Dr S S Mantha
Dr. S S Mantha, former Chairman of the National Regulator AICTE, implemented several e-governance initiatives and facilitating regulations in his six-year stint. He is also served as President, National Board of Accreditation. Earlier, a Professor of Robotics, Control theory and AI at VJTI, he now occupies the Emeritus Chair in the same and he is also working as Adjunct Prof. at the National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. He is the author of NVEQF, now as the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). He is also former member of the Karnataka Skills Regulation Authority.
He also worked as Chancellor, KL University and Pro Vice Chancellor of SNDT University. He is Chairman of Technical Committee, National Cyber Safety and Security Standards (NCSSS), and IT expert, for the Government of Maharashtra
He has more than 240 publications in National and International Journals and three books to his credit.
He is recipient of the 5th National telecom Award in 2011 for “Excellence in Education through e-governance” instituted by CMAI and Star News
He is also the recipient of INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom award for 2010