The first governors board for the newly formed University of Visvesvaraya college of Engineering (UVCE) has been constituted. The board comprises of Prof.S.Sadagopan, Founder & Former Director, IIIT Bengaluru and entrepreneur BV Jagadish who is also the former student of the institution among other members.
Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education has stated on Tuesday, that the appointment of board of members has been approved by Governor Thawarchand Gehlot.
Maithili Ramesh (Co- founder and CEO, NextWealth), Y.Narahari (Director, Brain Research Centre, IISC) Professor B Basavarajappa (Registrar, IIT Dharwad), Nikhil Kamath (Co- founder, Zerodha), Air Vice- Marshal B Narendra Kumar who is also the former student of the institution, are the other members of the board.
The term of their membership is for 3 years.