Director : Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Shukla

Director:
Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Shukla took over the charge of Director of SVNIT, Surat on 30/06/2022. Prior to joining SVNIT, Surat, Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Shukla was the Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune. He is the Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior and a visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak. He has 31 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience. He is globally renowned for his research on artificial intelligence, which has won him several academic accolades and resulted in collaborations with academicians across the world. He is the author of four books, published by international publishers such as CRC Press, USA & Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 182 peer-reviewed publications, editor of four books published by IGI Global Press, USA and mentor of 123 doctorate and post graduate theses. He has successfully completed 13 government-sponsored projects worth Rs. 10 Crores, aimed at developing IT applications for Indian farmers, skill of the Indian youth, infrastructure at parent institutes etc. He is currently a nominated expert member of the accreditation committee of National Board of Accreditation, Government of India, Member of Project Review & Steering Group (PRSG) at Diety, New Delhi. He was the Member of the Board of Governors at ABV- IIITM, Gwalior. At NIT Raipur, he was the founding Head of the Department of departments of biomedical engineering and Computer Science and engineering and the founding coordinator of the Chhattisgarh-IIT Kanpur Knowledge Sharing Program, a first of its kind e-learning program in India.

Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Shukla’s vision is to improve the NIRF and Global ranking of SVNIT, Surat and provide the comprehensive and integrative education and carry out quality research in Engineering, Science and Technology for bestowing nation development in line with National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020.