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 S. Viswanathan is at the forefront of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Group, a distinguished university recognized by the Government of India as an “Institute of Eminence.” As a member of the Core Committee since 2013, she has played a pivotal role in driving innovation in curriculum, teaching methodologies, management practices, and community support across VIT’s campuses in Vellore, Chennai, Amaravati, and Bhopal.… Read More
VICE-CHANCELLOR (I/c)
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. Read More
REGISTRAR (I/c)
Wing Commander (Dr) Debashis Adhikari (R) is a BTech from Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University, ME from Pune University and obtained his PhD in Wireless Communication from the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (DRDO), Pune. He served the Indian Air Force for 23 years before taking premature separation while in the rank of Wing Commander. He has a rich experience in surface to air missile systems and wireless systems of the IAF and was also involved in various indigenization and modification projects. He has delivered invited guest lectures at various Defense PSUs, few DRDO labs and Indian Navy on Missile Guidance. With a total experience of 31 years, Dr Adhikari had faculty tenures at DIAT (DRDO) Pune, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune and was Professor & Dean, School of Electrical Engineering at MIT AOE, Pune before joining VIT Bhopal. His area of interest is MIMO Wireless systems. He has also handled the additional responsibility of Dean, Faculty & Staff Affairs. Dr Adhikari has organized “International Conference in Signal & Data Processing” under Springer (Nov 2019), co-edited “Advances in Signal & Data Processing (Springer) and is a regular reviewer of five SCI journals. He is a Fellow IETE and Member IEEE.
