The Board of Management
The Board of Management is the principal executive authority of the university, entrusted with the administration, management and implementation of institutional policies and strategic initiatives in accordance with Statutes, Rules & Regulations of the University.
Suresh Ramani
Chairperson
Suresh Ramani
Head Development Office & Acting Vice-Chancellor
- Alumnus – IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore
- President – Sricity Education Foundation; former Chief Commercial Officer at DP World
- 3+ decades across supply chain, logistics and consulting with senior roles at TVS Supply Chain, TCS and Whirlpool
K. Nagabhushan Raju
K. Nagabhushan Raju
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
- Commonwealth British Fellowship for doctoral research at UMIST, Manchester, UK
- Founder Director of an Atal Incubation Centre under NITI Aayog
- 32+ years in academia with 110+ publications and 18 PhD scholars guided; recipient of A.P State Scientist and Teacher Awards
- Early Career at Tata Energy Research Institute
Gopi Santhanam
Gopi Santhanam
- Deputy Dean & Director – School of Nova Media at Sricity International University
- 30+ years across Branding, Telecom, Advertising and Digital Transformation; Marketing Leadership at Airtel
- IICA-certified Independent Director; expertise in Web3, Blockchain and emerging media technologies
Sathishkumar Thangaiah
Sathishkumar Thangaiah
- Deputy Dean – School of Technology & AI at Sricity International University. Alumnus NIT (Trichy)
- 28+ years in higher education with leadership roles in AI, cloud computing and national accreditation initiatives
- Published 15+ Scopus/Web of Science research papers and filed 3 patents; former State Head of a Government of India skill development program
Ritesh R Bhat
Ritesh R Bhat
- Deputy Dean – School of Advanced Manufacturing at Sricity International University
- Editor-in-Chief of a Scopus-indexed engineering journal
- International academic experience in Industrial automation, Robotics and Lean manufacturing
- Published 3 Books, 45 Scopus-indexed journals, 9 Scopus-indexed proceedings, 13 Scopus-indexed editorial prefaces
Ranganadha Raju V (Venu Raju)
Ranganadha Raju V
(Venu Raju)
- Alumnus of IIT Madras, Duke University, Rice University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Specialist in geotechnical engineering, sustainability and infrastructure systems
- Technical Director & Board Member for Keller Group Plc.
- Led global engineering operations and innovation across 40+ countries
M.K. Badrinarayanan
M.K. Badrinarayanan
- Associate Dean – School of Business at Sricity International University
- Ph.D in Competitiveness of MSME Clusters and MBA in Finance & Systems; University Rank Holder and three-time Gold Medalist
- Academic leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education, institutional leadership and industry-academia collaboration
- Expert in academic strategy, accreditation, research and entrepreneurship
- 22 Scopus-indexed publications and six Ph.D scholars guided
Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR)
Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR)
- Alumnus – IIM Bangalore
- Former CEO – T-Hub, one of the world’s largest startup innovation ecosystems
- Co-Founder & CEO of a leading cybersecurity company (acquired by NSEIT); nearly 4 decades across IT services and innovation ecosystems
Padma Kiran Rao
Padma Kiran Rao
- Alumnus – XLRI Jamshedpur; IICA-certified Independent Director and Executive Coach
- Senior Director & Head – HR Global Operations and R&D Centres at Kantar (across 6 countries)
- 35+ years of global HR leadership, including senior roles at Société Générale, Deloitte, and Cognizant
Manikandan
Manikandan
Professor
- Director, Industry Partnerships, Sricity International Unviersity
- PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
- Professor at VIT with 23+ years of leadership in industry partnerships, curriculum design, placements and skill development initiatives
- Recognised for pioneering AI-driven education ecosystems
Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar
Registrar I/c
- Ph.D. in Computer Science with research expertise in Deep Learning, Computer Vision & Cognitive Computing.
- Academic administrator and technology mentor with 17+ years of experience in higher education
- Expertise in Artificial Intelligence & Academic Digitisation.