Board of Studies

BOS Members of the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025 – 2026
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
01 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
02 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
03 Dr. S. B. Anadinni Professor and Associate Dean Member
04 Dr. Jagdish H Godihal Professor Member
05 Dr. Vasant Matsagar Dogra Chair Professor and Head of the Department External Member (Academia)
06 Dr. G. R. Dodagoudar Professor External Member (Academia)
07 Mrs. Sangeetha Chachadi Principal Engineer External Member (Industry)
08 Mr. Chethan K A Co-founder Invitee (Alumni Representative)
09 Mr. Bibang G Basumatary Co-founder Invitee (Alumni Representative)
10 Mr. Lakshmikantha B A Head – Structural Designs Invitee (Industry Expert)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Nakul Ramanna Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr Joshi V Manohar Professor Member
4 Dr Jisha L K Assistant Professor- Selection Grade Member
5 Dr. Pradeep Kumar Yemula Associate Professor External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Vignesh V Assistant Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Dr. S Senthil Kumar Global Senior IP counsel External Member (Industry)
8 Ms. Asfiya Aazim System Engineer Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Mr Ashish Pandit R Associate Project Engineer Invitee (Alumni Representative)
10 Mr. Upendra Revuri Senior Project Manager Invitee (Industry Expert)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Sreenivasappa B V Professor Member
4 Dr. Kalyandurg Rafeeq Ahmed Professor Member
5 Dr. Siva Rama Krishna Vanjari Professor External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Krishna Vasudevan Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Dr. G S Javed Analog Design Manager External Member (Industry)
8 Mr. Vinith Khadakabhavi Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Mr. R Sai Suhas Software Developer Engineer Invitee (Alumni Representative)
10 Mrs. Suman Dwivedi Senior Manager Invitee (Industry Expert)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Udaya Ravi M Professor Member
4 Dr. Ramachandra C G Professor Member
5 Dr. I. A. Palani Professor External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Ramesh M R Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Dr. A. Manjunath Scientist 'G' External Member (Industry)
8 Mr. Hemanth Kumar M S Business System Analyst Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Mr. Rakshith K N Associate-1, Engineering and R and D services Invitee (Alumni Representative)
10 Mr. Shivaprakash M S General Manager Invitee (Industry Expert)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Satish Babu Boppana Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Rohit Kumar Saw Assistant Professor Member
4 Dr. Niladri Shekhar Samanta Assistant Professor Member
5 Dr. Tarkeshwar Kumar Adjunct Professor External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. G. P. Karmakar Former Visiting Professor of Petroleum Engineering External Member (Academia)
7 Mr. Ashani Kundan Group General Manager & Block Manager (Kerala-Konkan Basin) External Member (Industry)
8 Mr. Joseph Varghese Engineer - Subsurface Data Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Ms. Lemuela Lameck Pearl Sr. Business Analyst (Energy Analytics) Invitee (Alumni Representative)
10 Mr. Samiran Roy Senior Global Digitalization and Data Science Advisor Invitee (Industry Expert)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Suman Paul Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Physics

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Mohan Kumar Naidu P Professor Member
4 Dr. Anindita B Associate Professor Selection Grade Member
5 Dr. V R K Murthy Professor Emeritus (Former Professor of IIT Madras) External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Ramesh Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Mr. Sharath Kumar Prabhu Associate Manager External Member (Industry)
8 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
9 Dr. U. Mahaboob Pasha Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Chemistry

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Saravanan C Professor Member
4 Dr. Savita Verma Associate Professor Member
5 Dr. S Sampath Professor, IPC, IISc, Bangalore External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. P. Selvam Professor and Head NCCR, IIT Madras External Member (Academia)
7 Mr. Rajeeva Deekshit Founder and CEO, Pyro Technologies Bengaluru External Member (Industry)
8 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
9 Dr. Shashikala A R Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of the Department of Mathematics

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Abdul Sharief Dean Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Shilpa N Professor Member
4 Dr. Pradeep Kumar Professor Member
5 Dr. A. K. Nandakumaran Professor External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. G. Murugusundara Moorthy Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Dr. Vineet Dravid Founder & CEO External Member (Industry)
8 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
9 Dr. SR Sudheendra Professor and Head of the Department Member Secretary

BOS Members of School of Computer Science and Engineering

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Shakkeera L Professor & Associate Dean, PSCS & PSIS Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Chandrasekar V Professor Member
4 Dr. Swati Sharma Professor Member
5 Dr. Hari Seetha Professor & Director External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Abdul Wahid Professor & Dean External Member (Academia)
7 Dr. Chandrasekhar Goruganthu Practice Head External Member (Industry)
8 Ms. Keerthi U Channel Manager Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Ms. Sailu Khambampati Vice President Invitee (Employer Representative)
10 Dr. Robin Rohit Professor and HoD Invitee (School)
11 Dr. Asif Mohammed Associate Professor and HoD Invitee (School)
12 Dr. Anandraj Professor and HoD Invitee (School)
13 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
14 Dr. Saira Banu Professor and HoD Member Secretary

BOS Members of School of Design

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Mr. Srinivas Abhilash Assistant Professor & HOD Incharge Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Krishnakant Bhole Assistant Professor Member Secretary and IC (Product Design)
4 Mr. Abhinav Srivastava Assistant Professor Academic Coordinator - Communication Design and Game Design
5 Ms. Nivrity Sinha​ Assistant Professor IC - Foundation​
6 Mr. Aditya Dasari Assistant Professor IC - Space Design​
7 Ms. Subhani Sharma​ Assistant Professor IC - Communication Design​
8 Ms. Bhagyashree Nadig Assistant Professor Academic Coordinator - Fashion Design
9 Ms. Jyoti Sharma Assistant Professor IC - Fashion Design
10 Mr. Melwin Samuel Assistant Professor IC - BSc (Multimedia)
11 Mr. Karthik Manokaran Assistant Professor IC - Game Design
12 Ms. Suvidha. P Assistant Professor IC - Communication Design
13 Dr. Kaustav Sengupta (NIFT) Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator External Member (Academia) - Foundation And Product Design
14 Dr. Jonalee D Bajpai (NIFT) Campus Academic Coordinator External Member (Academia) - Fashion Design
15 Mr. Jeevan Xavier Entrepreneur/Proprietor, Design Studio External Member (Industry) - Product Design and Space Design
16 Mr. Siddharth Majumdar Architect and Spatial Designer, Director External Member (Industry) - Space Design
17 Mr. Arun Mascarenhas Assistant Professor I/C for Communication Design External Member (Academia) - Communication Design
18 Mr. Sujay L Senior Principal - Communication Design and Design Group External Member (Industry) - Communication Design
19 Dr. Bisheshwar Haorongbam Associate Senior Faculty External Member (Academia) - Product Design
20 Mr. Darshan Founder / Director External Member (Industry) - Multimedia
21 Mr. Ranjeet Bhadur Screen writer External Member (Industry) - Multimedia
22 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of School of Commerce

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. K. Krishna Kumar Dean, School of Commerce Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. V. Hemanth Kumar Professor, School of Commerce Member
4 Dr. Syed Ahmed Wajih Associate Professor, School of Commerce Member
5 Prof. Baktha Sabari Rajan. V Professor, School of Commerce Invitee
6 Dr. B. Upendra Rao Assistant Professor, School of Commerce Invitee
7 Dr. Poornima Karthikeyan Associate Professor and HOD in-charge Invitee
8 Dr. Saba Inamdar Assistant Professor and HOD in-charge Member Secretary
9 T. Joseph Associate Professor External Member (Academia)
10 Dr. Gokula Krishna Domain Head - Analytics External Member (Academia)
11 CA Harshith K S Founder & CEO External Member (Industry)
12 Mr. Nanjaraje Urs CEO External Member (Industry)
13 Mr. Vaibahv Shastri Bhaskar Finance Executive External Member (Alumni)
14 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of School of Information Science

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Shakkeera L Professor & Associate Dean, PSCS & PSIS Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Vijayalakshmi P Professor Member
4 Dr. Komalavalli S Professor Member
5 Dr. Hari Seetha Professor & Director External Member (Academia)
6 Dr. Senthil Murugan Professor External Member (Academia)
7 Mr. Rammohan Tanakanti Director of Technology External Member (Industry)
8 Mr. Rishabh Raj Software Developer (Full-Stack developer) Invitee (Alumni Representative)
9 Mr. Sourav Narayan Biswas Program Manager- University Relations & Hiring Invitee (Employer Representative)
10 Dr. Vetrimani Elangovan Assistant Professor-Senior Scale and HoD Invitee (School)
11 Dr. Sivaperumal PVC PSOE, PSCS & PSIS Special Invitee
12 Dr. Mahalakshmi R Associate Dean-PSIS Member Secretary

BOS Members of School of Law

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Saroj Sharma (Bohra) Professor & Dean, SOL, Presidency University Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor, Presidency University Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Mohd. Saleem Associate Professor, SOL, Presidency University Member
4 Dr. Mamatha G M Assistant Professor-Selection Grade, SOL, Presidency University Member
5 Prof. (Dr.) Sairam Bhat Professor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru External Member (Academia)
6 Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Mumbai External Member (Academia)
7 Prof. (Dr.) G. B. Reddy Senior Professor of Law, Osmania University & Director, PGRRCDE, Osmania University; Vice Chancellor, NUALS, Kochi External Member (Academia)
8 Dr. Raghavender G R Senior Consultant (IPR), Dept for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT), GoI; Former Joint Secretary, Dept of Law & Justice GoI External Member (Industry)
9 Dr. Mukul Shastry General Counsel, Cube Highways, Noida; Former Legal Counsel RBI External Member (Industry)
10 Mr. Prabhakaran P M Former Partner, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan; Advocate, InD Tax Legal Services, Bengaluru External Member (Industry)
11 Krisha Kamal Former Process Associate, Capgemini, Bengaluru; Senior Legal Analyst - Procurement Services WNS PROCUREMENTBengaluru Invitee (Alumni Representative)
12 Mr. B Ramaswamy Director, Fox Mandal & Associates, Global Legal Advisory Invitee (Employer Representative)
13 Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Shah Assistant Professor, SOL, Presidency University Invitee (SOL)
14 Dr. Prashant S. Desai Professor, SOL, Presidency University Member Secretary

BOS Members of School of Management

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Subashree Professor & Dean, School of Management Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Prema Sankaran Associate Dean, School of Management Member
4 Dr. Mohan Cherian Professor of Practice and Program Chair (MMF) Member
5 Dr. Nandini Sinha Associate Professor and Program Chair (MBF) Member
6 Dr. Edwin T S Associate Professor and Program Chair (MBL & MDM) Invitee
7 Dr. Uma P Jaidev Professor and Program Chair (MBA) Member Secretary
8 Prof. Suresh Paul Antony Professor External Member (Academia)
9 Dr. Sethu Gururajan Professor External Member (Academia)
10 Mr. Laxminarayanan G Head, AI & Transformation External Member (Industry)
11 Ms. Ishika Jethwa Assistant Manager Invitee (Alumni Representative)
12 Mr. Sunil G Partner Invitee (Employer Representative)
13 Mr. Shivaraj G General Manager Invitee (Professional Expert)
14 Mr. Rohith Gulati Marketing Director Special Invitee
15 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of School of Media Studies

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Ashish Sharma Associate Professor & HOD, School of Media Studies Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Garima Ganghariya Assistant Professor Members
4 Dr Prathibha Vinod Assistant Professor Member (Placements Head / Nominee)
5 Ms. Padmavathi S Assistant Professor Member (Office of International Affairs Director / Nominee)
6 Dr. Neha Bharti Assistant Professor Member
7 Mr. Sarath A Pradeep Assistant Professor Member Secretary
8 Dr. Pratyush Ranjan Head of Digital Services  Member (Industry)
9 Dr. Sushil Kumar Rai Professor & Head Member (Academia)
10 Prof. Dr. Manish Verma Professor Member (Academia)
11 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of Learning and Development Department

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Mr. Ignesh Sakri Head of the Department Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Harsha Eswaraiah Soft Skills Trainer Member
4 Mr. Debmalya Bhattarcharjee Soft Skills Trainer Member
5 Mr. Arun Kumar Aptitude Trainer Member
6 Mr. Vikash Kumar Singh Aptitude Trainer Member
7 Dr. Sheena Thomas HoD, Department of Education External Member (Academia)
8 Mr. Venu C V Corporate Trainer External Member (Industry)
9 Mr. Hanan Khan Consultant External Member (Alumni)
10 Ms Nirmal Kaur L&D Coordinator Member Secretary
11 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of Department of Languages

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Pritha Sanyal Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) of English, HOD, Dept. of Languages Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Narasimha Murthy S V Associate Professor of English IQAC Dept. Coordinator, Department of Languages Member Secretary
4 Dr. Malarvilli. K Professor of Kannada, Dept. of Languages Member
5 Dr. Vinodini Chinnaswamy Associate Professor (English) Dept. of Languages Member
6 Dr. Linda Barbara Foote Asst. Prof. of French, Department of Languages Member
7 Ms. Asha Menon Assistant Professor (German), Department of Languages Member
8 Dr. Tychicus David DAC Coordinator, Department of Languages Member
9 Dr. Sathyaraj Venkatesan Professor of English External Member (Academia)
10 Dr. Ridhima Tewari Associate Professor of English External Member (Academia)
11 Dr. Nasreen Ghani Associate Professor of English External Member (Academia)
12 Dr. Rosy Singh Professor of German External Member (Academia)
13 Dr. Sheela Devi Malimath Principal External Member (Academia)
14 Dr. Anjali V Bagde Professor of French External Member (Academia)
15 Ms. Veena Krishnamurthy Global Master Trainer External Member (Industry)
16 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee

BOS Members of Department of Psychology

For the Academic Session 2025-26
Sl. No. Name Designation Position
1 Dr. Pritha Sanyal Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) of English, HOD, Dept. of Languages Chairperson
2 Dr. Nissar Ahmed Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Dr. Narasimha Murthy S V Associate Professor of English, IQAC Dept. Coordinator, Department of Languages Member Secretary
4 Dr. Malarvilli. K Professor of Kannada, Dept. of Languages Member
5 Dr. Vinodini Chinnaswamy Associate Professor (English), Dept. of Languages Member
6 Dr. Yagnamurthy Narasimha Raja Assistant Professor, School of Management Member
7 Dr. Mahantamma Assistant Professor Member
8 Dr. Shibily Nuaman Assistant Professor Invitee
9 Dr. Clarence Victor Fernandes Assistant Professor Invitee
10 Dr. Tychicus P David Assistant Professor Invitee
11 Dr. Lancy Dsouza Professor of Psychology External Member (Academia)
12 Ms. Ramani Balu Assistant Professor of Psychology External Member (Academia)
13 Dr. Kavitha Rai Sinha Associate Professor of Psychology External Member (Academia)
14 Dr. Asad Chaturvedi Director, Psychologist and Life coach External Member (Industry)
15 Dr. Vidya Shankar Shetty Pro Vice Chancellor Special Invitee