Governing Bodies Of Vidyashilp University

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 Business Studies,
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.

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 Centre at HSBC,
Bengaluru

Prof. 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

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

Prof. Vasanthi Mariadass

Member
Program Chair, 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
Vidyashilp University

Dr. Jyotsna Rosario

Member Secretary
Assistant Professor
School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies

Prof. 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 and Professor,
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

Prof. 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 and Design Studies

Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Business Studies

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 Sciences

Dr. Shital Bhatt

Member
Associate Professor,
School of Computational and Data Science

Dr. Mahendra B M

Member
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Dr. Bijil Prakash

Member
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Mr. Mallikarjuna M

Member
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Dr. Priyambada Tripathi

Member
Assistant Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Dr. Ravi Kant Rai

Member
Assistant Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Dr. Devanand T

Member
Assistant Professor,
School of Computational and Data Science

Dr. Anupama A V

Member
Assistant Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

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

Chairperson
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies

Dr. Smitha Rao

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

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. 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
Vidyashilp University

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
Professor
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

Mr. Vikas Mahendra

External Member
Partner, Keystone Partners

Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Business Studies

Dr. Smitha Rao

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Prof. Vasanthi Mariadass

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of 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
Vidyashilp University

Prof. Radhika Lobo

Chairperson
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Liberal Arts and 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. Smitha Rao

Member
Program Chair and Professor,
School of Computational and Data Sciences

Prof. Roopa Madhav

Program Chair and Professor,
School of
Legal Studies and Governance

Prof. Vasanthi Mariadass

Member
Program Chair, School of Design Studies

Dr. Setu Havanur

Member
Assistant Professor (Psychology)
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