CSI), The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Association of Engineers  (IAENG), World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology (WASET), Free Software Foundation (FSF), Internet Society (ISOC), International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) and LivDNA.

Office of Vice Chancellor