{"id":7112,"date":"2023-06-06T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uat2.infiveminutes.com\/vitbangalore\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:11:38","slug":"dr-sekar-viswanathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat2.infiveminutes.com\/vitbangalore\/2023\/06\/06\/dr-sekar-viswanathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sekar Viswanathan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7112\" class=\"elementor elementor-7112\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df65d34 ot-traditional elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df65d34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-size-default\">Vice-President<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0c3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e0c3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Email: sekar.office@vit.ac.in <br>\nTel: 91 416 2202255<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c50bd80 elementor-section-full_width ot-traditional elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c50bd80\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Dr. Sekar has over 28 years of experience in the industry and academics. He was a rank holder in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras. He received his Master\u2019s degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. He has a Ph.D., in the area of faculty motivation from University of Madras.<\/p><p>During the 90s, he served as the Vice-Chairman of his alma mater, Vellore Engineering College (which was later renamed as VIT). During this period, he had launched a number of new programmes and initiatives which paved way for the university status of VIT. Later, Dr. Sekar went to USA and worked with IBM, NetClerk and Walmart.com to gain international industrial experience. Walmart.com conferred the \u201cBest Engineering Manager\u201d and \u201cBest Achiever\u201d awards on him.<\/p><p>As VP at VIT, Dr. Sekar focuses on the university growth strategy, academic policies, international relations and placements. 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