Overview

Professor Chandrasekhar is an engineer and management professional by training. Between 1983 and 2002, he held senior management and top executive grade positions in the corporate world, in manufacturing and BFSI sectors. He was with the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad as a full Professor from April 2002 to March 2017 and held many academic leadership positions such as Area Chair, Centre Director and Dean, of multiple disciplines, multiple times. He is the Director of IIM Visakhapatnam since 22 March 2017. He has been the Chairman or Member of many high-powered, apex or empowered Committees constituted by the Ministries or Departments of the Govt. of India. He served on the Boards of organizations in the public and private sectors.

Prof. Chandrasekhar’s recent engagements include:

1. Member of the Apex Committee constituted by the Inter-disciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) Division of the Dept. of Science & Technology, GOI;
2. Member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool (IIITDMK), Andhra Pradesh
3. Member of the Curriculum Reform Project of RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) of Andhra University.
4. Member of the Search-cum-Selection Committee for the Directors-General positions of DRDO, GOI
5. Member of the Search-cum-Selection Committee for the position of Director, Management Development Institute, Gurugram
6. Convener of Industry-Institute Panel, CII, Visakhapatnam Zone
7. Member, South-Central Regional Committee, All India Council for Technical Education.
8. MD & CEO of IIMV-FIELD: IIMV Foundation for Incubation, Entrepreneurial Learning & Development
9. Member, Search-cum-Selection Committee for the position of MD, Institute of Insurance & Risk Management, Hyderabad.
10. Chairman, Advisory Group of the Ministry of Education, GOI, on implementation of NEP 2020 Recommendations on Multi-disciplinary Education.

Education: PhD (IIT-Bombay), MTech (IIT-Delhi)