Professors of Eminence
Prof. P. Ishwara Bhat
Honorary Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Mysore University
Former Vice-Chancellor, KSLUProf. G. Raghuram
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Northwestern University, USA
Former Director, IIM BangaloreProf. K. V. Raju
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Sardar Patel University, Gujarat
Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime MinisterProfessors
Rajendra Bandi
Professor and Dean, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University, USA
Former Dean and Professor, IIM BangaloreDileep Prabhakar Jatkar
Professor & Dean, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D. (1992), Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
Faculty member at Harish-Chandra Research Institute, PrayagrajShrinivas S. Balli
Dean, Student Affairs
Ph.D.
Founding Vice-Chancellor, Nrupathunga University, BengaluruH.S. Subramanya
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor & Dean, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Post-doc, Oxford University, UK
Former Director, IBAB, BengaluruYashavantha Dongre
Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor
Ph.D., Mysore University
Chair - APRRC, International Cooperative AllianceH. S. Ashok
Professor of Psychology, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Bangalore University
Honorary Professor at Centre of Education Social SciencesAnilkumar Gopal Garag
Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Goa University
Former Director of Global Business School HubliFormer Director of Bapuji B-Schools, Davangere
MIMA, AMIE, FIV
Ajay Rawul
Professor, School of Management Studies
M.B.A., Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Mentor Start-up India and Serial EntrepreneurSandeep Nair
Professor & Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
M.A. In Economics and PhD in Management
Member, State Advisory Committee, RTE GoK.Sushant T. Joshi
Registrar & Professor of Management, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Rani Channamma University, Belagavi
Former Director, Nebulous AutomationBhavani M. R.
Registrar (Evaluation) and Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Shivaji University
Former Vice-Chair of Karnataka-Kerala Chapter, AIMSRamakrishna Pejathaya
Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Director, Centre for IKS
Ph.D., National Sanskrit University, Tirupati
Dasha Avadhani-PoetAshwin Kumar A. P.
Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Dean, Academic Affairs, Chanakya University, Bangalore
Ph.D., Manipal University
Former Director, Centre for Learning Futures, Ahmedabad UniversityChetan 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, NCFAssociate Professors
Sudeshna Mukherjee
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Rajashree. K
Associate Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
Ph.D., CHRIST University
Sanjukta Mukherjee
Associate Professor, School of Bioscience
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, JapanSumi S
Associate Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
Former faculty fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, ThiruvananthapuramRajesh Kumar Prasad
Associate Professor, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Former Associate Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, KanpurPoonam Purohit
Associate Professor, School of Mangement Sciences
Ph.D., Banasthali University, Rajasthan; Post-doc, IIMB
Former Faculty, IIM, NagpurShubhada Hegde
Associate Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., CDFD Hyderabad; Post-doc, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Former DST-Inspire Faculty Scientist, IBAB, BangaloreNaveen Bhat
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Central Sanskrit University, Delhi
Author, ResearcherRajesh Aruchamy
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Pradeep Kumar
Associate Professor, School of Law, Governance, and Public Policy
Ph.D., Mewar University, Chittorgarh
Former Dean Academic Affairs, NLU, SonipatKrishna 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, ThiruvananthapuramPriyanka Dwivedi
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Bangalore University
Speaker & Faculty TrainerAssistant Professors
Durga Prasad Ayyagari
Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Post Doc, IISc Bengaluru, Ph.D., BITS Pilani, Goa
Nishit Kumar
Assistant Professor, Subhas Chandra Bose Chair of International Relations
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Visiting Fellow, Harvard University (2019-2020). Senior Visiting Student, Peking University (2018-2019). Consultant, CCCS, Ministry of External Affairs (2021-2025).Ritwik Pal
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Rakshit Kweera
Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Hyderabad
Varsha Gupta
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
(Ph.D.) Tumkur University
Anusree Mahanta
Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Tezpur Central University, Assam, India
Sandeep Kumar
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Ph.D., (Thesis Submitted), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Neethu S Kumar
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D.,(pursuing), Christ University, Bangalore
Arpit Agrawal
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
LL.M. (Hons.), National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi
Abrar Rizvi
Research Scientist, School of Bioscience
Ph.D., FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, University of Milan
Shilpa. R
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Bangalore University
Amal Vijay
Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., IISER Pune
Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Forschungszentrum Jülich, GermanyBasavaraj Kumasi
Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Kuvempu University, Shivamogga
Rinki Shrivastava
Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
K.V. Ajaygopal
Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
Anusha Sabhahit
Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Chari Kanakavalli Santhanam
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
(Ph.D.), University of Mumbai,
Amogh S Raj
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, University of Leicester
Tukaram Badiger
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka
NFSC AwardeeAarti Nagpal Mehta
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Hyderabad.
Isha Sharma
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
M.A., Centre for Development Studies, JNU, Thiruvananthapuram
Swaraj Kumar Dey
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., in economics from IIM Kozhikode
Deepak Kumar Tripathi
Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D. (Finance) BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.
Sirshendu Ghosh
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (Jadavpur University)
Preethi Vijayaraghavareddy
Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
Former DST-INSPIRE Faculty Scientist, University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreHarshita Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
Ph.D., Karnatak University, Dharwad
Banashankari Hosur
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
M.Tech, RVCE, Bengaluru
Former faculty of NMIT Banagalore & MCOE PuneShubhashri Gopalkrishna Kamalapur
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
M.S.W., KSET
Hariprasad Manjunath Hegde
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Sindhu D. M.
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka
Shreehari H. S.
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
M.S., Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
P. Susmitha
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
L.L.M., Azim Premji University
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, UKMahesh Krishna K.
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., NIT Karnataka, Surathkal; Post-doc, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru
Priyadarshan Kinatukara
Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB)
Shilpee Jain
Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., IIT Kanpur
Former Faculty Fellow at the Center for Biosystems Science and Engineering, IIScDeepak Raj Pandaya
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Saurav Sarmah
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Charu Ratna Dubey
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Researcher, Taipei University, TaiwanAjay Chandra
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
M.Sc., Bangalore University
Praphulla Chandra N.
Assistant Registrar and Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences
Ph.D., Karnataka University, Dharwad
Founder Principal, Sadhana PU CollegeChaitanya Ramesh
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
M.Phil., Periyar University
Young Scientist Awardee, 'Guinness World and Limca National Record holder'Naresh Dixit P. S.
Assistant Professor and Convener, Institutions Innovation Council
M.Tech., VTU, Belagavi
Former Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, BengaluruAnusha M. Virupannavar
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
LL.M., Karnataka State Law University
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 PoetProfessor of Practice
Pradeep Kumar Gopalakrishnan
Professor of Practice, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adjunct/Visiting Professors
R. Sowdhamini
Visiting Faculty, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., IISc, Bangalore
Senior Professor, NCBS; Adjunct faculty, MBU, IISc; Distinguished Professor and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chair, IBABArun Prasad Pandurangan
Visiting Faculty, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Computer Science, Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras.
Teaching Fellow, Gonville and Caius College; Assistant Research Professor, University of CambridgeM R N Murthy
Visiting Faculty, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Post-doc, Purdue University, USA
Former Professor and J.C. Bose fellow, IISc; Distinguished Professor and AstraZeneca Chair, IBABAbhishek Kumar Singh
Visiting Faculty, School of Biosciences
Ph.D., Delhi University; Post Doc, Freie Universität Berlin
Current Designation & Affiliation: Senior Scientist and Subgroup Leader, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanySiddarth Rai Mahendra
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Oregon State University
SRC, GlobalFoundries, QorvoSandoche Balakrichenan
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
Head of Research & Development Partnerships at AFNIC, the French Network Information CenterMorris Altman
Adjunct/Visiting Professors, School of Management Sciences
Dean & Chair Research Professor of Behavioural & Institutional Economics, & Co-operatives at University of Dundee, ScotlandPaul 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, GermanyShritha K. Vasudevan
Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
M.A., University of Florida, USA
Visiting faculty, National Law School of India UniversityKrishnan Venkataraman
Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
M.S., Harvard University
Trustee, Sadvidya Paripalana TrustAkash 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 SchoolM. Sivakumar
Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., Madras University
Former Faculty, University of HyderabadDisha 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 PacificOmkar Joshi
Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Researcher, Maryland Population Research Center, University of MarylandNikolai 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 UniversityJean-Louis Arcand
Visiting Faculty, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy
Professor of International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute
President — Global Development NetworkY. N. Srikant
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
Former Faculty, IISc BengaluruP. V. Venkitakrishnan
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., IIT Madras
Former Director, CBPO and Prof. Satish Dhawan Chair Scientist at ISRODr. Vinayachandra Banavathy
Consultant, Strategic Initiatives
Ph.D., Pondicherry University
Director Indica Yoga, Guest Faculty at University of Ghent, BelgiumRajendrakumar Joshi
Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., IIT Mumbai
Faculty Trainer- PhilosopherSatyavolu Srinivas Rau
Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., University of Hyderabad
Former Professor, Gar Younis University, Benghazi, LibyaMeena Nair
Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi
Research TrainerTanujay Saha
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Princeton University
ML Engineer, Intel Corporation, USASiddhartha Visveswara Jayanti
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., MIT, USA
Research Scientist, Google ResearchShishir Shukla
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
M.S. Arizona State University Renesas Electronics
3 US patents and author of 2 IEEE publicationsRitesh Jain
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., University of Wuppertal, Germany Renesas Electronics
Kowshik Thopalli
Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Post-doc Researcher Machine Intelligence Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory