Kumpati S. Narendra is an American control theorist, who currently holds the Harold W. Cheel Professorship[4] of Electrical Engineering at Yale University.
He received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2003.
[7] Narendra obtained his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1959.
He has been the advisor of 47 doctoral students and 35 postdoctoral and visiting fellows.
Four others who completed their work under his direction received their degrees from other universities.