Thirteen Academic Advisory Council
Academic Advisory Council Meetings
The Academic Advisory Council comprises of eminent leaders from academia and other allied domains, and meets every year to discuss the academic priorities of IIT Gandhinagar. The Academic Advisory Council provides strategic external inputs on issues of key importance as the Institute grows in academics and other spheres.
On January 09, 2026, the thirteenth Council meeting will discuss Curriculum Adaptation for Emerging and Strategic Technologies; Enhancing Institute Research Productivity; Roadmap for Internationalization; and Sustaining Growth While Preserving Culture.
Expected Participants

Prof Frederick L Coolidge
Professor
Co-Director of Undergraduate Education, Psychology Department, University of Colorado, USA

Prof Ashish Garg
Professor and Head, Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering and Kotak School of Sustainability
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof Nuno Guimarães
Professor
Department of Information Science and Technology (ISTA), University Institute of Lisbon, (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal

Prof Siddharth K Jabade
Vice President, Administration and Development (VPAD)
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Prof Pankaj Jalote
Emeritus Professor
Computer Science and Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi

Prof Ratnesh Kumar
Barbara and James R. Palmer Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iowa State University, USA

Prof Richard Miller
President Emeritus
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, USA

Prof Govidan Parayil
Dean and Professor, Patel College of Global Sustainability and Professor School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
University of South Florida, USA

Prof Muttukrishnan Rajarajan
Professor of Security Engineering & Director Institute for Cyber Security
City, University of London, UK

Dr. Chandrima Shaha
Senior Scientist of the Indian National Science Academy at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata

Prof Arun Somani
Distinguished Professor of Elect. & Comp. Eng., and Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Iowa State University

Prof. Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Executive Director-Special Degree Programs Professor of Geoinformatics | Remote Sensing and GIS, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand






