P. Venkat Rangan

Prof. P. Venkat Rangan
Born
Mysuru
NationalityIndia
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Madras (1980-1984)
Cornell University (1984-1985)
University of California, Berkeley (1985-1988)
OccupationVice Chancellor
Known forComputer Science, Multimedia
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsAmrita University
University of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorDomenico Ferrari
Websitehttps://www.amrita.edu/faculty/venkat/
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~venkat/

Prof. Dr. P. Venkat Rangan is an Indian computer scientist and vice chancellor of Amrita University. He was the founder and director of the Multimedia Laboratory and Internet at the University of California, San Diego, where he served as Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Rangan also founded Yodlee Inc. and served as its CEO,[1] for which in 2000, he was selected as one of the 25 best entrepreneurs by the President of the United States of America and featured on the July 2000 cover of Internet World Magazine.[2][3]

With over 100 research papers and 30 US patents to his credit, Venkat Rangan has been the driving force behind the setting up of a large number of inter-disciplinary research centers within Amrita University. He has extensively collaborated with international and Indian Govt partners on research projects.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Yodleeing Their Way to the Top" (Press release).
  2. ^ "Into a Million Pieces. Editorial Piece in the Internet World Magazine of July 2000" (Press release).
  3. ^ Gupta, Sahil (14 September 2022). "Dr. P. Venkat Rangan". Sawan Books. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "U.S. Universities, Industry in Win-Win Agreement with India to Improve Engineering Education" (Press release).
  5. ^ "Amrita University signs MoU with NAL". The Hindu (Press release). 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007.