Tippur Subba Rao
Tippur Narayanarao Subba Rao , also Subbarao, (born March 27, 1928 , † August 13, 2008 ) was an Indian civil engineer.
Subba Rao came from a respected family of architects and studied at the BMS College of Engineering in Bangalore . From 1950 he was with the construction company Gammon, where he became technical director in 1962. In 1970 he became deputy managing director and from 1973 to 1991 he was managing director (the first Indian). Under his direction, business expanded into the Middle East.
He designed a variety of structures from tunnels, dams and silos made of prestressed concrete to bridges and high-rise buildings. Subba Rao was on almost all Indian committees for bridges, concrete, prestressed concrete and a sought-after consultant in India for complex, demanding construction projects. The lotus temple is one of his constructions as an engineer .
In 1994 he received the International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering from IABSE and was a member of its executive committee. In 1986 he received the fip medal. Subba Rao was an honorary doctor from the University of Stuttgart. He was President of the Builders Association of India and the Indian Concrete Institute, and a member of the Bridge Committee of the Indian Roads Congress.
Web links
- Obituary at Gammon (pdf)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Acknowledgment in IABSE Bulletin 2/1986
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Subba Rao, Tippur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Subbarao, Tippur; Subba Rao, Tippur Narayanarao |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2008 |