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Leadership

Col.Prof.Vel. Dr.R. Rangarajan
Chancellor
Col. Prof. Vel. Dr. R. Rangarajan, Chancellor of the Institution has a cherishing memory behind his success. By his absolute perseverance, he rose from an engineer in TNEB to a towering industrialist and blossomed into a doyen among educationists. After graduating with honors in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, he earned a Masters in Automobile Engineering. After a short stint TNEB he established manufacturing facilities for automotives and liners as original equipment to Ashok Leyland. Having emerged as a successful and prosperous industrialist, he felt the urge to contribute something to make India stronger. He realized that creating knowledge asset would propel both social and economic development, national safety and security, he ventured into the educational sector, ably supported and motivated by his wife Dr. Mrs. Sakunthala Rangarajan, and he started a school in Avadi followed by three engineering colleges, two paramedical institutions and an arts and Sciences College in a matter of ten years. Since 1990, the cluster of educational Institutions was established under their trusts in Avadi, Chennai.
As Chancellor, he instituted Mahatma Gandhi National Merit Scholarships to ensure that the poor but meritorious are not denied such access. In order to ensure that every student of these institutions is industry ready, he has implemented many novel and unique programmes incorporated in the curriculum. By his personal intervention and perseverance, he has successfully penned MoUs with reputed Universities and Research establishments all over the world to enable faculty and student enrichment by faculty and student exchange programmes and Interactions with more than 2500 industrial establishments for compulsory industry internships for all engineering students and consultancy arrangements. He has also arranged placement, for this purpose, to make every student employable he has built in a four year structured soft skill courses in the programme. The aim is to be building a highly enriched reservoir of managerial and technically qualified man power. Realizing that the need for research and development, he established an exclusive research park with over 80 laboratories to conceive, nurture and develop joint research between industry and institutes. Vel Tech is India first deemed University to set up a telecom centre of excellence by the Ministry of Communication. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the society at large and the nation in the field of education, Madurai Kamaraj University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2010 and the Ministry of Defense decorated him with the honorary rank of Colonel.
Prof. S. Salivahanan is the Vice Chancellor of Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai. Prior to this, he was the Principal of SSN College of Engineering, Chennai for 17 years. He obtained his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, M.E. degree in Communication Systems from NIT, Trichy and Ph.D. in the area of Microwave Integrated Circuits from Madurai Kamaraj University.
He has over four decades of teaching, research, administration and industrial experience both in India and abroad. He has teaching experiences at NIT, Trichy, A.C. Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore and Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. He has Industrial experiences as Scientist/Engineer at Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, Telecommunication Engineer at State organization of Electricity, IRAQ and Electronics Engineer at Electric Dar Establishment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. S. Salivahanan
Vice Chancellor

Prof. Dr. E. Kannan
Registrar
Prof. Dr. E. Kannan, Registrar of Vel Tech. He obtained his Ph.D from NIT, Trichy in the year 2006. His research interest spans across computer networking and parallel computing. Much of his work has been on improvising the understanding, design and the performance of parallel and networked computer systems, mainly through the application of data mining, statistics and performance evaluation.
He has published many journals in both international journals and conferences. He began his career in 1991 and has held various responsible positions in reputed institutions. He is also a member in many professional’s society and a senior member in IEEE.
A person known for his dedication and integrity.
Dr. R. Sivaraman received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Annamalai University, Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Annamalai University and Ph.D in the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University.
With over 20 years of Academic & Industry experience, he has proficient expertise in the domain of academic administration. He has served at Anna University in various capacities as Assistant Registrar, Deputy Registrar-Administration, Deputy Director, Special Officer and also as Project Officer – Campus Development. He has over 19 Research publications to his credit and is the member in many professional societies such as IEEE, IAENG, ACEEE, ISTE and ACM. His Research interests include Internet Security, Big Data reliability and performance analysis.

Dr.R.Sivaraman
Controller of Examinations
The Board of Management of the Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed to be University, Avadi, Chennai is constituted as per UGC Regulation 2016 with the Members nominated by the Chancellor and the Sponsoring Trust along with the Deans and Faculty Members of the Institution.
S.No. | NAME | POSITION |
1. | Prof.S.Salivahanan
Vice Chancellor Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Chairperson |
2. | Prof.V.Srinivasa Rao
Dean – School of Computing Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Dean Faculties Nominee |
3. | Dr. M. Sivakumar
Dean – FME Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Dean Faculties Nominee |
4. | Dr.B.Venkatraman
Director, IGCAR Kalpakkam. |
Chancellor Nominee |
5. | Dr.H.S.Shan
Emeritus Professor IIT Roorkee 3072, SBI Officers Society, Sector 49-D, Chandigarh-160047. |
Chancellor Nominee |
6. | Dr.V.Jagadeesh Kumar
Professor & Dean Academic Courses Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036. |
Chancellor Nominee |
7. | Dr.A.T.Ravichandran
Professor of Mech.Engg Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Professor Nominee |
8. | Dr. P. Chandrakumar
Dean – Industry Relations Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Representing
Associate Professors |
9. | Mrs.Rangarajan Mahalakshmi Kishore
Chairperson Managing Trustee Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Sponsoring
Trust Nominee |
10. | Dr.Sagunthala Rangarajan
Foundress President Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Sponsoring
Trust Nominee |
11. | Dr.S.P.Thyagarajan
Chancellor, Avinashilingam Deemed to be University Coimbatore. |
Sponsoring
Trust Nominee |
12. | Prof.P.Radhakrishnan
Director, PSG Institute of Advance Studies Coimbatore-641004. |
Sponsoring
Trust Nominee |
13. | Dr.E.Kannan
Registrar Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Secretary |
The Academic Council of the Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, the Deemed to be University, Avadi, Chennai is constituted as per UGC Regulation 2019. The term of members, other than the ex-officio members, shall be two years. The Controller of Examination shall be the permanent invitee.
S.No. | Name | Position |
1 | Prof.S.Salivahanan
Vice Chancellor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Chairperson |
2 | Prof. R.Venkata Rao
(Former Vice Chancellor, National Law School of Indian University, Bangalore) Chairperson, Vivekananda School of Law & Legal Studies & Vivekananda School of English Studies. |
External Member |
3 | Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao
Director, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana – 506004. |
External Member |
4 | Dr. OR. Nandagopan
Director, DRDO Industry Academia Ramanujan Centre of Excellence (DIA-RCoE) IITM, Research Park, Chennai. |
External Member |
5 | Dr. Shankar Venugopal
Vice President, Technology Innovation & KM Dean – Mahindra Technical Academy Mahindra World City, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. |
External Member |
6 | Mr.Ramakrishna
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Effronics Systems Pvt.Ltd., Vijayawada |
External Member |
7 | Dr. K. Sankaranarayanasamy
Director, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Puducherry E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 265231-101. |
External Member |
8 | Prof. Dr. Krishnan BASKAR. D.Sc. (KTH-Sweden), FRSC(London).
Director, Indian Institute of Technology-Senapati, Manipur (An Institute of National Importance by Act of Parliament, Government of India) Mantripukri, Imphal – 795002, India. Mobile: +919444125126, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] |
External Member |
9 | Dr.A.T.Ravichandran
Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
10 | Dr.Carmel Mary Belinda
Professor, Dean (Academics) incharge Dept of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
11 | Dr. R.S.Valarmathi
Professor, Dean (Quality Assurance), Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
12 | Dr. P. Chandrakumar
Professor, Dean (Industry Relations), Dept of Mechanical Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
13 | Dr.M.Sivakumar Dean (FME) ,
Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
14 | Dr. P. Suresh
Professor, Dean (International Relations), Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member |
15 | Mr.P.Vijayaraman
Dean (Campus to Corporate), Dept of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
16 | Dr.S.Irudayaraj
Professor, Dean (SOMC), Dept of Mechanical Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
17 | Dr. V.Jayasankar
Professor, Dean (SOE), Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
18 | Dr. A.Subrahmanyam
Professor, Dean (SOL), Dept of Law, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
19 | Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao
Professor, Dean, (i/c) & Head – Computer Science & Engineering, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
20 | Dr. S. Koteeswaran
Associate Professor, Dean (Research), Dept of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member |
21 | Dr. M.S.R. Mariyappan,
Professor, Dean (School of Management), Dept of MBA Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology |
Internal Member |
22 | Dr. E.Suresh Paul
Professor, Dean-Media Technology & Communication, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
23 | Dr.E.Balasubramanian
Dean – R&D, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
24 | Dr.R.Sivaraman
Controller of Examinations, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Permanent Invitee |
25 | Dr.R.Jaganraj
Associate Professor, Head – Aeronautical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
26 | Dr. Amala Justus Selvam
Professor, Head –Automobile Engineering, Dept of Automobile Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
27 | Dr.A.Geetha Selvarani,
Professor, Head – Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member |
28 | Dr.P.Chandrasekar
Professor, Head – Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
29 | Dr.P.Esther Rani,
Professor, Head – Electronics & Communication Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai-62. |
Ex-officio |
30 | Dr.C.Mahesh
Professor, Head – Information Technology, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
31 | Dr. N. Lenin,
Head – Mechanical Engineering, Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, |
Ex-officio |
32 | Dr.B.JeyaPrabha
Professor, Head – Business Administration, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
33 | Ms.J.Sri Devi
Assistant Professor, Head – Commerce and Business Administration, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
34 | Dr. M.L.Suresh
Professor, Head –Mathematics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
35 | Dr. Senthil Kumar
Associate Professor, Head – Physics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
36 | Dr.CH.Hazarathaiah Yadav
Head-Chemistry, Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
37 | Dr. M.R.Bindu
Head-English, Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
38 | Dr.N.M. MasoodhuBanu
Head i/c – Bio Medical, Professor Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
39 | Dr.V.R.Manoj
Head i/c – Bio Technology, Professor Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Ex-officio |
40 | Dr.S.Jaichandar
Professor, Dept of Automobile Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
41 | Dr. S.Samson
Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
42 | Dr. N.Gomathi
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
43 | Dr. Malarvizhi
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
44 | Dr.P.K.Dhal
Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
45 | Dr. S.Baskar Professor,
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
46 | Dr. J.L.Mazher Iqbal
Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
47 | Dr. V.Sundarapandian
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
48 | Dr. E.Chandrasekaran
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
49 | Dr. M. Kavitha
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
50 | Dr.G.Sasikala
Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Professor |
51 | Dr. R. Kavitha
Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Associate Professor |
52 | Dr. V.S. Hemakumar
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Associate Professor |
53 | Dr. C.T.Dora Pravina
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Assistant Professor |
54 | Mrs. D.Kanagajothi
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member Representing as Assistant Professor |
55 | Dr. K. Senthilnayagam
Chief Librarian, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Internal Member |
56 | Dr.E.Kannan
Registrar, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Secretary |
The Finance Committee of the Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed to be University, Avadi, Chennai is constituted as per UGC Regulation 2016 with the Members nominated by the Sponsoring Trust and Board of Management of the Institution.
S.No. | NAME | POSITION |
1. | Prof.S. Salivahanan
Vice Chancellor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Chairperson |
2. | Mrs. Rangarajan Mahalakshmi Kishore
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Sponsoring Trust Nominee |
3. | Dr. V.Jayasankar
Dean – SOEC, Professor of EEE, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
BoM Nominee |
4. | Dr.E.Kannan Registrar, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
BoM Nominee |
5. | Mr. Sakthi Ajay
Finance Officer, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology. |
Secretary |
The Planning & Monitoring Board of the Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed to be University, Avadi, Chennai is constituted with the following Members as per UGC Regulation 2016.
S.No. |
Name |
Designation |
1 | Prof. Dr. S. Salivahanan
Vice Chancellor, Vel Tech |
Chairperson |
2 | Dr. S. Shanmugavel,
Formerly Registrar, Anna University, Director, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti Contact No. 76677386392/ 9488702250 Email: [email protected] |
External Member |
3 | Dr. B. Ramamoorthy,
Formerly Professor, IIT, Madras Advisor – Academic PSG Institutions, Coimbatore Contract No. 6374276969 / 9444468293 / 98421 32605 Email:[email protected], |
External Member |
4 | Dr. Ligy Philip,
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT, Madras, Chennai Contact No. 044-22574274 Email: [email protected] |
External Member |
5 | Prof. R.S. Valarmathi,
Dean – Quality Assurance, Vel Tech |
Internal Member |
6 | Prof. Irudhyaraj,
Dean – SOMC, Vel Tech. |
Internal Member |
7 | Prof. M. Sivakumar,
Dean – FME, Vel Tech. |
Internal Member |
8 | Dr. P. Chandrakumar,
Dean – Industry Relations, Vel Tech |
Internal Member |
9 | Dr. A.T. Ravichandran,
Professor of Mech.Engg Vel Tech |
Internal Member |
10 | Prof. Dr. E. Kannan
Registrar, Vel Tech |
Secretary |