The IETE Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals who have inspired others with their work in electronics, telecommunication & allied fields and demonstrated tangible and persistent contributions. He is Life Time Achievement Awardee of IETE.

Prof. S Narayana‟s accomplishments, over the course of many years, have strengthened the IETE community. His leadership extends beyond our community to influence and impact the entire engineering fraternity. He has been a committed supporter of IETE for decades and an inspiration to all.

A humble & dynamic leader, Prof. S Narayana, DFIETE (DF-026368), Former Emeritus Professor at the department of EIE in CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad. He obtained his graduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Osmania University and M.Tech from JNTU, Hyderabad. He started his career in DRDO, where he worked in the field of Guided Missile Radar and subsequently moved to the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), CSIR in 1976. He retired as Scientist “G‟ (Director Grade Scientist) in June, 2008.

Prof S Narayana contributed to the design and development of a variety of geophysical instruments using stat- of-the- art technology for the investigation of ground water, minerals and engineering studies, which are simple but of tremendous use to common people.

The technical know-how of these instruments has been transferred to the industry for commercial production. He is the recipient of a number of honors and awards, which include Best Invention Award; Engineer of the Year Award-2000; Best Scientist / Engineer in the State for the benefit of Industry, Trade and Agriculture-2002 and IETE Toshniwal Gold Medal Award- 2004. He has been conferred the Distinguished Fellowship of the IETE in 2013.

Under the leadership of Prof S Narayana as president, the IETE advanced in all directions through his vision, zeal and leadership. He brought in successful change initiatives like celebrations of IETE Foundation Day and IETE Convocation celebrations. He conceptualized and successfully conducted an Interaction Meet to encourage and familiarize all Office Bearers with the working & operations of IETE in August 2008. He introduced the automation in the examination procedures for declaring faster results. To improve the quality of the IETE Journals, steps were taken to introduce online submissions and review systems. During his tenure, there was a quantum jump in the statistics of IETE Centres and membership data. His enormous efforts resulted in acquiring own office buildings by six IETE Centres, thereby improving the overall infrastructures of the Institution. To provide a helping hand to the students in their initial step into the world of work, he opened a Placement Cell at IETE Hqs, which served as an interface between IETE graduates and companies for their placements.

Prof. S Narayana was also instrumental in starting the IETE Alumni Association, giving opportunity to alumni to stay connected to their alma mater. His zeal and untiring efforts in getting the Building Complex including an Auditorium constructed at IETE Hyderabad Centre is very significant and exceptional. Acknowledging his services to the IETE in general and Hyderabad Centre in particular, the IETE Hyderabad Centre instituted an “Annual Endowment Lecture” in his honor. IETE was pleased to honor Prof. S Narayana for his long and prolific career and presented him with IETE Lifetime Achievement Award 2019. .