S. Sadagopan

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Professor Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, a new generation Institute, promoted jointly by the Government of Karnataka and IT industry in 1999. Professor Sadagopan had taught for more than two decades at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK), considered to be the No. 1 Engineering School for decades and the IIM Bangalore, (IIMB), that has in the recent years emerged as the No. 1 Business School in India. Professor Sadagopan got his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Madras University (that produced the Nobel Laureates Raman & Chandrashekhar) in 1973. After a brief stint at the Consultancy firm M/S Engineers India Ltd., at New Delhi during 1973-1976, he moved to Purdue University, USA for his Master's and Doctoral degree before returning to India to teach at IIT, Kanpur.