Professor Sandeep Vasant is Professor in Computer Science Program, under School of Engineering and Technology and the Registrar of Navrachana University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has over 19+ years of experience in teaching, research, academic and general administration in higher education. He is also a practitioner and doing consultancy with private companies in the field of Computer Science.
Professor Sandeep Vasant is awarded a rare and prestigious Fulbright Nehru International Fellowship to conduct research in the critical area of administration of Higher Education Institutions at United States of America for the year 2024-2025. During his recent visit to the USA, he was invited to visit and interact with Professors and Senior Leadership of reputed universities such as Purdue, University of Chicago, University of Maryland Baltimore College, Northwestern University, Art Institute of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, Galludet University.
He was also invited at the Indian Embassy by the Ambassador of India to USA in Washington D.C. to interact and share his experience from this visit.
Prior to joining Navrachana University, he was the Registrar at Anant National University, Ahmedabad, and was instrumental in setting up systems, processes and policies of the University for effective and solution-oriented administration. Preceding his stint at Anant National University, he was heading the Office of the Academic Registrar at Ahmedabad University. He was responsible for strategic academic administration (planning and execution of academic processes), ensuring statutory compliances with UGC and Government of Gujarat rules and guidelines, writing academic policies, designing the course catalogue, managing University courses, managing students’ life cycle at the University, and automation of academic processes for the Office of the Academic Registrar. He has taught courses such as Object-Oriented Programming, Open-Source Technology and Software Engineering at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published 15+ quality research papers in international and national journals of repute and has been instrumental in volunteering at various educational seminars and conferences. He has been invited as an Information Technology Professor to deliver the sessions on ‘Effective Classroom Teaching and Learning using Information and Communication Technology’ to guide the trainers. Prof. Sandeep has also served as Vice Chairman and Chairman at Computer Society of India, Ahmedabad Chapter, for the period of 2016-17 and 2017-18, respectively.
