Kumpati S. Narendra is an American control theorist, who currently holds the Harold W. Cheel Professorship of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. He received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2003. He is noted "for pioneering contributions to stability theory, adaptive and learning systems theory". He is also well recognized for his research work towards learning including Neural Networks and Learning Automata. 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. Of the 47 students, four were at Harvard University and thirty nine were at Yale University. Four others who completed their work under his direction received their degrees from other universities. Research areas Nonlinear dynamical systems Artificial neural networks Learning automata Adaptive control Stability theory Honors and awards Franklin V. Taylor Award (IEEE SMC Society), 1972 Fellow, IEEE, 1979 Fellow, IEE (UK), 1981 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award (IEEE Control Systems Society), 1988 John R. Ragazzini Education Award (American Automatic Control Council), 1990 Outstanding Paper Award of the Neural Network Council (IEEE), 1991 Neural Network Leadership Award (International Neural Network Society), 1994 Distinguished Visiting Scientist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), 1994-1995 The Bode Prize/Lecture (IEEE Control Systems Society), 1995 (Honorary) Doctor of Science (Anna University, formerly University of Madras), 1995 Distinguished Speaker (Texas A&M), 1997 Life Fellow (IEEE), 1997 Distinguished Speaker (University of Virginia), 2001 Harold W. Cheel Professor of Electrical Engineering (Yale University), 2003 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (AACC), 2003 Walton Fellow, Ireland (2007) (Honorary) Doctor of Science (University of Ireland, Maynooth), 2007 Neural Networks Pioneer Award (IEEE Computational Intelligence Society), 2008 References External links Yale profile Control theorists Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)