Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (CN)
Mangalore, Nov 20: Prof Pius Pinto AJ has been awarded his PhD degree by National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (NITK), Suratkal, for his thesis on ‘Self-excited Induction Motors’. He did his research under the guidance of Prof S S Murthy of IIT, Delhi, and Prof K S Y Shastry of NITK.
Dr Pinto is the head of the department of electronics and communication, St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangalore. He secured first rank in MTech. from Mangalore University in 1999, and third rank in BE from Mysore University in 1976.
He has 16 years of experience in construction, commissioning, and designing of power stations, refineries, and oil and gas installations onshore and offshore. Previously, he has also taught in MIT and NITK.