Padmashri Ex-Director,
IIT Kanpur Ex-Chairman, BoG, NITIE
Padma Shri Professor Sanjay Govind Dhande, engineer and educationist by qualification. He is former director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and is in temporary charge of the Indian Institute ofInformation Technology and Management Gwalior. Professor Dhande is the Chairman, Board of Governors of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, since 2016 and National Institute of Technology Delhi since, 2017. Professor Dhande has been the founder director ofPDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Indian Institute of Saddlery Technology and Export Management (IISTEM), Banther, Kanpurunderthe aegis ofthe Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Mahindra Ecole Centrale, College ofEngineering at Hyderabad.