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School Wise Ph.d. Supervisors

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School of Allied and Healthcare Professions
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Dr. Arindam Mitra Professor & Dean – SoAHP Microbiology, Biofilms, Antimicrobial Resistance
2. Dr. Shwetal Panchal Associate Professor Biology
School of Business
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Prof. (Dr.) Ramkumar Professor & Vice Chancellor Leadership; Finance
2. Prof. (Dr.) Dwarika Prasad Uniyal Professor & Pro Vice Chancellor  Marketing & Strategy
3. Prof. (Dr.) Diganta Chakrabarti Professor & Dean- Academics Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior;
Marketing Management;
Strategic Management;
General Management
4. Dr. Tuhin S. Banerjee Associate Professor Financial Management;
Stock Market;
Insurance
5. Dr. Veena A. Associate Professor Education and General Management
6. Dr. Logasakthi Kandasamy Associate Professor Human Resource Management
7. Dr. P Gnanasundari Associate Professor Wireless sensor networks / Internet of Things (IOT), Blockchain Technology (BCT)
8. Dr. Santosha C D Associate Professor Statistics / Applied Mathematics / Business Analytics / Data Science / Management
9. Dr. Mayank Mathur Associate Professor Analytics
10. Dr. Akshay Bhat Associate Professor Strategy
11. Dr. Vikram Khangembam Assistant Professor Management
12. Dr. Jyothi Vidhani Assistant Professor Accounting and Finance
13. Dr. Shikha Karamchandani Assistant Professor Marketing
14. Dr. Balaji Bhovi Assistant Professor Commerce
School of Computer Science and Engineering
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Prof. (Dr.)  Sahana D Gowda Professor & Registrar- RVU Document Image Processing;
Pattern Recognition;
Video analytics
2. Dr. Rammohan Bhanumurthy Professor Computational Mechanics, Aeroleasticity, Soft Robotics
3. Dr. Sarasvathi V Professor Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Big
Data Analytics
4. Dr Dattatreya P Mankame Professor Biometrics, Image processing, AI and Machine Learning
5. Dr. J Cynthia Professor Computer Science / Sensor Networks, Security, Blockchain, AI – ML
6. Dr. Baishali Garai  Associate Professor Nanotechnology;
Sensor development
7. Dr.
Lokanayaki K 		Associate
Professor 		AI, Machine Learning,
Deep Learning, Cloud
Security
8. Dr. Nagaraja J Associate Professor Computer Networks , Internet of Medical Tings ,Cloud computing
9. Dr. Karthik Shastry Associate Professor Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Auger Spectroscopy, Electron
Spectroscopy
10. Dr. Jeethu V. Devasia Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering
11. Dr. Thiruselvan Associate Professor Computer Science – Cloud Computing, Data Science and Decision Science
12. Dr. Shyam Mohan J S Associate Professor Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology, Big Data Analytics
13. Dr. K Sailaja Kumar Associate Professor Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
14. Dr. Karamangala Chandrashekara Narendra Associate Professor Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Internet of Things
15. Dr. Shushrutha K S Associate Professor Wireless Communication; 5G/6G Technology; Antenna Design; RIS..
16. Dr Priya W Nandihal Associate Professor Image Processing, AIML, Computer Network and Security
17. Dr. Thotreithem Hongray Assistant Professor Nonlinear Dynamics and Bifurcation Theories;
Computational Physics;
Quantum Information Science & Computing;
Probabilistic Motion Planning in Mobile Robotics
18. Dr. Durgarao Guttula Assistant Professor Physics / Biophysics
19. Dr. K. Thenmozhi Assistant Professor Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics
20. Dr. Basavaraj Patil Assistant Professor Computer Network / Cyber Security / Blockchain / WSN
21. Dr. Sheela S Assistant Professor Machine Learning, Data Science, Communication Engineering
22. Dr. Ishita Chakraborty Assistant Professor Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks.
23. Dr. Sangeeta Bhanja Chaudhuri Assistant Professor Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,
Cognitive Science, Ergonomics and Design, Human-Computing
Interaction, Human Comuting Interface, Natural Language
Processing And Big Data, Social Research, Interaction Design,
Medical Informatics, Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence In
Healthcare Systems, Soft Computing.
24. Dr. V. BALAJI Assistant Professor Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence
And Machine Learning, Responsive Ai, Assistive Technologies
25. Dr. Madderla Chiranjeevi Assistant Professor Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Hybrid deep learning models
26. Dr. Shrikant Utagi Assistant Professor Theoretical Sciences
27. Dr. Roopesh R Assistant Professor Machine Learning, IoT, Embedded systems, Deep Learning
28. Dr. Mahadev Kalyanrao Patil Assistant Professor Computer Applications
29. Dr. Subir Roy Assistant Professor Nanotechnology
30. Dr. Akhilesh K. S. Assistant Professor Quantum information and quantum computation
School of Design and Innovation
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Prof. (Dr.) Anuradha Chatterjee Professor; Pro VC & Dean Design;
Architecture;
Design Education;
Design History;
Criticism & Humanities
2. Dr. Priyanka Yadav Assistant Professor Design (Visual Art)
3. Dr. Partha Dutta Assistant Professor Design, Applied Art, Printmaking & Print Technology
School of Economics and Public Policy
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Dr. Ranjini C R Professor Public Policy
2. Dr. Narinder Kumar Assistant Professor Economics; Development Economics; Quantitative Research; Empirical Economics Research; Econometrics Research; Inequality and Development; Productivity and Efficiency Analysis; Studies on Market Research and Consumer Behaviour; Comparative Development Studies
3. Dr. Varadurga Bhat Assistant Professor Economics (International Trade, Environment Economics)
4. Dr. Soumen Ghosh Assistant Professor Social Sustainability, Labour Economics, Circular Economy, Sustainability Transition
5. Dr. Vikesh Sharma Assistant Professor Environmental Resource Management and Environmental Economics, Climate Change, Energy Economics
School of Film, Media and Creative Arts
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Prof. (Dr.) Piyush Roy Professor & Dean – SOFMCA Film Studies;
Sanksrit Drama & Natyashastra;
Entertainment Journalism & Criticism
2. Dr. Debarghya Sanyal Assistant Professor Cinema Studies, Animation, Comic Studies, Journalism and Game Studies
School of Law
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Dr. Arpitha H C Associate Professor Law
2. Dr. Shailja Beniwal Assistant Professor Criminal Justice System, Police Science, Criminal Laws, Criminology, penology, and Victimology
3. Dr. Amrutha Karayil Assistant Professor Criminology
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
S No. Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas
1. Prof. (Dr.) Lakshmi Arya Thathachar Dean-Research & Professor Socio-Cultural History of Modern India;
Political Philosophy;
Gender Studies
2. Dr. Vijendra Singh Associate Professor & Assistant Dean Political Science with Specialization in Modern Indian
Political Thought and Indian Politics
3. Dr. Soundarya Iyer Associate Professor Gender and agrarian change; Migration and Urbanization; Climate Change Adaptation
4. Dr. Amit John Kurien Assistant Professor Environmental Science
5. Dr. Hasan Akhtar Assistant Professor Environmental Science; Physical Geography
6. Dr. Sudhindra Maganahalli Assistant Professor Philosophy
7. Dr. Jivitesh Patil Assistant
Professor 		Philosophy
8. Dr. Sayendri
Panchadhyayi 		Assistant
Professor 		Sociology of Care
and Life course,
Medical
Anthropology,
Ageing and
Demography,
Death and
Bereavement,
Feminist Science
and Technology,
Labour and
Posthumanism
9. Dr. Madhu Karnat
S 		Assistant
Professor 		Psychology:
Clinical,
Counselling,
Indian Psychology
and
Interdisciplinary
with Criminology
and Forensic
Science.
10. Dr. Riya Rafeekh Assistant
Professor 		Psychology
11. Dr. Aswathi A. Nair Assistant
Professor 		International Studies
12. Dr. Sindhu Vasanth B Assistant Professor Psychology

Admission Procedure

Step 01
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Step 02
Complete the application form

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Step 03
Upload the required documents and the research proposal

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Step 04
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Step 05
Submit your application by 31 March 2026

Fee Structure

SN FEE STRUCTURE PART TIME++ FULL TIME++
1. Application Fees & Entrance Test INR 1000 INR 1000
2. Provisional Registration Fees INR 4000 INR 4000
3. Annual Fee INR 40000 INR 25000
4. Dissertation Evaluation & Ph.D. Viva-Voce Fees INR 25000 INR 25000

** A part time Ph.D. student shall pay an annual fee of INR 40,000/year for 4 years (stipulated period for completing the Ph.D. from the date of provisional registration). For each additional year (late submission), the fee is annual fee + Rs.20000/ year.

++ A full time Ph.D. student shall pay an annual fee of INR 25,000/year for 3 years (stipulated period for completing the Ph.D. from the date of provisional registration). For each additional year (late submission), the fee is annual fee + Rs.10000/ year.

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