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. Radhika Lobo

Member
Professor
School of Business Studies,
Vidyashilp University, Bangalore

Prof. Gabrielle Malfatti

Advisory Member
Director,
Global Engagement, University of Missouri

Mr. Ravi Machani

Advisory Member
Managing Director, Machani Group
CORE Experience, Machani Hospitalities and Svasa Homes

Mr. Pranav Pai

Advisory Member
Founding Partner & CIO,
3one4 Capital,
Investor - Licious, Open Financial
Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Darwinbox, Jupiter

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. Preeti Goyal

Expert Member
Visiting Faculty (International), IIM, Nagpur

Prof. Mohan Sangeneni

Expert Member
Chairman, Technology Advisory Council,
STAR C, DRDO.

Prof. Anitha Kurup

Expert Member
Chair and Academic Head, Ph.D. Program
National Institute of Advanced Studies

Dr. Shilpi Sharma

Expert Member
Remote Autism Assessment Practitioner,
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS, UK

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. Radhika Lobo

Member
Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Vidyashilp University, Bangalore

Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani

Secretary
Program Chair, Bachelor of Management Studies
Professor, School of Business Studies
Vidyashilp University, Bangalore.