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NOTIFICATION

This is to notify that the Academic Council of VISTAS has been reconstituted with the following members to take effect from 01-01-2024.

Section	Members
17(A) (i)	Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson)Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson) Dr. S. Sriman Narayanan Vice-Chancellor VISTAS, Pallavaram, Chennai-117.
17(A) (ii)	Pro Vice-Chancellor (Wherever applicable) Dr. M. Bhaskaran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, VISTAS, Pallavaram, Chennai-117.
17(A) (iii)	Deans of faculties of the schools and heads of the departments or centres;
	Dr. M.Chandrasekaran, Dean - Academic Courses, VISTAS
	Dr. P. Mahalingam, Dean - School of Languages, VISTAS
	Dr. P.R. Ramakrishnan, Dean - School of Management Studies and Commerce, AND Head I/c, Department of MBA (General and Integrated) VISTAS
	Dr. S. Ambika Kumari, Dean - School of Law, VISTAS
	Dr. R.A Kalaivani, Dean - School of Basic Sciences, VISTAS
	Dr. Jaisree Anand, Dean-School of Hotel and Catering Management, VISTAS
	Dr. P. Shanmugasundaram, Dean, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, VISTAS
	Dr. Kumudha, Dean, Vels Medical College and Hospital (under VISTAS), Periapalayam.
Heads of the Departments
School of Languages
	Dr. V. Sivasankar, Professor and Head Department of Tamil, VISTAS
	Dr. T. Senthamarai, Professor and Head, Department of English, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Poornima, Assistant Professor and Head I/c, Department of Hindi, VISTAS
School of Basic Sciences
	Dr. R. Sudha, Professor and Head I/c Department of Chemistry, VISTAS
	Dr. M. Parthasarathy, Associate Professor and Head I/c Department of Physics, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Meenakshi, Associate Professor and Head I/c Department of Mathematics, VISTAS
School of Life Sciences
	Dr. A.K. Kathireshan, Director, School of Lice Sciences and, Head, Department of Microbiology, VISTAS
	Dr. Radha Mahendran, Professor and Head, Department of Bioinformatics, VISTAS
	Dr. R. Padmini, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Bio-Chemistry, VISTAS
	Dr. B. Prakash, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, VISTAS
School of Computing Sciences
	Dr. R. Priya Anand, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Applications, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Perumal, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, VISTAS.
	Dr. P. Sujatha, Professor and Head Department of BCA & IT, VISTAS
School of Management Studies
BBA	Dr. P. Murugan, Professor and Head, Department of BBA, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Vasantha, Professor and Head, Department of MBA (LSM), VISTAS
	Dr. G. Madhumitha, Associate Professor and Head I/c Department of MBA (LSCM), VISTAS
	Dr. P.G. Thirumagal, Associate Professor and Head, Department of MBA, VISTAS
School of Management Studies and Commerce
Commerce	Dr. C. Shalini, Professor and Head, Department of B.Com. (Accounts and Finance), VISTAS
	Dr. M. Chandran, Professor and Head, Department of B.Com. (Computer Application), VISTAS
	Dr. P. Jagadeesan, Professor and Head, Department of B.Com (General), VISTAS.
	Dr. S. Vennila Shree, Professor and Head, Department of Corporate Secretaryship, VISTAS
Economics	Dr. S. Chandra Chud Professor and Head I/c, Department of Economics, , VISTAS
School of Mass Communication
	Mr. S. Kalaiselvan, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Animation, VISTAS
	Dr. V. Raman, Professor and Head, Department of Visual Communication, VISTAS
School of Engineering
	Dr. S. Jerritta, Professor and Head, Department of ECE AND Professor and Head I/c, Department of Biomedical Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. N. Shanmuga Sundaram, Associate Professor and Head, Department of EEE, VISTAS
	Dr. R.Anandan, Professor and Head, Department of CSE (Technology Stream), VISTAS
	Dr. K. Kalaivani, Associate Professor and Head, Department of CSE (Engineering Stream), VISTAS
	Dr. C. Dhanasekaran, Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. L. Karikalan, Professor and Head, Department of Automobile Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. T. Ilango, Assistant Professor and Head I/c, Department of Civil Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. P. Vivek, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Bio-Engineering, VISTAS
School of Ocean Engineering
	Dr. S. Pichaiah Assistant Professor and Head I/c, Department of Petroleum Engineering, VISTAS
	Mr. T.S. Arvind Kishore, Assistant Professor and Head i/c, Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, VISTAS
School of Maritime Studies
School of Maritime Studies	Capt. N. Kumar, Director, School of Maritime Studies, VISTAS
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
	Dr. M. Sumithra, Associate Professor and Head I/c, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Jayakumari, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacognosy, , VISTAS
	Dr. C. Ronald Darwin, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, VISTAS
	Dr. K. Karthikeyan, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice, VISTAS
School of Physiotherapy
School of Physiotherapy	Dr. M. Sandiya Assistant Professor and Head School of Physiotherapy, VISTAS
School of Law
	Mr. V. Karthikeyan, Assistant Professor and Head i/c Department of Law (UG and PG)
	Mr. D. Rohan Kumar, Assistant Professor and Head i/c Department of Law (Integrated Five Year UG)
	Mr. Ch. Venkateswralu, Assistant Professor and Head i/c Department of Law (LLM)
	Dr. V.V. Ratheeshkumar, Associate Professor and Head Department of Law (B.Com. LLB & BBA LLB)
School of Education
School of Education	Dr. V. Girija, Associate Professor and Head, School of Education, VISTAS
School of Music and Fine Arts
School of Music and Fine Arts	Dr. S. Subbulakshmi, Director and Head, School of Music and Fine Arts, VISTAS
Department of Aviation
Department of Aviation	Dr. R.S. Ramasubramanian, Associate Professor and Head I/c, Department of Aviation, VISTAS
Department of Astrology
Department of Astrology	Dr. K. Jothimani, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Astrology, VISTAS
School of Agriculture
	Dr. S. Arivarasan, Assistant Professor and Head I/c, Department of Agriculture, VISTAS
	Dr. M. Anbarasu, Assistant Professor and Head I/c, Department of Agriculture, VISTAS
Vel Nursing College (Under VISTAS)
Vel Nursing College (Under VISTAS)	Prof. J. Hemamalini, Principal and Professor, Vels Nursing College, Manjankaranai, Thiruvallur District
Vels Medical College and Hospital (VMCH) (under VISTAS), Thiruvallur
	Dr. Prince Johnson Samuel, Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, VMCH (under VISTAS)
	Dr. A.R. Subhashree, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, VMCH (under VISTAS)
	Dr. N.S. Thirumaran, , Professor and Head, Department of ENT, VMCH (under VISTAS)
	Dr. A. Vikram, Professor and Head, Department of General Surgery, VMCH (under VISTAS)
VISTAS OFF CAMPUS CENTRE, THIRUVALLUR
	Dr. P. Ramesh, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Radiology School of Allied Health Centre, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. D. Gandhimathi, Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology School of Allied Health Centre, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. P. Manju Bhargavi, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Optometry, School of Allied Health Centre, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. E. Malligai, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Medical Lab. Technology, School of Allied Health Centre, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. Suresh Dhanraj, Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr, B, Usharani, Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. S. Natarajan, Professor and Head, Department of Yoga, VMCH, Thiruvallur
	Dr. P. Senthil Selvam, Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy VMCH, Thiruvallur
17(A) (iv)	Up to ten Professors (excluding those who are Deans of schools and heads of departments or centres) by rotation, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor giving due regard to the representation of different schools or departments or centres;
	Dr. P. Mahesh Kumar, Professor and Director, School of Computing Sciences, VISTAS
	Dr. A. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, Department of Pharmacy School of Pharmaceutical Science, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Preetha, Professor, Department of MBA, School of Management Studies and Commerce, VISTAS
	Dr. Shankar, Professor, School of Medicine, VMCH, Thiruvallur.
	Dr. R. Parameswari, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, School of Computing Sciences, VISTAS
	Dr. A. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, Department of ECE, School of Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Sudha, Professor, Department of MBA, School of Management Studies and Commerce, VISTAS
	Dr. R. Pugazhendi, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. M. Nagalakshmi, Professor, Department of English School of Languages, VISTAS
	Dr. T. Somanathan, Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, VISTAS
17(A) (v)	Up to five Associate Professors from departments or centres other than the heads of the departments or centres, by rotation, to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor;
	Dr. K. Ashok Kumar Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology, VISTAS
	Dr. A. Meenakshi, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce (CS) School of Management Studies and Commerce, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Kamalakkannan, Associate Professor, Department of BCA&IT, VISTAS
	Dr. P. Brindha Devi, Associate Professor, Department of B.Tech. Biotech, VISTAS
	Dr. E. Sugantha Ezhil Mary, Associate Professor, Department of English, School of Languages, VISTAS
17(A) (vi)	Up to five Assistant Professors from departments or centres other than the heads of the departments or centres, by rotation, to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor;
	Dr. X. Mary Genila, Assistant Professor, Department of VISCOM, School of Mass Communication, VISTAS
	Dr. R. Jayanthi, Assistant Professor, School of Education, VISTAS.
	Dr. S. Durgalakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, VISTAS
	Dr. T. Meera, Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture, VISTAS
	Dr. S. Pradeep Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE School of Engineering, VISTAS
17(A) (vii)	Six persons of repute from amongst the educationists or experts for their specialised knowledge, who are not in the service of the institution deemed to be University, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor
	Dr. S. Aravindan, Director – IDE, University of Madras, Chennai-5.
	Dr. M.G. Ragunathan, Principal, Gurunanak College (Autonomous), Velachery, Chennai
	Mr. Charles Godwin, HR, Zoho Corporation, Chennai
	Mr. Pandi Alagu Raja Mahamuni, HR, Segula Technologies India Private Limited, Chennai
	Dr. R. Srinivasan, Professor and Head, Department of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, Former Controller of Examination – TNDALU, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU), Chennai.
	Ms. R. Radha, Professor and Head, College of Pharmacy, Madras Medical College, Chennai
17 A (viii)	The Registrar, who shall be ex officio the Secretary of the Academic Council
17 A (viii)	Dr. P. Saravanan, Registrar, VISTAS, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 117.