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Professors of Eminence

Prof. K. V. Raju

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
Prof. G. Raghuram

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Northwestern University, USA

Former Director, IIM Bangalore
Prof. S. S. Iyengar

Honorary Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University, USA

Founding Director of Discovery Lab, Florida, USA
Prof. P. Ishwara Bhat

Honorary Distinguished Professor

Ph.D., Mysore University

Former Vice-Chancellor, KSLU

Professors

Prof. Yashavantha Dongre

Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor

Ph.D., Mysore University

Chair - APRRC, International Cooperative Alliance
Prof. H.S. Subramanya

Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Professor & Dean, School of Biosciences & School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Post-doc, Oxford University, UK

Former Director, IBAB, Bengaluru
Prof. Sushant T. Joshi

Registrar & Professor of Management, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Rani Channamma University, Belagavi

Former Director, Nebulous Automation
Prof. Sandeep Nair

Professor & Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A. In Economics and PhD in Management

Member, State Advisory Committee, RTE GoK.
Prof. Shrinivas S. Balli

Dean, Student Affairs

Ph.D.

Founding Vice-Chancellor, Nrupathunga University, Bengaluru
Prof. H. S. Ashok

Professor of Psychology, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Honorary Professor at Centre of Education Social Sciences
Prof. Chetan Basavaraj Singai

Professor & Dean, School of Law, Governance, and Public Policy

Ph.D., National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc, Bengaluru

Chief Consultant and Convenor, Technical Secretariat, National Steering Committee, NCF
Prof. Ashwin Kumar A. P.

Dean, Academics

Ph.D., Manipal University

Former Director, Centre for Learning Futures, Ahmedabad University
Prof. Anilkumar G. Garag

Professor of Management, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Goa University

Former Director of Bapuji B-Schools Davangere
Prof. Bhavani M. R.

Registrar (Evaluation) and Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Shivaji University

Former Vice-Chair of Karnataka-Kerala Chapter, AIMS
Prof. Maruthi R. Suresh

Professor of Management, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., M. S. University of Baroda

Prof. Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Director, Centre for IKS

Ph.D., Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati

Dasha Avadhani-Poet
Prof. Dileep Prabhakar Jatkar

Professor

Ph.D. (1992), Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar

Ajay Rawul

Professor, School of Management Studies

M.B.A., Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Mentor Start-up India and Serial Entrepreneur

Associate Professors

Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy

Consultant, Strategic Initiatives

Ph.D., Pondicherry University

Director Indica Yoga, Guest Faculty at University of Ghent, Belgium
Dr. Rajesh Aruchamy

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Dr. Pradeep Kumar

Associate Professor, School of Law, Governance, and Public Policy

Ph.D., Mewar University, Chittorgarh

Former Dean Academic Affairs, NLU, Sonipat
Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Rastriya Sanskrit Samsthana, Sringeri

Co-author of the Text book on IKS
Dr. Krishna Kurthkoti

Associate Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Post-doc, Rutgers University

DBT Ramalingasawmi Faculty fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Naveen Bhat

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central Sanskrit University, Delhi

Author, Researcher
Dr. Poonam Purohit

Associate Professor, School of Mangement Sciences

Ph.D., Banasthali University, Rajasthan; Post-doc, IIMB

Former Faculty, IIM, Nagpur
 Dr. Shubhada Hegde

Associate Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., CDFD Hyderabad; Post-doc, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Former DST-Inspire Faculty Scientist, IBAB, Bangalore
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Prasad

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Former Associate Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur
Dr. Sumi S

Associate Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

Former faculty fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Sritha Sandon

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong.

Dr. Sanjukta Mukherjee

Associate Professor

Ph.D., CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), Kolkata; Post-doc, SANKEN (or ISIR), Osaka University, Japan

Former Assistant Professor at ISIR, Osaka university, Japan
Dr. Priyanka Dwivedi

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Speaker & Faculty Trainer
Dr. Bharath Setturu

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIIT Hyderabad

Geospatial Scientist
Dr. Rajashree. K

Associate Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

PhD., LLM, BA., LLB, KSET

Dr. Sudeshna Mukherjee

Associate Professor and Director, Social Impact Centre

MA, MPhil, PhD, NET in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Public Policy (IIM, Kolkata)

Assistant Professors

Chaitanya Ramesh

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

M.Phil., Periyar University

Young Scientist Awardee, 'Guinness World and Limca National Record holder'
Charu Ratna Dubey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Researcher, Taipei University, Taiwan
Naresh Dixit P. S.

Assistant Professor and Convener, Institutions Innovation Council

M.Tech., VTU, Belagavi

Former Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Priyadarshan Kinatukara

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB)

Saurav Sarmah

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ajay Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.Sc., Bangalore University

Anusha M. Virupannavar

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

LL.M., Karnataka State Law University

Shilpee Jain

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., IIT Kanpur

Former Faculty Fellow at the Center for Biosystems Science and Engineering, IISc
Praphulla Chandra N.

Assistant Registrar and Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Karnataka University, Dharwad

Founder Principal, Sadhana PU College
Madhuri Mukhopadhyay

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., IACS, Kolkata

Researcher, Lund University Sweden, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, University of Exeter, UK
Sirshendu Ghosh

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (Jadavpur University)

Vijay V.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Deepthi Hebbale

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., IISc, Bengaluru

Ashish Kumar Shukla

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIITDM, Jabalpur

Hemanth N. V.

Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Sports

M.P.Ed., Mangalore University

Sowmya G. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences, and Program Lead – B.Com

Ph.D., Tumkur University

Ambika Bhat K. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance, and Public Policy

(Ph.D.), Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore

Kumaraswamy T. R.

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D. Bangalore University

Shreaya K. H.

Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Sports

M.P.Ed., Mangalore University

Giridarshan M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mysore

Deepak Raj Pandaya

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Mahesh Krishna K.

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., NIT Karnataka, Surathkal; Post-doc, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru

P. Susmitha

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

LL.M., Azim Premji University

Sindhu D. M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

Arpit

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

LL.M. (Hons.)

Shreehari H. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.S., Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Shubhashri Gopalkrishna Kamalapur

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.S.W., KSET

Banashankari Hosur

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Tech, RVCE, Bengaluru

Former faculty of NMIT Banagalore & MCOE Pune
Hariprasad Manjunath Hegde

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Banu Priya M.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M. Tech., Ph.D.(Pursuing)

Bhagyashri Devaru Bhat

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D.

Harshita Kulkarni

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Ph.D., Karnatak University, Dharwad

Bhagirathi T

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.C.A, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru

Preethi Vijayaraghavareddy

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands

Former DST-INSPIRE Faculty Scientist, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Deepak Kumar Tripathi

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D. (Finance) BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.

Swaraj Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., in economics from IIM Kozhikode

Renjith Raj

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., BITS Pilani

Isha Sharma 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Centre for Development Studies, JNU, Thiruvananthapuram

Santosh Kisan Pagire

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Aarti Nagpal Mehta

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad.

Sangeeta Ramesh

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D.

Abhishek Patel

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIITDM Jabalpur

Mulla Arshiya

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.C.A., BMSCE, Bengaluru

Raisa DSouza

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., IIT, Madras

Upkar Singh

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Tukaram Badiger

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

NFSC Awardee
Sandhya R

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Tumkur University

Shruti Kanitkar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Bombay

Amogh S Raj

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, University of Leicester

Kanakavalli Santhanam

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mumbai, M.A. Sanskrit (Vedanta Specialization), M.Music

Anusha Sabhahit

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Anupam Sharma

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.E., GCE, Farmagudi

K.V. Ajaygopal

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai

Rinki Shrivastava

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India

Rachana K

Assistant professor, School of Engineering

(Ph.D.), Reva University

Basavaraj Kumasi

Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Kuvempu University, Shivamogga

Amal Vijay

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., IISER Pune

Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Heddari Ravikumar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., University of Mysore

Keshava Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A.

Author and Poet

Professor of Practice

Pradeep Kumar Gopalakrishnan

Professor of Practice, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Sujit Kumar Chowdhury

Professor of Practice, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M. Phil.(Sociology), JNU, New Delhi

Former Chief Postmaster General of Bihar State

Adjunct/Visiting Professors

Arjun Bharadwaj

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Satyavolu Srinivas Rau

Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., ( Mathematics) University of Hyderabad (1989) MPhil (Mathematics) University of Hyderabad (1983) MSc (Hons) (Mathematics) BITS,Pilani (1981)

Former Professor, Gar Younis University, Benghazi, Libya
Jean-Louis Arcand​

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Professor of International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute

President — Global Development Network
Nikolai Wenzel

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

L.V. Hackley Chair for the Study of Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Distinguished Professor of Economics, Fayetteville State University
Omkar Joshi​

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Researcher, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland
Rajendrakumar Joshi

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Mumbai

Faculty Trainer- Philosopher
P. V. Venkitakrishnan

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Former Director, CBPO and Prof. Satish Dhawan Chair Scientist at ISRO
Paul A. Barresi

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Boston University

Professor, Southern New Hampshire University (U.S.A.)
Habil Narahari Rao

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

Former Privatdozent (Adj. Professor), Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
M. Sivakumar

Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Madras UniversityM.Sc: Madras UniversityB.Sc.: Madras University

Former Faculty, University of Hyderabad
Meena Nair

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi

Research Trainer
Disha Sharma

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Ph.D., JNU; Post-Doc Fellow, SPIA, Princeton University

Air Pollution Expert, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Jay B. Simha

Visiting Faculty, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

CTO, Abiba Systems
Kowshik Thopalli

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Post-doc Researcher Machine Intelligence Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ritesh Jain

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., University of Wuppertal, Germany Renesas Electronics

Shishir Shukla

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

M.S. Arizona State University Renesas Electronics

3 US patents and author of 2 IEEE publications
Siddhartha Visveswara Jayanti

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., MIT, USA

Research Scientist, Google Research
Tanujay Saha

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Princeton University

ML Engineer, Intel Corporation, USA
Y. N. Srikant

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

Former Faculty, IISc Bengaluru
Shritha K. Vasudevan

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

M.A., University of Florida, USA

Visiting faculty, National Law School of India University
Krishnan Venkataraman

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

M.S., Harvard University

Trustee, Sadvidya Paripalana Trust
Akash Gupta

Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Ph.D., GD Goenka University

Assistant Professor & Assistant Director, Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Jindal Global Law School
Morris Altman

Adjunct/Visiting Professors, School of Management Sciences

Dean & Chair Research Professor of Behavioural & Institutional Economics, & Co-operatives at University of Dundee, Scotland
Sandoche Balakrichenan

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Head of Research & Development Partnerships at AFNIC, the French Network Information Center
Siddarth Rai Mahendra

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Oregon State University

SRC, GlobalFoundries, Qorvo

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