Leadership and Governance
The Board of Studies (BoS) at MIT-WPU is a committee dedicated to the overall development of academic courses and programmes. This board consists of eminent scholars and industry experts who are dedicated to incorporating and maintaining high educational standards for the overall development of our students. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, the Board plays a pivotal role in shaping the academic landscape, fostering research, and driving student success. Following is the list of these board members who are the pillars of strength and innovation behind the successful governance and effective implementation of quality education at MIT-WPU, that meets the evolving needs of society and industry.
| Particulars | Names | Designation & Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio Chairperson) | - | - |
| Asso. Prof. / Prof. of the Department | Dr. Ganesh Jadhav | Associate Professor |
| Asst. Prof. of the Department | Dr. Sachin Jadhav | Assistant Professor |
| Three external members, preferably one expert each from Industry, Academia, and Research Organisations (Ideally in Leadership Positions) | Mr. Pavan Mulik | INDUSTRY Principal UX Architect - AVISO AI (https://www.aviso.com/) |
| Prof. (Dr.) Sougata Karmarkar | RESEARCH Department of Design, IIT, Guwahati | |
| Prof. (Dr.) Sharmila Sinha | ACADEMIA Professor and Head - NSHM Design School, NSHM Knowledge campus Kolkata | |
| Head-Career Development Centre | Dr. Kishanprasad Gunale | Director - CDC MIT WPU |
| Particulars | Names | Designation & Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Deependra Sharma | Dean, WPU School Of Business |
| VC Nominee (Dean Level) | Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo | Dean, School Of Health Science and Technology |
| All Chairpersons of the department under the school | Dr. Gautam S Bapat | Chairman BoS Sub Committee of Department of Management |
| Dr. Shefali Joshi | Chairman BoS Sub Committee of Department of Hospitality Management | |
| Advisory member of academia and Industry in leadership roles | Baliram Mutagekar | Vice President, BNY Mellon |
| Mr. Shyam Singh | Plant Head Pune - Tata Motors Passenger vehicles | |
| Dr. Vinay Nangia | Ex-professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | |
| Hemlata Mishra | Director of Human Resources Hilton Garden Inn, Pune | |
| Dr. Rajkumar Phatate | Professor & Head Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Mahindra University | |
| Dr. Piyush Kumar Sinha | Ex-professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | |
| Non Member Secretary of the board of studies of the school of Business | Dr. Deepali Shahane | Asst. Prof. Dept. Of Management, Secretary BoS Sub Committee |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio chairperson) | - | Dean School of Engineering and Technology |
| VC Nominee (Dean level) | - | Dean, School of Design |
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All Chairpersons of the Departments under the Schools
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Dr. Shantini Bokil | Professor, Program Director, Dept of Civil Engineering |
| Dr. Rajib Sinharay | Professor, Program Director, Dept of Petroleum Engineering | |
| Dr. Shivprakash Barve | Professor, Program Director, Dept of Mechanical Engineering | |
| Dr. Parul Jadhav | Asso.. Professor, Program Director, Dept. of ECE-EE Engineering | |
| Dr Dinesh Bhuttada | Asso. Professor, Program Director, Dept. of Chemical Engineering | |
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Advisory Members from Academia and Industry in leadership roles
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Dr. Gopal Pathak | Vice Chancellor, Sarla Birla University, Ranchi |
| Mr. Sunil Patil | Senior Director, Consulting Solutions, Asia Pacific-Japan, Aspen Tech, USA | |
| Mrs. Madhuri Marathe (Invited) | Domain Consultant at Cognizant |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Dean SoCSE (Ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Mangesh Bedekar | Professor |
| VC Nominee | Dr. Anjali Sane | Professor |
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Chairperson of BoSSC under SoCSE
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Dr. Balaji Patil | Professor |
| - | Assistant Professor | |
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Advisory Members from Academia and Industry
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Dr. Sachin Lodha | Chief Scientist, TCS Research |
| Dr. Surya Prakash | Associate Professor and Head, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Indore | |
| Mr Paresh shah | Vice President, Allied Digital | |
| Mr Manoj Kulkarni | ICT Head, DNV |
| Particulars | Names | Designation & Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo | ex-officio Chairperson, Dean School of Health Sciences and Technology |
| VC Nominee (Dean Level) | Dr. Anup Kale | Associate Dean |
| Associate Dean Academic Affairs | Prof. Dr. Ashwin Kuchekar | Member Secretary, Asso. Dean School of Health Sciences and Technology |
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All Chairpersons of the departments under the school
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Dr. Abhijeet Sutar | BoSSC Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Program director, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Program Director | BoSSC Dept. of Clinical Sciences Program Director, Department of Clinical | |
| Dr. Vanishree Ramanathan | BoSSC Dept of Public Health, Program Director Department of Public Health | |
| Dr. Abhijeet Sutar | BoSSC Dept. of Wellness and Yogic Sciences, Program Director | |
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Advisory Members from Academia and Industry in leadership roles
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Dr. Sanjeev Chandran | Vice President, Pharmaceutical R&D Lupin Ltd. Pune |
| Dr. Charudatta Aradhye | Director R&D and Site Head , Asia Pacific R&D, Boston Scientific, Pune | |
| Mr. Mohan Nair | MD, Episurf Medical India, Pune | |
| Prof. Kanwaljit Chopra | Prof. Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Program Director (ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Anjali Sane | Dean and Professor, School of Economics and Commerce |
| VC Nominee | - | Dean and Professor, School of Law |
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Chairperson Of BOSSC under the School
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Prof. Ashish Kathale | Program Director, Department of Commerce and Accounting |
| Prof. Gopal Wamane | Program Director, Dept of Economics and Public Policy | |
| - | Program Director, Department of Sustainability | |
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Advisor Members from Academia and Industry
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Dr. Anil Kumar | CEO, University of Delhi Foundation, Independent Director, LIC of India |
| CMA Neeraj Joshi | Central Council Member, Past Chairman, Cost Accounting Standard Board of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India | |
| Mahesh Zagade | IAS, Ex-Principal Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra |
| Particulars | Names | Designation & Affiliation |
| Dean of the school (ex-officio person) | Dr. Vishal Ghule | Dean In-Charge, School of Liberal Arts |
| VC Nominee | - | Director, School of Government |
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BoSCC Chairpersons
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- | Director- Dadasaheb Phalke International Film School |
| - | Program Director- DoLA | |
| - | Program Director -DoM&C | |
| - | Program Director- DoEdu | |
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Three Advisory Members from Industry and Academia (Preferably in leadership roles)
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Dr. Prof Tara Singh | Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Science Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University |
| Dr. Bal Nagarao Rakshase | Associate Prof. TISS Mumbai | |
| Ms. Kiran Bhatt | Managing Director, Xebec India | |
| Mr. Tauseef Muhammad | GM, HR Operations, EFS facility Services, UAE | |
| Mr. Hitesh Porwal | Founder- BIZSTART Pre-Incubation Tech Platform |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Dean (ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Santosh Aghav | Professor & Dean, School of Law |
| All Chairpersons of the Departments under the School | Dr. Abhijeet Dhere | Program Director, School of Law |
| All Associate Deans | Dr. Pournima Inamdar | Associate Professor and Associate Dean of External Relations, School of Law |
| Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors | Dr. Vikrant Yadav | Associate Professor |
| Dr. Ashwani Pant | Assistant Professor | |
| Dr. Anuttama Ghose | Assistant Professor | |
| Mr. Aayush Mishra | Assistant Professor | |
| Three External members preferably one expert each from Industry, Academia and Research Organizations (ideally in leadership positions | Mr. Luv Tanwani | General Manager - Legal Power Systems, Cummins India Ltd. |
| Dr. Kranti Deshmukh | Associate Professor, Principal MM College of Law | |
| Adv. Dr. Chinmay Bhosale | Advocate, High Court of Bombay | |
| Head - Career Development Centre (Permanent Invitee) |
Dr. Krishnaprasad Gunale | Head, CDC |
| Alumnus/ Alumni | Ms. Pranjali Mehta | Alumnus BBA LL.B (Hons.) |
| Mr. Onkar Thorve | Alumnus LL.B ( 3 years) |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Ex-Officio Chairperson | Dr. Anup Kale | Prof. Associate Dean SoSES, MIT-WPU |
| VC Nominee | Dr.Shubhalaxmi Joshi | Associate Dean, School of Computer Science and Engineering |
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School Representatives
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Dr. Shilpa S. Chapadgaonkar | Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioscience and Technology |
| Dr. Meghana Gote | Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry | |
| Dr Prasad Kulkarni | Program Director, Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Science | |
| Dr Prashant Malvadkar | Program Director, Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Dr. Sachin Kulkarni | Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics | |
| Representative from Corporate Leadership | Dr. Abhijeet Ranjekar | Global Head- Generative AI, Wipro |
| Representative From Research Institute | Dr Sunil Nair | Professor and Chair, Department Of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune |
| Representative from other universities/Institutions | Dr. Rekha Singhal | Head, Food Engineering and Tech, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai |
| Particulars | Names | Designation & Affiliation |
| Chairperson | Prof. Ashwini Virendra Ghaisas | Director, MIT-WPU School of Photography |
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Inhouse Faculty Members
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Prof. Akshay Shintre | Dy Director /HoS WPU School of Photography |
| Prof. Shrihari Dhole | Asst Prof. WPU School of Photography | |
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Professional Experts from Industry
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Shri Ram Abhyankar | Veteran Photographer and Artist (Mentor- WPU School of Photography) |
| Shri Mahesh Digrajkar | Filmmaker and Ex Faculty FTII, Pune, Visiting Faculty MIT-WPU School of Photography | |
| Shri Amalendu Choudhry | Cinematographer, Film Industry | |
| Miss Purva Gadare | Photojournalist and Commercial Photographer Visiting Faculty MIT-WPU | |
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Academic Experts from other Universities
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Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Mahamuni | Former Associate Professor and Head of Department, Fergusson College, Pune |
| Prof. (Dr.) Abhijeet Abhyandar | Professor - IIT Delhi, Telescope and Astro Photography Expert | |
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International Members
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Subhash Limaye | Portrait and Fashion Photographer, USA |
| GyungYoon Kim | Director and Freelance Artist, South Korea |
| Particulars | Name | Designation and Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio Chairperson) | Dr. Urvashi Makkar | Professor and Dean |
| All Chairpersons of the Departments under the School* |
Dr. Rahul Vishwanath Dandage | Associate Professor and Program Director |
| All Associate Deans* | Dr. Dhanashree Tharkude | Associate Professor & Associate Dean - Academics, Faculty Affairs and External Relations |
| Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors* | Dr. Vijaykumar S Bilolikar | Professor |
| Dr. Rajesh Jawajala | Assistant Professor | |
| Dr. Sumita Joshi | Assistant Professor | |
| Dr. Trupti Bhosale | Assistant Professor | |
| Dr.Shivam Upadhyay | Assistant Professor | |
| Three external members, preferably one expert each from Industry, Academia, and Research Organizations (ideally in leadership positions) |
Mr. Hrishikesh Dhande | Academic Relationship Head - TCS |
| Dr. Shilpa Parkhi | Professor (Finance)- SIBM Pune | |
| Dr. Archana Singh | Faculty National Insurance Academy, Pune | |
| Associate Dean-Academics (Member-Secretary) | Dr Dhanashree Tharkude | Associate Professor & Associate Dean - Academics, Faculty Affairs and External Relations |
| Head- Career Development Centre (Permanent Invitee) | Dr. Kishanprasad Gunale | Director - CDC |
| Particulars | Names | Designation and Affiliation |
| Dean of the School (ex-officio Chairperson) | - | Director and Asso. Dean (Academics) |
| VC Nominee (Dean Level) | Dr. Rupakjoyti Borah | Dean, School of Liberal Arts |
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Faculty Representatives
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Dr. Parimal MS | Asso. Professor, MIT-SOG |
| Dr. V. Lenin Kumar | Assistant Professor, MIT-SOG | |
| Representative from Corporate Leadership | Sri. Mahesh Zagade | IAS (R), Former Principal Secretary, Govt. of Maharastra |
| Representative from Corporate Hiring Body | Sri. Mahadev Jankar | Member of Legislative Council, Maharashtra |
| Representative from Research/ Policy Institute | Dr. Jos Chathukulam | Former Chair Professor, ISEC, Bengaluru & Director, Center of Rural Management |
| Representatives from other Universities/Institutions | Dr. Shamim Modi | Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
| Alumnus/Alumna | Mr. Judah Jaba Kumar (MPG 15 Batch) | Alumnus |
| Special Invitee | - | Senior Director, MIT-SOG |
| Special Invitee | Prof. Neelam Pandit | Assistant Professor, MIT-SOG |
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