Kuderu Rajagopal has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) at Anantapur by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan. Prof. Rajagopal, who is from Kadiri mandal in the district, completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU-A, and his Ph.D from IIT Madras. He had worked as Principal of JNTU College of Engineering at Anantapur before serving as V-C of JNTU Hyderabad from 2005 - 2008. He is currently Chairman of the South Central Regional Committee (SCRC) of the All India Council for Technical Education.