Vinay Kumar Pathak
Vinay Kumar Pathak | |
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| Born | 2 June 1969 Kanpur, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (1991)
Master of Technology, IIT Kharagpur (1998) PhD, UP Technical University, (2004) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Vice Chancellor, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Uttarakhand Open University |
Vinay Kumar Pathak is an Indian professor (Computer Science) who has served as lecturer, Assistant Professor at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur, Project Scientist at IIT Kanpur, and again as Professor and Dean at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur on lien.[1] He has served as Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University (UOU) from 25 November 2009 till November 2012. He was then appointed Vice-Chancellor of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) in Rajasthan’s Kota on 1 February 2013 and served there till 31 July 2015 with additional charge as officiating Vice-Chancellor of the Rajasthan Technical University in Kota on 16 May 2015 till 31 July 2015. On 4 August 2015, he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and served there till 9 August 2021 with additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur and officiating Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow’s Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University (KMCLU) till 9 August 2021. In, April 2021 he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University where he is currently serving with additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra from January 2022 till September 2022. He has also served as President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) from 1 July 2024 till 30 June 2025.[2] He has successfully organized many national and international conferences.
Education
[edit]Pathak did his Bachelor of Technology in computer science from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, in 1991; M.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur in 1998; and Ph.D. in computer science from U.P. Technical University, Lucknow under the joint guidance of IIT Kanpur, November 2004. Research interests of Pathak include computational geometry and image processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning.[3]
Pathak was instrumental in the implementation of Vedic mathematics in 1992. He worked in Media Lab Asia and successfully did the work of info-sculpture.[clarification needed][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "UPTU, Chaudhary Charan Singh University get new VCs". Zee News. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "CSJMU VC appointed president of AIU". Hindustan Times. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, U.P., Lucknow". aktu.ac.in. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Educational Technology and Management Academy". etma-india.in. Retrieved 9 April 2016.