Timothy A. Gonsalves

Timothy A. Gonsalves
Gonsalves (right) with his wife, Priscilla, in 2019
Founding Director of IIT Mandi
In office
15 January 2010 – 30 June 2020
Personal details
Born (1954-06-20) June 20, 1954 (age 70)
Ooty, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
SpousePriscilla Tapley Gonsalves
Children2, including Kartiki
Residence(s)Siddhartha Nagar, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater
ProfessionProfessor, Administrator
Websitewww.ptag.in

Timothy Aloysius Gonsalves (born 20 June 1954) is an Indian computer scientist and professor. During his academic career, he has been founder/co-founder of several institutions and companies. These include founder of Nilgiri Networks (P) Ltd, co-founder of NMSWorks Software (P) Ltd, co-founder of the TeNeT Group[1] and RTBI at IIT Madras, and IIT Mandi Catalyst. Most notably, he was the founding Director of IIT Mandi in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh from Jan. 2010 to Jun. 2020. He is currently Professor Emeritus (Honorary) at IIT Mandi.[2] His academic interests include education for engineers of the future, computer networks, distributed systems, telecom software and performance evaluation among others.

  1. ^ "The Telecommunications and Computer Networking Group". Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "IIT Mandi". Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.