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. P. Gunasekaran, former Vice Chancellor of Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, a renowned Senior Professor of Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai has 33 years of teaching and research experience in Microbiology, Biotechnology and Genomics. He had his Ph.D. degree from Haryana Agricultural University, D.Sc. degree from Madurai Kamaraj University and Post-doctoral experience from CNRS, France and MIT, USA. He served as the President of Biotechnology Research Society of India and the President of Association of Microbiologists of India. He is the recipient of Tamil Nadu Scientist award, Alagappa Centenary Excellence Award, Louis Pasteur Award and Lifetime achievement award from the Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists and Biotechnology Research Society of India.
