About IIT Madras

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Faculty Co-ordinators

BS Data Science and Applications

Dr. Andrew Thangaraj

Andrew Thangaraj, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, has been with the institute since June 2004. His bachelors was from IIT Madras and PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. His research interests are in the areas of information theory and error-control coding. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

From Nov 2011, he has been one of the Coordinators of the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a multi-institutional project funded by the Ministry of Education and managed by IIT Madras. At NPTEL, he played a key role in the starting of online courses and certification on a massive scale through the SWAYAM portal. He is currently the Principal Investigator for SWAYAM.

At IIT Madras, he led a team of faculty that started the Bachelor of Science Degree in Data Science & Applications (IIT Madras Degree Program in Data Science and Applications ), launched in June 2020, with online course content delivery and in-person exams. He is currently a coordinator for the program.

Dr. Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Dr. Vignesh Muthuvijayan is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras. He received his BTech in Chemical Engineering from A. C. Tech, Anna University, India. He went on to pursue his master's degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He also worked as a post-doc at Johns Hopkins University. He joined the Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras in 2010. His research interests are in the area of biomaterials and their applications. Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan is also serving as a Coordinator for the IIT Madras BS in Data Science and Applications program and National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

Prof. Balaji Srinivasan

Balaji Srinivasan obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of New Mexico, USA. He subsequently worked as a Senior Development Scientist at Corning Incorporated, USA, where he led technology development efforts related to 3D Optical Cross-connects and Channel Selectable Tunable Filters. Since 2004 he has been with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras as a faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering, presently as Professor. Balaji has research interests span the development of active and passive optical components / subsystems for distributed fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers. Balaji has co-authored more than 210 journal and international conference publications, as well as 4 book chapters. He also has 20 patents to his credit (5 more pending). He has successfully executed or currently investigating 30 research projects worth over INR 24 Crores (USD 2.6M) of funding, resulting in the development of 8 technologies, 4 of which have been transferred to industry for commercialization.