ADMINISTRATION
April 11, 2024 2025-01-19 18:58ADMINISTRATION
Shri. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
Chancellor (Hon. Governor of Kerala)
Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Kerala on January 2, 2025. Born on April 23, 1954, in Panaji, Goa, he is the son of Late Shri Vishwanath Arlekar and Late Smt. Tilomattama Arlekar. He completed his matriculation from St. Joseph’s institute, Vasco Da Gama, Goa.
Furthermore, he was interested in commerce, which made him pursue and graduate with B.Com. He completed and received his degree from MES college, Vasco Da Gama, Goa.
Shri Arlekar’s tenure as a Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly (2002–2007) was marked by respect for his ideologies and his advocacy for social issues, development, and environmental conservation. From 2012 to 2017, as the Hon’ble Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, he earned nationwide acclaim for his visionary leadership in making the Assembly the first in India to adopt a paperless system. He also served as the Minister for Forest & Environment and Panchayati Raj in Goa.
In July 2021, Shri Arlekar was appointed as the 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a position he held until 2023. In February 2023, he assumed office as the 30th Governor of Bihar, where he continued to demonstrate his commitment to public service.
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Pro Chancellor (Chief Minister of Kerala)
Pinarayi Vijayan became a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly five times; in 1970, 1977, and 1991 from Koothuparamba, in 1996 from Payyannur, and in 2016 from Dharmadom. He was the Power and Co-operation Minister in the E K Nayanar Government, which came to power in 1996. During this period, the state witnessed a phenomenal increase in power generation besides significant enhancement in the distribution capacity of various power projects, thus ushering in a new era in the electricity sector. During the internal emergency, while being a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, he was arrested and brutally beaten up in a police lockup.
His administrative acumen and experience as a well-grounded politician who understood people’s needs helped him introduce various revolutionary initiatives in the state’s cooperative sector. He relieved himself of the ministerial responsibilities in 1998 to take up the crucial post of the CPI (M) State Secretary for playing a more significant role in the organisation. He held the State Secretary’s position from 1998 to 2015.
He was elevated to the national leadership of the CPI (M), becoming a member of the Politburo in 1998.
During his political life spanning over five decades, He excelled in all organisational and parliamentary responsibilities. He became a legislator at the age of 26 in 1970, and during this period, he faced brutal police torture for days together. After coming out of jail, he made a stunning speech on the floor of the House, holding aloft the blood-stained shirt he wore during the custodial torture. His speech is rated as one of the best in the history of the Kerala Assembly.
Married to Kamala, the couple has two children, Vivek and Veena. The 12th Chief Minister of Kerala on 25 May 2016 was born to Maroli Koran and Kalyani on 24 May 1945 in Kannur District.
Name | Designation |
Vijay Chandru | Chairperson |
Rathan U Kelkar | Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government of Kerala, Electronics and Information Technology Department |
Sanjay Kaul | Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government of Kerala, Finance Department |
Ishita Roy | Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government of Kerala, Higher Education Department |
Rajan Varughese | Member Secretary, Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala |
Jaideep Kumar Mishra | Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India |
Anita Gupta | Department of Science and Technology, Government of India |
Seshadri Sekhar | Director, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad |
Debashis Chatterjee | Director, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode |
Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy | Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram |
S Unnikrishnan Nair | Director, Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology |
Sanjay Behari | Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology |
C.Anandharamakrishnan | Director, National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology |
V K Mathews | Founder and Executive Chairman, IBS |
C Mohan | Tsinghua University, China |
Sam Santhosh | Founder- Scigenom Labs |
Ciza Thomas | Vice-Chancellor, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technological University |
Saji Gopinath | Vice Chancellor DUK |
Saji Gopinath
Vice Chancellor
Saji Gopinath is the Vice Chancellor of the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (Digital University Kerala). Before assuming this position in 2020, he had served as Chief Executive Officer of Kerala Startup Mission for three years. He worked as Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala. He was associated with the Indian Institute of Management for over 17 years, serving as its Dean (Academics), Dean (Development), and Professor in Operations Management. He also served as the Director of TAPMI Manipal and the founding Dean of Bennett University, set up by Times of India. He served as a visiting faculty member to a few Universities in Europe and Australia..
A Gold Medalist in Mechanical Engineering (1988 batch) from Kerala University, he completed his PG and Ph.D. in Management Studies from the Indian Institute of Science. He had worked with L&T and ONGC before transitioning to academics. As a faculty member associated with IIM Kozhikode since its inception in 1997, he played a pivotal role in making it one of the top five management schools in the country. Under his leadership, Kerala Startup Mission was consistently ranked as a Top Performer Ecosystem in the country by the Government of India and as the World’s #1 Public Business Accelerator by the World Incubation Summit in 2019. He was instrumental in converting IIITMK into a University of Digital Sciences, Innovation, and Technology, focusing on addressing the research and talent issues of Industry 4.0.
He authored several research papers in reputed journals and consulted leading corporations and national organizations. He served on several National committees on Education and Technology. He was the recipient of numerous awards from National and International Bodies, including the British Council Knowledge Economy Fellowship, TiE Ecosystem Enabler Award, ISTD Transformation Guru Award, Educational Leadership Award, KMA Technology Leadership Award, CMA Management Leadership Award, and Future Kerala Best CEO Award.
A Mujeeb
Registrar
Prof (Dr). A Mujeeb, Senior Professor, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is presently serving Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (Digital University Kerala) as its first Registrar since 21.09.2023 on deputation.
Dr A Mujeeb is a Professor since 2010. He is presently a member of the Academic Council, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) and was formerly a member of the Syndicates of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi. He was also a member of the executive council of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University Thiruvananthapuram. He had served as the Director of LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Govt of Kerala and International School of Photonics CUSAT. He completed M.Sc and M.Phil from University of Kerala and did Ph.D in Optoelectronics at ISRO under University of Kerala. In addition to his proven record as a good administrator, he has 29 years of teaching experience and is an accomplished research guide in the field of Photonics. Eleven scholars have successfully completed their PhD under his guidance and 8 students are in the roll. He has more than 150 international and national publications to his credit.
Deans
School Chairs
Tony Thomas,
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Satheesh Kumar K
School of Digital Humanities and Liberal Arts
Radhakrishnan T
School of Digital Sciences
Christie Thomas Cherian
School of Electronic Systems and Automation
Sooraj N P
School of Informatics
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Venkatesh Raman
IMSc
Alex P James
DUK
BS Manoj
IIST
C Krishna Mohan
IITH
Sabu M Thampi
DUK
Ajith Abraham
FLAME University
Chandan Mazumdar
Jadavpur University
Asharaf S
DUK
Achuthsankar S Nair
University Of Kerala
Sudeshna Sarkar
IITKGP
Sabu Emmanuel
Singapore Institute of Technology
Srinivasan R
Amazon Web Services
Sooraj K Ambat
DRDO
John Eric Steephen
DUK
Elizabeth Sherly
DUK
Tony Thomas
DUK
Sinnu Susan Thomas
DUK
Preetam Mukherjee
DUK
School of Digital Humanities and Liberal Arts
L S Ganesh
IITM
Alex P James
DUK
Saji Gopinath
DUK
VK Unni
Divakaran Liginlal
Carnegie Mellon University
Om Kumar Krishnan
Amalendu Jyotishi
Azim Premji University
Arun Elias
National University of Fiji
Nirmala Menon
IITI
P Vijaya Kumar
Government Women’s College
Tony Thomas
DUK
Jose Joseph
DUK
K G Satheesh Kumar
DUK
Pradeep Kumar K
DUK
Jayachandran M B
DUK
Md Meraj Uddin
DUK
Sini V Pillai
DUK
Shanujas V
DUK
K J Joseph
Gulati Institute Finance and Taxation
Asharaf S
DUK
Sabu M Thampi
DUK
Manoj Kumar T K
DUK
Joseph Suresh Paul
DUK
School of Digital Sciences
Saji Gopinath
DUK
Alex P James
DUK
Gin Jose
University of Leeds, UK
Suresh C Pillai
C H Suresh
C Arunan
K M Muraleedharan
Sankara N Potty
Ram Rao Nidamanuri
Ajith Kumar R
T Radhakrishnan
John Eric Steephen
Sanil P Nair
Manoj Kumar T K
Shweta Srivastava
Sherin D R
School of Electronic Systems and Automation
Bhaskar Choubey
Alex P James
Deepu John
Rajesh Panicker
Paul K Ittoopunny
Krishna Kanth Avalur
Javed G S
Jai N Tripathi
Rahul Nair
Sreelal S
Asharaf S
Sumit Datta
Christie Thomas Cherian
Elangovan K
Muthusankar Eswaran
Jose Joseph
School of Informatics
Ramesh Venkatesan
Alex P James
Jitender Saini
Raveendran Nair
Markand P Oza
C Sudhakar Reddy
Mihir Kumar Dash
Amit Chakraborty
Santanu Ray
Suresh I
N Ayyappan
Franz Josef Behr
Sushant Singh
Joseph Suresh Paul
Elizabeth Sherly
Jaishanker R
Athira K
Sooraj NP
Alex P James |
Asharaf S |
Christie Thomas Cherian |
Elizabeth Sherly |
John Eric Steephen |
Jose Joseph |
Joseph Suresh Paul |
K G Satheesh Kumar |
Manoj Kumar T K |
Sabu M Thampi |
Ciza Thomas |
Sinnu Susan Thomas |
Tony Thomas |
Suresh I |
| Name | Association |
|---|---|
| Saji Gopinath | Digital University Kerala |
| Alex P James | Digital University Kerala |
| B S Manoj | Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology |
| S M Sameer | National Institute of Technology, Calicut |
| Sabu M Thampi | Digital University Kerala |
| Manoj Kumar T K | Digital University Kerala |
| Maneesha Ramesh | Amrita University |
| Asharaf S | Digital University Kerala |
| M S Rajasree | DTE Kerala |
| Joseph S Paul | Digital University Kerala |
| Jaishanker R | Digital University Kerala |
Vishnu S
Finance Officer
| Saji Gopinath | Digital University Kerala |
| Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy | Director, IISER Trivandrum |
| Ratan U Kelkar | Secretary IT Department, Government of Kerala |
| Vivek C Govind | Nominee of Chairman, Board of Governors |
