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Faculty Chairs


Sudhir K Jain Chair

The Chair is offered to the Director of IIT Gandhinagar.

Prof. Sudhir K. Jain was the Founding Director of IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) and held this office from June 2009 to January 2022. As the founding head of the institution, Prof. Jain was instrumental in building IIT Gandhinagar into a unique institution with a distinctive culture that is widely recognized within academic circles in India. IITGN Foundation based in Palo Alto, California, USA, has set up this Chair to honour the work and legacy of Prof. Sudhir K. Jain.

Image The current incumbent is Director of IIT Gandhinagar, Prof. Rajat Moona.

Prof. Sudhir K Jain