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Professors of Eminence

Prof. K. V. Raju

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Economic Advisor to the C.M., Government of Uttar Pradesh
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

Formerly Principal and Dean, Jain College, Belagavi
Prof. Shrinivas S. Balli

Dean, Student Affairs

Ph.D.

Founding Vice-Chancellor, Nrupathunga University, Bengaluru
Prof. Vineeth Paleri

Professor & Director Academics, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Former Professor, Department of CSE, NIT Calicut
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. Dinesh Shenoy

Professor & Dean, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Kharagpur

Former Faculty, FLAME
Prof. Chetan Basavaraj Singai

Professor & Dean, School of Law, Governance, and Public Policy; Academic Lead

Ph.D., MAHE, NIAS, 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

Ph.D., Shivaji University, Kolhapur

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

Associate Professors

Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy

Director, Centre for IKS

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. Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati

Dasha Avadhani-Poet
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. V. S. Baswanth Oruganti

Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., Linköping University; Post-doc, Linnaeus University, Sweden

Former Faculty, GITAM University
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

Ph.D: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology; Post-doc: DBT-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram

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

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong.

Assistant Professors

Capt. Chaitanya Ramesh

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

M.Phil., Periyar University

Young Scientist Awardee, 'Guinness World and Limca National Record holder'
Dr. Bharath Setturu

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIIT Hyderabad; Post-doc, CES, IISc, Bengaluru

Geospatial Scientist
Dr. Priyanka Dwivedi

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Speaker & Faculty Trainer
Smt. Sai Swaroopa Iyer

Assistant Professor of Management, School of Management Sciences

M.B.A., IIT Kharagpur

Best selling Author & Speaker
Dr. Charu Ratna Dubey

Assistant Professor of International Relations, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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

Assistant Professor of Civil engineering, School of Engineering

M.Tech., VTU, Belagavi

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

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., CSIR

Former Faculty, CSIR-Institute for Microbial Technology
Sri Saurav Sarmah

Assistant Professor of International Relations, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Sinologist
Sri Ajay Chandra

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

M.Sc., Bangalore University

Kum. Anusha M. Virupannavar

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

LL.M., Karnataka State Law University

Former Faculty, KLES' Law College, Bengaluru
Dr. Shilpee Jain

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., IIT Kanpur

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

Assistant Professor of Commerce, School of Management Sciences

M.Com., M.B.A., Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

Founder Principal, Sadhana PU College
Dr. 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
Dr. Sirshendu Ghosh

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph,D., IACS-Kolkata; Post-doc, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Post-doc, NCKU-Taiwan

Dr. Meenakshi Iyer

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., NCBS, TIFR; Post-doc, NCBS, Bengaluru

Former Project Scientist in NCBS
Dr. Vijay V.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Dr. Deepthi Hebbale

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences

Ph.D., IISc, Bengaluru

Dr. Ashish Kumar Shukla

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIITDM, Jabalpur

Sri Hemanth N. V.

Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Physical Education and Sports

M.P.Ed., Mangalore University

Dr. Sowmya G. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., Tumkur University

Kum. Ambika Bhat K S

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

LL.M

Dr. Kumara Swamy T. R.

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

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Former Senior Consultant, NCF
Kum. Shreaya K. H.

Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Physical Education and Sports

M.P.Ed., Mangalore University

Sprinter, National
Sri Giridarshan M.

Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., University of Mysore

Formerly with Toyota Motors
Sri Deepak Raj Pandaya

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Researcher at University of Hamburg
Dr. Mahesh Krishna K.

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

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

Kum. P. Susmitha

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

LL.M., Azim Premji University

Former Faculty, Karnataka State Law University
Dr. Sindhu D. M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

Former Faculty, Central University of Karnataka
Sri Arpit

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

LL.M. (Hons.)

Dr. Santhosh B. R.

Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences

Ph.D., CMR University

Dr. Vanishri Bhat

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Bombay; Post-doc, Poornaprajna Samshodhana Mandiram, Bengaluru

Former Instructor, NSU, Tirupati
Sri Shreehari H. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

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

Former Faculty, SJC Institute of Technology
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
Dr. Hariprasad Manjunath Hegde

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., IISc Bengaluru

Banu Priya M.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering

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

Dr. Bhagyashri Devaru Bhat

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D.

Dr. Harshita Kulkarni

Assistant Professor, School of Law, Governance and Public Policy

Ph.D., Karnatak University, Dharwad

Former visiting faculty at National Forensics Sciences University, Dharwad
Bhagirathi T

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.C.A

Dr. Preethi Vijayaraghavareddy

Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D. Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Dr. Deepak Kumar Tripathi

Assistant Professor

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

Dr. Swaraj Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., in economics from IIM Kozhikode

Dr. Renjith Raj

Assistant Professor of Economics

M.A, Ph.D., UGC NET

Ms. Isha Sharma 

Assistant Professor, Economics

Masters in applied economics, Centre for Development Studies, JNU, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr. Santosh Kisan Pagire

Assistant Professor

MSc, PhD (Germany), CSIR-NET, MH-SET, MRSC

Dr. Aarti Nagpal Mehta

Assistant Professor

Ph.D Psychology, UGC NET in Education

Dr. Sangeeta Ramesh

Assistant Professor

M.A. (NaveenaNyaya), M.A. (DvaitaVedanta), MPhil, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice

Sri Pradeep Kumar Gopalakrishnan

Professor of Practice, School of Engineering

M.Tech., Indian Institute of Science

Sri 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

Prof. Satyavolu Srinivas Rau

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad

Former Professor, Gar Younis University, Benghazi, Libya
Smt. Usha Subramanian

Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering

M.S., BITS Pilani

Former Professor at MIIT, Myanmar
Prof. Jean-Louis Arcand​

Visiting Faculty

Professor of International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute

President — Global Development Network
Prof. Nikolai Wenzel

Visiting Faculty

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

Distinguished Professor of Economics, Fayetteville State University
Dr. Omkar Joshi​

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park

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

Adjunct Faculty

Ph.D., IIT Mumbai

Faculty Trainer- Philosopher
Prof. P. V. Venkitakrishnan

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Former Director, CBPO and Prof. Satish Dhawan Chair Scientist at ISRO
Sri Ajay Rawul

Visiting Faculty

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

Mentor Start-up India and Serial Entrepreneur
Paul A. Barresi

Visiting Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Boston University

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

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

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

Adjunct Faculty

Ph.D., University of Madras

Former Faculty, University of Hyderabad
Dr. Meena Nair

Adjunct Faculty

Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi

Research Trainer
Dr. Disha Sharma

Visiting Faculty

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

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

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Bangalore University

CTO, Abiba Systems
Dr. Kowshik Thopalli

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Arizona State University

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

Visiting Faculty

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

Sri Shishir Shukla

Visiting Faculty

M.S. Arizona State University Renesas Electronics

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

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., MIT, USA

Research Scientist, Google Research
Dr. Tanujay Saha

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Princeton University

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

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

Former Faculty, IISc Bengaluru
Dr. Sudarshan H. L.

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D.

Psychotherapist
Dr. Rema M. K.

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D.

Counsellor
Shritha K. Vasudevan

Visiting Faculty

M.A., University of Florida, USA

Visiting faculty, National Law School of India University
Sri Krishnan Venkataraman

Visiting Faculty

M.S., Harvard University

Trustee, Sadvidya Paripalana Trust
Sri Akash Gupta

Visiting Faculty

Ph.D., GD Goenka University

Assistant Professor & Assistant Director, Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Jindal Global Law School
Sri Shashi Kant Saxena

Visiting Faculty

PG Diploma in Labour Laws & Labour Relations

Former law officer, National Thermal Power Corporation
Sri. Heddari Ravikumar

Visiting Faculty

M.A., University of Mysore

Researcher
Sri. Keshava Chandra

Visiting Faculty

M.A.

Author and Poet
Prof. Morris Altman

Adjunct/Visiting Professors

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

Associate/Assistant

Sri Shivanand Shivaling Saidapur

Teaching Assistant

M.A., Rani Channamma University, Belagavi

Former Reseach Fellow, India Studies Unit, CESS
Sri Vinay Iyer

Research Assistant

B.Sc., Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

Kum. Gargi L. Shanbhag

Research Assistant

M.A., Manipal University

Author, Researcher

Project Fellow

Sri. Soham Satish Deshmukh

Project Fellow

M.A., Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

Political Theorist

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