Dr. SY Kulkarni   M.Tech, Ph.D

Dr. SY Kulkarni received his B.E degree from BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli and his postgraduate degree in M.Tech as well as doctorate in Electronics & Communications from the reputed, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in the field of VLSI Design.

He has a wide range of experience in both the industry and academia. Dr. Kulkarni served at the BVB College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli in various capacities for 15 years. He later, joined the NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte as a Professor and was the Head of the Electronics & Communication Engineering department for 3 years. He became the Vice-Principal soon after, and at present, is the Principal of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.

Dr. Kulkarni worked as a Modeling Engineer and Project leader at the GEC Plessy Semi-conductors, Plymoth, UK and as a General Manager at the SASKEN Communication Technologies Ltd., Bangalore. He has also been a visiting faculty for a few universities abroad and has visited the UK and the USA on several assignments. Dr. Kulkarni is a consultant to several semi-conductor companies in Bangalore.

Dr. Kulkarni has several technical papers published in national and international journals and is also a recipient of a number of awards. Some of them are : Hon. Membership of the prestigious International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics (ISHM, USA and the International Interconnect Material and Packaging Society (IMAPS, USA), the JAYCEE award “Outstanding Young Indian” and the ISTE Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for the Best Engineering College Principal for the year 2009 from the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi.