Dr Y.Rajasree Rao graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh , Post Graduation in Electronics and Controls from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and Doctorate in Electronics and Communication Engineering from  Dr MGR University, Chennai.

She has 30 years of teaching experience in various positions in  Engineering Colleges in Chennai, Hyderabad and  Oman . At present, she is Dean Academics at Malla Reddy Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. She has published 32 research  papers  in various journals and presented papers in conferences held at Spain, USA, Malaysia and India. Her areas of specialization include VLSI Design , Microprocessor based System Design, Fault Tolerance and Digital Electronics.

She is author of several  text books : Advanced Microprocessors under New Age International Publishers and Electronic Devices and Circuits  under Falcon Publishers, Basic Electronics Engineering under Red’Shine Publishers  and Chapter on “ Design of Meta Material Loaded Dipole Antenna for GPR”, of “ Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pvt  Ltd. She also has two patents to her credit. 

She is a member of ISTE, IEEE and CSI and is a reviewer for many journals and conferences and in this context has visited USA, Spain ,Thailand and Singapore .She has guided many Masters projects and seven students are pursuing Ph.D under her guidance out of which two have been awarded Ph.D degree. She has received Shiksha Bharathi Puraskar  for academic excellence and was felicitated by Institution of Engineers ,Telangana Chapter.