He started his career as a lecturer in 1978, working at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur for two years and at Chaitanya Bharathi Inst.
He worked as Vice-Chancellor for the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad,[2][3] of the combined states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
He served as Vice-Chancellor of various other universities viz., Osmania University- Hyderabad, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University-Hyderabad, Sri Venkateswara University-Tirupathi,[4] Yogi Vemana University-Kadapa, and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.
[5] He was also South Central Regional Committee Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)[4] He published 335 scholarly articles at the national and international level.
He guided about 35 research scholars in obtaining their doctoral degree and 70 students working towards their Master of Technology.