People who've built things.

Leadership

The deans.

• University

  Dr. Meera Kulkarni

  Vice-Chancellor

  Works on: Distributed systems

  Previously a principal engineer at a global cloud company

• Design

  Prof. Arjun Sethi

  Dean, School of Design

  Works on: Interaction design

  Led design teams for two Indian unicorns

• Sciences

  Dr. Farah Siddiqui

  Dean, School of Sciences

  Works on: Synthetic biology

  Postdoctoral research in Cambridge

• Architecture

  Ar. Kavya Raman

  Dean, School of Architecture

  Works on: Earth and bamboo construction

  Founded a practice building rural schools

• Business

  Prof. Rohan Deshpande

  Dean, School of Business

  Works on: Venture building

  Founded and sold a logistics startup

• Law

  Prof. Vikram Iyer

  Dean, School of Law

  Works on: Technology law

  Two decades at the Bombay High Court bar

• Engineering

  Prof. Sameer Khan

  Dean, School of Engineering

  Works on: Legged robots

  Built warehouse robots in Bengaluru

Heads of department

• ABDr. Ananya BoseHead, School of Liberal ArtsBehavioural economicsPolicy fellow at a national think tank
• NJDr. Neha JoshiHead, AI LabComputer vision for agricultureResearch scientist at a national lab
• IMDr. Isha MenonHead, PsychologyAdolescent wellbeingClinical psychologist for 12 years
• TSProf. Tanvi ShahHead, Communication DesignType and Indian scriptsDesigned typefaces for four Indian languages
• KMDr. Kabir MalhotraHead, Data ScienceUrban dataChief data officer for a smart-city mission

Across 7 schools we have 410 full-time faculty and 120 visiting practitioners each year. Want to teach here? Write to careers@aakaar.edu.in.