Pradeep Kumar Khosla
"Dr. Pradeep Kumar Khosla, an internationally renowned electrical and computer engineer, is the eighth Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and a distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering. He began his teaching career at Carnegie Mellon in 1986 and was elected as the University Professor in 2008, the highest distinction a faculty member could achieve...
"He serves on advisory boards for several non-profit and government organizations, venture capital firms, and high-tech start-up companies. He has served as a member of Strategy Review Board for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan; the Council of Deans of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee, NASA; the National Research Council Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design; the Pennsylvania Treasury Advisory Board; and the Senior Advisory Group for the DARPA Program on Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems.
"He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur in 1980, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 1984 and 1986 at Carnegie Mellon. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate of science from the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur. "[1]
- Director, Tata Consultancy Services
