In my view the aim of Engineering Mathematics is to make the student think mathematically and develop mathematical maturity. Such is the power of mathematics, the queen of sciences. This is a classical example of how an abstract mathematics in the 19th century became an applied mathematical discipline in the 20th century. Shannon (MIT, USA), in his classical paper entitled" A symbolic analysis of relay and switching circuits" in the Truncations of AIEE, has developed the algebra of switching functions and showed how its structure is related to the ideas established by Boole. George Boole, an English mathematician, in 1854 has written a monumental work entitled ∺n investigation of the Laws of Thought. To my beloved parents Sri Bandaru Subba Rao and Smt Bandaru Nagaratnam who made me what I am today He has to his credit several research publications in international journals. He is a life member of the Indian Mathematical Society, Indian Society for Technical Education, and Indian Society for Technical and Applied Mechanics. He is the Chairman, Board of Studies in Mathematics for J.N. Presently, he is Professor of Mathematics, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Eritrea.
Since 1987, he is working as the Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics, JNTU, College of Engineering, Kakinada. He has more than 30 years of experience in teaching the subject of Engineering Mathematics at IIT, Bombay (1970≡974), Regional Engineering College, Warangal (1975≡981), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (1981 onwards, more than 20 years), and Federal University of Technology, Nigeria (1983≡985 on overseas assignment). He has been a Post-Doctoral fellow of CSIR for one year. Bandaru Venkata Ramana obtained his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay in the year 1974. New Delhi New York St Louis San Francisco Auckland Bogotá Caracas Kuala Lumpur Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal San Juan Santiago Singapore Sydney Tokyo TorontoĪbout the Author Dr. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited NEW DELHI McGraw-Hill Offices B V Ramana Professor of Mathematics JNTU College of Engineering (Autonomous) Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh Presently, Professor of Mathematics Eritrea Institute of Technology Eritrea