Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, known as Institution Builder, holds a Ph D from Queens University of Belfast UK, M.Sc. (Engg.) from DTU Delhi and B.Tech from NIT Warangal.
He is currently the Provost(Vice Chancellor) at Marwadi University in Jaipur. Before joining Marwadi University, he was the Vice Chancellor at SRMIST, Chennai and also the Past President of Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. Formerly he was the President of Manipal University Jaipur, Director NIT Delhi and Director NITK Surathkal.
He has also served as Director In-charge, NIT Tiruchirapally, NIT Calicut, School of Planning & Architecture (SPA) Delhi and Mentor Director, NIT Goa, NIT Puducherry and NIT Sikkim. He started his career by serving MBM Eng College, Jodhpur and MNIT, Jaipur in various capacities and has more than 36 years of teaching, research and administrative experience.
He is a Member of Council, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He is Chairman Board of Governors for MLV Textile Engineering College, Bhilwara and Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jodhpur. He is also serving different professional bodies like SPIC MACAY, FICCI, CII, EPSI, Atal Innovation Mission etc. in different capacities. In addition, he is on various national level bodies of UGC, AICTE, AIU for higher education related matters and has been a part of Indian delegations abroad.
He is a recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship under Colombo Plan and was a Visiting Faculty at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. He is a Life Fellow of IETE, IE (I), ISTE, BES and a Member of IEEE, USA and has contributed more than 80 research papers in journals and conferences.
In past he was a Member of XIIth Plan Preparation Committee for MHRD, Member Kakodkar Committee for Review of NITs, Member Governing Council – ESCI Hyderabad, Member Executive Council – AICTE New Delhi, Chairman AIEEE, Chairman DASA Scheme of MHRD, Chairman QIP (Poly) Scheme of AICTE, Member Governing / Advisory Boards of CBSE New Delhi, BCCI Mumbai, SAI New Delhi, NCTE New Delhi, NIRDPR Hyderabad and Academic Advisory Board of Microsoft India etc.
He is a keen player of Bridge & Squash and is an active member of Rotary few other social organizations.
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