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Dr. P Dayananda Pai
Chairperson
Chancellor
Trustee of Vidyashilp Education Group
Trustee of B.M.S Educational Trust
Board Trustee of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Syndicate Member of NIT, Surathkal, 
Mangalore University and Manipal University
Dr. Kiran Pai
Member
Pro-Chancellor
Director, Vidyashilp Education Group
Ed.D., M.Ed. (LDT), University of 
Southern California
Prof. P.G. Babu
Member
Vice-Chancellor
Former Professor of IGIDR, Economics & Law
Ph.D., IISc Bangalore
Ex Officio
Member
Principal Secretary, Higher Education 
Department Government of Karnataka
Member
Nominee of the Government of Karnataka
P Ravindra Pai
Member
Nominee of the Sponsoring Body
Managing Director, Century Real Estate 
Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Trustee, Vidyanidhi Education Trust
MBA, IIM Bangalore
Ashwin Pai
Member
Nominee of the Sponsoring Body
Executive Director, Century
Real Estate Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
MBA, Ohio-Manipal Institute 
of Management
Shilpa Pai
Member
Nominee of the Sponsoring Body
Director, Vidyasagar Preschool, 
Bhoopasandra, Bengaluru
HR and personal coaching for 
corporate leads
Member
Pro-Vice Chancellor*
Member
Nominee of the University
 Grants Commission
Mr. T.R. Ramakrishnan
Secretary (non-voting)
Registrar In-Charge
Former Head of Administration, Madras Institute of Development Studies
Former Deputy Registrar and Additional Controller of Examinations, University of Madras
M. Com, Madurai Kamaraj University
        Prof. P.G. Babu
            Chairperson
            Vice-Chancellor
            Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
        
        Mr. P. Ravindra Pai
            Member
            Trustee
            Vidyanidhi Education Trust
            Managing Director, Century Real Estate 
            Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
            Trustee, Vidyanidhi Education Trust
            MBA, IIM Bangalore
        
        Mr. P. Ashwin Pai
            Member
            Trustee
            Vidyanidhi Education Trust
            Executive Director, Century
            Real Estate Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
            MBA, Ohio-Manipal Institute 
            of Management
        
    Mr. Maninder Chhabra
        Member
        Director (Sales, Marketing & CRM),
        Century Real Estate
        MBA, IIM Bangalore
    
Prof. Yadati Narahari
Member
Honorary Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA),(IISc), Bengaluru
Former Dean, Division of EECS, IISc
Former Chair, Department of CSA, IISc
M.E.,Ph.D. (IISc) Bengaluru.
Prof. T. S. Somashekhar
Member
Professor of Economics,
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
Former Eramus Mundus Fellow, University of Hamburg, Germany
Co-ordinator, IQAC, Chair-Professor, ICCR, Paris.
Ph.D. in Economics, ISEC, Bangalore.
  Prof. T.C.A. Anand
Member
    Adjunct Professor, TISS, Hyderabad
    Visiting Professor, Institute for Industrial Studies and Institute for Human Development
    Former Member, UPSC, 2019–2023
    Former Chief Statistician of India and Secretary,
    Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, 2010–2018
    Ph.D., Cornell University
  
      Prof. Janat Shah
      Member
      Former Director of Indian Institute 
      of Management, Udaipur
      Special Professor at Nottingham University
      Former President of Seva Mandir
      
          Prof. Radhika Lobo
              Member
              Professor
              School of Business Studies,
              Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
          
  Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
    Member
    Professor
    School of Computational and Data Sciences,
    Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
  
  Mr. T.R. Ramakrishnan
Secretary
    Registrar In-Charge
    Former Head of Administration, Madras Institute of Development Studies
    Former Deputy Registrar and Additional Controller of Examinations, University of Madras
 
    M. Com, Madurai Kamaraj University
  
        Prof. P.G. Babu
            Chairperson
            Vice-Chancellor,
            Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
        
        Prof. T. S. Somashekhar
External Member
          Professor of Economics,
          National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
Former Eramus Mundus Fellow, University of Hamburg, Germany
Co-ordinator, IQAC, Chair-Professor, ICCR, Paris.
Ph.D. in Economics, ISEC, Bangalore.
        
        Prof. A. Ganesh-Kumar
External Member
        Former Dean of Faculties
        Former Dean Academic Affairs
        Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai,
        Member of National Statistical Commission, Delhi
        Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkotta.
        
      Prof. Pooja Purang
          External Member
          Professor of Psychology
  Head of the Department, Humanities &
  Social Sciences, IIT Bombay
  Winner of Sukhatme Excellence in Teaching Award
  Ph.D. IIT, New Delhi.
      
        Prof. Shalabh Bhatnagar
            External Member 
            Convener, Stochastic Systems Laboratory,
            Associate Faculty Member, Robert Bosh Centre for Cyber-
            Physical Systems
            Professor and Former Chairman,
            Dept of Computer Science and Automation
            IISc, Bangalore-560012
            Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, IISc., Bangalore.
        
        Prof. Vikas Kumar
            External Member
            Associate Professor, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
            B.Tech, IIT, Kanpur & Ph.D. in Economics, IGIDR, Mumbai.
        
      Prof. Sanjay Kumar Singh
          External Member
          Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
          Former Director, IMT, Ghaziabad.
Ph.D. in Development Studies, IGIDR, Mumbai.
      
        Prof. Dhiraj Kumar
            External Member
            Director – Academics, New Initiatives and Foundation Studies
            (UG Programs)
            United World Institute of Design (UID)
            Karnavati University, Gujarat
            B. Design, NIFT, Delhi, MBA and Post Graduate Certificate in
            Higher Education, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
        
      Prof. Narayan Rangaraj
          External Member
          Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
          IIT, Bombay,
          Fraunhofer ITWM Fellow at Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial
          Mathematics, Germany
          Ph.D. (Mathematical Sciences), Johns Hopkins University.
      
      Dr. Smitha Rao
          Member
          Program Chair, B.Tech (Hons) - Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
          and B.Sc. (Hons) - Decision Sciences
          Professor of Data Science, School of Computational and Data Sciences
          Vidyashilp University
      
      Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
          Member
          Program Chair, Bachelor of Management Studies
          Professor, School of Business Studies
          Vidyashilp University
      
      Prof. Radhika Lobo
          Member
          Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
          Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          Vidyashilp University
      
      Prof. Vasanthi Mariadass
          Member
          Program Chair, School of Design Studies
          Vidyashilp University
      
      Prof. Roopa Madhav
          Member
          Program Chair of Law, School of 
  Legal Studies and Governance
  Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Kiran D.C
          Member
          Associate Professor
School of Computational and Data Sciences
Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Mahendra. B.M
          Member
          Associate Professor
          School of Computational and Data Sciences
          Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Sheetal Bharat
          Member
          Associate Professor
  School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
  Vidyashilp University
      
      Ms. Kavitha Singh Kale
          Member
          Associate Professor
  School of Liberal Arts & Design Studies
  Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Bijil Prakash
          Member
          Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Data Sciences
Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Anupama A.V.
          Member
          Assistant Professor
  School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
  Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Setu G Havanur
          Member
          Assistant Professor
School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Ranjana Raghunanthan
          Member
          Assistant Professor
  School of Liberal Arts & Design Studies
  Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Neha Khurana
          Member
          Assistant Professor
School of Legal Studies & Governance
Vidyashilp University
      
      Dr. Kavya Salim
          Member
          Assistant Professor
  School of Legal Studies & Governance
  Vidyashilp University
      
  Mr. T.R. Ramakrishnan
Secretary
  Registrar In-Charge
  Former Head of Administration, Madras Institute of Development Studies
  Former Deputy Registrar and Additional Controller of Examinations, University of Madras
  M. Com, Madurai Kamaraj University
  
        Prof. P.G. Babu
            Chairperson
           Vice-Chancellor,
            Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
        
        Prof. Sastry P.S.
            External Member
            Distinguished Honorary Professor
            Department of Electrical Engineering
            Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
        
        Prof. Pami Dua
            External Member
            Distinguished Honorary Professor
 and Former Director
            Delhi School of Economics,
 University of Delhi, Delhi
            Former Member of the Monetary
 Policy Committee, RBI.
        
      Prof. Chandan Gowda
          External Member
          Ramakrishna Hegde Chair Professor
          Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
        Bengaluru
      
      Prof. Arul George Scaria
          External  Member
          Co-Director, Centre for IP Research and Advocacy (CIPRA)
          National Law School of India University
          Bengaluru
      
      Prof. Jyotsna Agrawal
          External Member
          Additional Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
          Consultant, Adult Psychiatry, Positive Psychology & Integral Medicine
          Faculty In-charge, VIPRA (Vedic Indian Psychology Research & Application)
          National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
          Bengaluru
      
    Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
        Secretary
        Program Chair, Bachelor of Management Studies
        Professor, School of Business Studies
        Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
        Prof. Radhika Lobo
            Member
            Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
            Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
            Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
        
      Dr. Smitha Rao
          Member
          Program Chair, B.Tech (Hons) - Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
          and B.Sc. (Hons) - Decision Sciences
          Professor of Data Science, School of Computational and Data Sciences
          Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
      
      Prof. Roopa Madhav
          Member
          Program Chair of Law, School of Legal Studies and Governance
          Ph.D in Law (SOAS, University of London)
          Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
      
      Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
          Member
          Program Chair of Design
          Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, US
          Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
      
    Dr. Sheetal Bharat
        Member
      Associate Professor
        School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
        Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Dr. Shakti Chaturvedi
      Member
      Associate Professor, 
      School of Business Studies
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Dr. Ranjana Raghunathan
      Member
      Assistant Professor,
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Dr. Devanand Thanissery
      Member
      Assistant Professor
      School of Computational and Data Sciences
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Dr. Gargi S Kumar
      Member
      Assistant Professor
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Dr. Ravi Kant Rai
      Member
      Assistant Professor
      School of Computational and Data Sciences
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Mr. Muralidhara T R
      Ph.D Scholar
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
    Ms. Sneha Pradeep Warrier
      Ph.D Scholar
      Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.
    
General Education
        Prof. Radhika Lobo
            Chairperson
            Program Chair and Professor
            School of Liberal Arts
        
        Dr. Rajdeep Konar
            External Member
            Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
            Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur.
        
        Dr. Padmini Ram
            External Member
            Founding Director
            Urban Ethnographers, Bengaluru
        
        Dr. Haimanti Biswas
            External Member
            Head of WPB Risk
            Global Analytics Centres at HSBC, Bengaluru
        
        Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
            School of Computational and Data Science
        
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
        Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
            School of Design Studies
        
        Prof. Roopa Madhav
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
 School of
    Legal Studies and Governance
        
        Dr. Tania Islam
            Member
            Assistant Professor
   School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
        
    Dr. Jobeth Ann Warjri
    Member
      Assistant Professor
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
    
        Dr. Neha Khurana
            Member
            Assistant Professor
  School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
        
        Ms. Spatica Ramanujam
            Member
            Assistant Professor
    School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
        
        Dr. Ranjana Raghunanthan
            Member Secretary
            Assistant Professor
    School of Liberal Arts & Design Studies
        
School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          Prof. Radhika Lobo
              Chairperson
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Liberal Arts
          
        Prof. S. Madeshwaran
            External Member
            Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy
            Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru 
          
        Dr. Ekta Selarka
            External Member
            Associate Professor & Chairperson, BA Program,
            Madras School of Economics, Chennai
        
        Dr. Aditi Chauba
            External Member
            Associate Professor,
            IIT Bombay, Mumbai
        
        Dr. Haimanti Biswas
            External Member
            Head of WPB Risk,
            Global Analytics Centres at HSBC, Bengaluru 
          
      Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
          Member
          Program Chair and Professor,
          School of Computational and Data Science
      
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
          Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Design Studies
          
          Prof. Roopa Madhav
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
 School of
      Legal Studies and Governance
          
          Dr. Sheetal Bharat
              Member
              Associate Professor of Economics,
              School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          
          Dr. Bipin Sony
              Member
              Assistant Professor of Economics,
              School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          
          Dr. Taniya Sah
          Member
          Assistant Professor of Economics,
          School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          
        Dr. Jyotsna Rosario
            Member Secretary
            Assistant Professor
            School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
        
School of Design Studies
        Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
            Chairperson
            Program Chair,
            School of Design Studies
        
      Ms. Nupur Banerjee
          External Member
          Co-Founder & Creative Director Hebby Coffee
      
      Dr. Rajdeep Konar
      External Member
      Assistant Professor,
      School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur
  
      
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
            Prof. Radhika Lobo
                Member
                Program Chair and Professor
                School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
            
          Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Computational and Data Science
          
        Prof. Roopa Madhav
            Member
            Program Chair,
 School of
    Legal Studies and Governance
        
          Mr. Ramana PV
              Member
              Professor of Practice 
        School of Design Studies
          
        Dr. Bijil Prakash
            Member
            Assistant Professor,
      School of Computational and Data Science
    
    Dr. Jobeth Ann Warjri
    Member
      Assistant Professor,
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
    
    Mr. Narendra Raghunath
    Member (Adjunct)
      Design Faculty(Adjunct),
      School of Design Studies
    
    Ms. Kavita Singh Kale
    Member Secretary
      Associate Professor of Design,
      School of Design Studies
    
School of Computational and Data Science
        Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
            Chairperson
            Program Chair and Professor,
            School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Prof. Mallikarjuna Rao
            External Member
            Professor Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
            Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
      
        Dr. Subarna Roy
            External Member
            Chief Data Scientist
            IBM, Bengaluru
      
        Prof. Shalabh Bhatnagar
            External Member
            Professor
            IISc Bangalore
          
          Prof. Radhika Lobo
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Liberal Arts
          
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
          Prof. Vasanthi Mariadass
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Design Studies
          
          Prof. Roopa Madhav
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
 School of
      Legal Studies and Governance
          
          Dr. Kiran D.C.
              Member
              Associate Professor 
      School of Computational and Data Science
          
        Dr. N Mehala
            Member
            Associate Professor 
  School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Dr. Shital Bhatt
            Member
            Associate Professor 
  School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Dr. Mahendra B M
            Member
            Associate Professor 
    School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Dr. Bijil Prakash
            Member
            Assistant Professor 
  School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Mr. Mallikarjuna M
            Member
            Assistant Professor
  School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Dr. Priyambada Tripathi
            Member
            Assistant Professor,
    School of Computational and Data Science
        
        Dr. Ravi Kant Rai
            Member
            Assistant Professor,
    School of Computational and Data Science
        
      Dr. Devanand T
          Member
          Assistant Professor,
  School of Computational and Data Science
      
      Dr. Anupama A V
          Member Secretary
          Assistant Professor
  School of Computational and Data Science
      
School of Business Studies
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Chairperson
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
            Prof. Rudra Sen Sarma
                External Member
                Professor of Economics
                Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode
            
              Prof. Vaidyanathan
                  External Member
                  Retired Professor of Finance and Control
                  Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
              
        Prof. Rajesh Pandit
            External Member
          Industry Consultant and Visiting faculty at ISB
        
          Prof. Radhika Lobo
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor
              School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
          
        Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
            School of Computational and Data Science
        
      Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
          Member
          Program Chair and Professor,
          School of Design Studies
      
      Prof. Roopa Madhav
          Member
          Program Chair and Professor,
 School of
  Legal Studies and Governance
      
      Dr. R. P. Suresh
          Member
          Professor of Practice 
  School of Business Studies
      
      Dr. Shakti Chaturvedi
          Member
          Associate Professor 
  School of Business Studies
      
      Dr. Shilpa Baid
          Member
          Assistant Professor 
  School of Business Studies
      
        Dr. Bijil Prakash
            Member
            Assistant Professor 
  School of Computational and Data Science
        
              Dr. Bipin Sony
                  Member
                  Assistant Professor
                  School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
              
                    Dr. Setu Havanur
                        Member
                        Assistant Professor,
                        School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
                    
                          Mr. Aravindan Anandan
                              Member
                              Assistant Professor
                              School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
                          
                  Mr. Prabhakaran
                      Member
                      Adjunct Faculty
                      School of Business Studies
                  
                          Mr. Abhilash Ramani
                              Member
                              Adjunct Faculty
                              School of Business Studies
                          
                                  Mr. Sukesh Kumar B R
                                      Member
                                      Adjunct Faculty
                                      School of Business Studies
                                  
                        Dr. Vikas Namadeva Prabhu
                            Member Secretary
                            Assistant Professor
                            School of Business Studies
                        
School of Legal Studies and Governance
        Prof. Roopa Madhav
            Chairperson
            Program Chair
 School of
    Legal Studies and Governance
        
        Prof. Bhavani Prasad Panda
            External Member
            Former Vice Chancellor
            Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai
        
        Prof. Sapna S
            External Member
             School of Law
            Christ University, Bengal
        
        Dr. Praveen Tripathi
            External Member
             Registrar and Associate Professor,
            Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
        
        Mr. Vikas Mahendra
            External Member
             Partner, Keystone Partners
        
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
               Professor and Program Chair,
 School of Business Studies
          
        Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
            Member
             Professor and Program Chair,
            School of Computational and Data Science
        
      Prof. Radhika Lobo
          Member
          Professor and Program Chair,
          School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
      
    Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
        Member
        Professor and Program Chair,
        School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
    
        Dr. Kavya Salim
            Member
            Assistant Professor
            School of Legal Studies and Governance
        
          Dr. Amlanika Bora
              Member
              Assistant Professor,
              School of Legal Studies and Governance
          
            Dr. Neha Khurana
                Member
                Assistant Professor,
      School of Legal Studies and Governance
            
            Mr. Aravindan A
                Member Secretary
                Assistant Professor,
                School of Legal Studies and Governance
            
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Psychology
          Prof. Radhika Lobo
              Chairperson
              Program Chair and Professor
              School of Liberal Arts & Design Studies
          
          Dr. Anuradha Sovani
              External Member
            Professor and Head, Dept. of Psychology
              SNDT University, Mumbai
          
          Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan
              External Member
            Associate Professor,
              HBCSE, Mumbai
          
          Dr. Suvashisa Rana
              External Member
              Associate Professor
              Center for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad
          
          Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
              Member
              Program Chair and
              Professor,
 School of Business Studies
          
          Prof. M.S. Smitha Rao
              Member
              Program Chair and Professor,
              School of Computational and Data Science
          
        Prof. Roopa Madhav
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
 School of
    Legal Studies and Governance
        
        Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass
            Member
            Program Chair and Professor,
            School of Design Studies
        
                        Dr. Setu Havanur
                            Member
                            Assistant Professor
                            School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
                        
                        Dr. Sheetal Lakhani
                            Member
                              Assistant Professor (Psychology)
                            School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
                        
      Dr. Sohinee Ganguly
      Member
       Assistant Professor (Psychology)
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
      
      Dr. Gargi S Kumar
      Member Secretary
       Assistant Professor (Psychology)
      School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
      




