Branko D. Kovačević (born 29 June 1951 Belgrade, Yugoslavia is a Serbian academic. Beginning in 2006, he was elected Rector of the University of Belgrade by the Council of the University.[1]
He received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1975, 1980, and 1984, respectively. He is currently a full professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, teaching courses in control systems theory and its applications.
He was awarded the Engineers Prize of the Economic Council of Belgrade, The Dušan Mitosis Prize of the Yugoslav Society of Electrical Engineers (ETRAN), the Branko Raković Prize of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Outstanding Research Prize of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Electronics, and the Teaching Prize of the University Students Council. He is the President of ETRAN Section for Automatic Control, the President of ETRAN Program committee, and the Editor in chief of the Journal of Automatic Control (published by the Belgrade University Press).