CHANCELLOR
Dr. G. VISWANATHAN founded Vellore Engineering College in 1984 at Vellore. He envisaged that this institution would offer world-class education to students who would in turn create an indelible impact on the society. The engineering college that started with an intake of 180 students in 1984 has evolved as a university with two campuses in Tamil Nadu. Over 25,000 students are enrolled in 53 undergraduate and graduate programs with nearly 16,000 residing on the campus. It attracts students and professors from different parts of the world. It houses more than 1000 international students on campus. For the past two years, VIT University has been ranked #1 private engineering institution in India. ISO Certification from Holland, International accreditation from the United Kingdom and the USA, and the highest accreditation grade from the Government of India reflect the University’s penchant for excellence on all fronts… Read More
VICE PRESIDENT
Mr. Sankar Viswanathan, Vice President was born on 13th April 1966. He completed his Advanced Diploma in Engineering Technology, at Chisholm Institute, Melbourne, Australia. He has held honoured positions as the Chairman, and Vice-Chairman of Vellore Engineering College, Vellore before taking over charge as the Pro-Chancellor (Academic) at VIT. He has also served as the Secretary of the North Arcot Educational & Charitable Trust of Vellore. He has always been a very proactive person and has involved himself in all the activities of the University. He has always evinced a keen involvement with the VIT family. He is an active member of the Board of Management, VIT and displays a keen interest in the affairs of the college and being a student friendly person is avidly interested in the academic progress of the students and staff… Read More
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
Ms. Kadhambari completed school education at Vellore, and obtained her B.Tech (Biotechnology) from VIT University in 2010. In 2007, she registered at the Summer School in Johns Hopkins University, USA, and utilized the opportunity to compare the curriculum of Johns Hopkins with that of Indian Universities. Her stint at Johns Hopkins provided her with an excellent opportunity to interact with students from various countries and with faculty members of high academic caliber. In 2009, she pursued her summer internship in one of the best Cancer Research institutes in Europe, the DKFZ., Heidelberg, Germany. This visit exposed her to cutting edge research and developmental techniques in the field… Read More
VICE CHANCELLOR
Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali is formerly Distinguished Scientist of Department of Atomic Energy, and Chief Executive & Chairman of Heavy Water Board, a flagship industrial unit of DAE. As an accomplished team leader, he has always been a source of motivation for everyone, displaying excellent leadership in managing seven plants located at different parts of country, for the production of heavy water and specialty materials. Dr. Mudali has made pioneering individual contributions to advanced materials & coating technology development; corrosion science, engineering and technology; materials, process and equipment development for reprocessing applications; failure analysis, consultancy and societal contributions; for more than three decades during his service at DAE. Read More
PRO VICE CHANCELLOR
Dr. Senthil Kumar Arumugam has been serving at VIT Vellore since 1992. He has taught a range of subjects from Thermodynamics, Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, CFD, Cryogenics to Renewable Energy at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. He received ‘Best Teacher Award’ twice at VIT. He also served at Gannon University, USA as a visiting faculty during 2014-15.
REGISTRAR
Dr. Pradyumna Yadav, has assumed charge as Registrar, possesses a Ph. D degree in Future Studies and Planning from Devi Ahilya University, Indore (2014) under the Faculty of Management. He had done an MBA (HR) in 2008 from IMS, DAVV; an M. Phil (Energy and Environment) in 1998 from SEES, DAVV, Indore; and an M. Sc. (Environmental Science) in 1997 from ICS, DAVV, Indore. Dr. Yadav started his career as a Faculty at the School of Energy and Environmental Studies (SEES), DAVV, Indore. Later on, he served various organizations in various capacities, lastly as Registrar of Oriental University, Indore. He has around 21 years’ experience of Academic Administration.
