Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha, commonly known as S. S. Mantha, is an Indian academic and administrator based in

Mumbai, Maharashtra Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5& ...

. He currently serves as the Chancellor and President of RB University, Nagpur, and is an

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at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He is also the former chairman of

All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...

(AICTE), a statutory body and national-level council for technical education under the Department of Higher Education, established in 1945. Additionally, he has served as the president of the

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and as the deputy vice-chancellor of the SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. He also served as the

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KL University K L University also known as Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation is a higher educational institution Deemed to be University, located in Vaddeswaram, near Vijayawada, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Established in 1980 as a college of engi ...

and was the CEO of MahaPreit StartUp Knowledge Centre (MSKC), Mumbai. He heads the National Technical Committee, National Cyber Safety, and Security Standards (NSSSC). He is an accredited arbitrator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM). He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), by Visvesvaraya Technological University,

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, in 2012, by D Y Patil International University,

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, in 2014, and by Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), a

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, in 2025.

Early life

Mantha was born and grew up in

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. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from

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and earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from VJTI, Mumbai. He also holds a

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in combustion modeling from the

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Career

Mantha, who was the vice chairman at

, was given the additional charge of chairman in 2009, when the then chairman RA Yadav was suspended by the Union HRD ministry due to corruption charges. Mantha was later appointed as the chairman of

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in 2012, where he spent six years conceiving and implementing e-governance reforms to allow for a transparent administration and created the regulations for the Blended Learning Paradigm and the regulations for Twinning Programs in Engineering and Technology. Mantha was Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) is a state funded college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Founded in 1887 and formerly known as the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, it adopted its present name on 26 January 1997. VJTI ...

. On his retirement, he continued to serve VJTI as professor emeritus. He has advised the National e-governance division (NeGD) and the

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on IT initiatives including the Citizen Facilitation Centre of

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and contributed to Indian accreditation system to be a part of the

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. He was instrumental in creating the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework which was later re-christened the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). He has more than 280 publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings and has contributed over 250 articles on education and administration to publications, including

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, among others

Awards and recognition

2021 * Awarded the Lal Bahadur Shastri Exemplar for integrity by ReThink India Foundation 2020 *

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

Robotics and Automation Society, Senior Member 2014 * Received SKOCH Award for e-Governance initiatives at

, 2014. 2013-2014 * Received Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of Education from SOE Global Education Awards, 2013–2014. 2011 * Received the 5th National Telecom Awards for Excellence in Education through e-governance from CMAI and Star News in 2011 2002 * Awarded the Best Teacher Award of

from the

in 2002

Publications

Books

* ''Object Oriented Programming in C++'' (22 August 2009), * ''Aerodynamics of Cars: An Experimental Investigation - A Synergy of Wind Tunnel & CFD'' (30 December 2011), * ''Design and Development of Decelerometer'' (9 August 2012),

Technical Articles

* ''Design, modeling and simulation of a reconfigurable wheelchair with stand-sit-sleep facilities'', 5th International Conference on Mechanics and Mechatronics Research (ICMMR 2018), * ''Stability Analysis of Various Lengths Conical Hydrodynamic Bearing for Variable Load Conditions'', International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials and Design Engineering (ATSMDE2017), * ''Orifice Compensated Performance Characteristics of Hybrid Hole-entry Conical Journal Bearing'', Journal of Engineering Tribology, SAGE Journals * ''Optimized Design of Feeding System for Complex Steel (CF8) Investment Casting to Improve Quality and Productivity'', International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials and Design Engineering (ATSMDE2017), * ''Effect of Aspect Ratio and Semi Cone Angle on the Stability Behaviour of a Conical Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing'', International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials and Design Engineering, * ''Effect of aspect ratio and semi cone angle on the stability behavior of a conical hydrodynamic Journal bearing'', International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials & Design Engineering (ATSMDE2017), * ''Promoting quality of life of disabled people through comprehensive needs assessment study and QFD deployment targeted at evidence based wheelchair design'', Springer Journals, Iranian Rehabilitation Journal *''Modelling human resource dimension of international project risk management'', Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing * ''Wear Influence on Performance of Conical Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing'', Tribology in Industry * ''Performance of conical hydrodynamic journal bearing under the worn-out condition'', Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

References

External links

Dr. S S Mantha

Official website

Dr S S Mantha Speaks

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