Faculty

We offer our students a challenging and rewarding education through our ethos of quality teaching combined with opportunities for holistic all round development. We are committed to education, instilling in our students the ability to learn and think together with an emphasis on leadership, respect for others, and social & environmental responsibility. We are preparing students for the rest of their lives.
Prof (Col) SHISHIR KUMAR Designation:Director (Academic Administration) Qualification:BTech (Mech), RIT Jamshedpur- 1975                          MTech (IE), IIT Delhi - 1995                          Diploma in Management, DU, Delhi - 2000                          Experience: 40 yrs Prof Shishir Kumar, BTech (NIT), MTech (IIT), MBA (DU), Staff College (Wellington), Electro-medical Equipment Course (USA), MTech (Weapon Technology), Senior Command Course (Indian Army) has 31 years of experience in color service in Corps of EME, out of which he worked for 14 years in category 'A' institutions as a Professor,Academic Administrator, Chief Instructor and Faculty Member. He was a visiting professor at IAT Giri Nagar, Higher Command and Senior Command wing at College of Combat Mhow, Staff College Wellington and IIM Indore (MDP Program). He was also an Instructor grade 'A' at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering and EME School, Baroda. He has been awarded the ‘Chief of Army Staff Commendation’ thrice for devotion to duty and distinguished service. He has published four papers on Total Quality Management and Quality Costs in MIT Journal - Dynamica. He was also the Dean at Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management from 2002 to 2005. Prof Kumar has been with DIT since 2006 as Dean Academics and since 2013 he is serving as Director - Academic Administrator.
Prof (Ar) NEHRU LAL Designation: Director Architecture Qualification: MArch University of Roorkee (1972)                           Experience 36 years with DIT since 2005 Prof Nehru Lal, product of University of Roorkee, 1968, BArch and 1972 MArch, has over 35 years of academic and professional experience in architecture, is the director of Faculty of Architecture of DIT University Dehradun. He is former director of APJ School of Architecture and Planning Greater Noida. He also headed the Department of Architecture, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi. He was Principal & Dean, Government College of Architecture, Lucknow University. He has conducted/attended various training workshops and seminars. He has to his credit publishing of 11 technical research papers. He is member of Council of Architecture, Convener of Board of Governors ASAP and also the member of other prestigious institutions.

Prof (Dr) N V SATHEESH MADHAV Designation: Director Faculty of Pharmacy Qualification: PhD                           Experience 20 years                           With DIT since 2008 Prof (Dr) N V Satheesh Madhav, MPharm, PhD has filed more than 40 Indian patents, published 35 journals and 186 presentations are in his credit. He is an approved PhD guide in various universities. He has guided more than 50 MPharm & PhD students. He is a pioneer in exploring novelistic routes like orotrans soft palatal route, trans-nabhi drug delivery, trans-labial drug delivery, tranlingual drug delivery, brain drug targeting via soft palatal, ocular & ear route. He has isolated more than 100 biopolymers from the natural sources & characterized from its pharmaceutical applications. His is an expert in brain targeting, transungual delivery, transmucosal drug delivery and bio-nano particulate drug delivery systems. He is President, Uttarakhand State IPA Branch & a recipient of Young Scientist Award from UCOST in 2009.

Dr M C BHANDARI Designation: Professor & Dean (International) Qualification: PhD from University of Missouri                           Columbia, MO USA                           Experience 41 years in teaching & research with DIT since 2006 Dr M C Bhandari was selected by the Ford foundation for a National Science Foundation Scholarship to do MS at University of Wyoming, USA in 1966. He continued his studies in the US and was awarded PhD degree in Mathematics by the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He has served at IIT Kanpur from 1971 to 2003 as a faculty in the mathematics department. He guided 8 PhDs and published 27 papers in renowned journals and attended many International Conferences and also served as a visiting Professor for three years at the State University of New York, USA.

Dr J S SAINI Designation: Professor (ME) & Dean (R&D) Qualification: PhD from IIT Roorkee                           Experience 45 years                           With DIT since 2009 Prof J S Saini, presently Visiting Professor at DIT University, obtained his Doctorate from Roorkee in 1975. He has served as Head, Mechanical Engg Deptt, Director Alternate Hydro Energy Centre , Dean Sponsored Research & Consultancy, Dean Faculty Affairs and Emeritus Professor at IIT Roorkee. He has guided 40 PhD scholars and over 100 MTech scholars. He has over 200 research publications in reputed international and national journals and conferences/ workshops / seminars. He has successfully handled several research & development and consultancy projects and has won several research and academic awards including Institution of Engineers (India) Student Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding Teacher Award of IIT Roorkee.

Dr MANOJ BHATNAGAR Designation: Professor (Physics) & Dean of Students welfare. Qualification: MTech (IIT Delhi), PhD from University of                           Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France                           Experience 24 years                           With DIT since 1998 Dr Manoj Bhatnagar, Head of Physics department completed his MTech from IIT Delhi in Solid State Materials and obtained his PhD from the University of Paris. His area of interest is research and includes Solid State Physics and Amorphous Silicon Materials. He has published research papers in international journals and conferences. He has been with DIT since 1998, prior to that he was in various industries at senior levels. He is also the Dean of Students Welfare.

Dr D N SARAF Designation: Professor (Petroleum) Qualification: PhD-University of California-1966                           Experience 41 years                           With DIT since 2014 Dr D N Saraf graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in 1961. After a very short stint in ONGC, he went to University of California, Berkeley where he received Master's and Doctoral degrees both in Petroleum Engineering in 1963 and 1966 respectively. He spent another year there as Assistant Research Engineer before joining IIT Kanpur as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1967. He has published over 150 research papers in National and International journals. He has closely worked with petroleum refineries on projects related to process modeling, optimization and control of some processes such as CDU, FCCU, hydro-cracking, Amine unit etc.

Prof (Dr)H C MEHNDIRATTA Designation: Professor (Civil Engineering) Qualification: Ph.D. - University of Roorkee – 1983                           Experience 41 years Professor (Dr.) H.C. Mehndiratta is presently Professor of Civil Engineering at DIT University, Dehradun. He is B.Sc. (Gold Medalist of the college) from Agra University .He did B.E.(Civil),M.E.(Highways) and Ph.D. from University of Roorkee(now IIT Roorkee).He retired as professor of Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee after serving for 35 years. Prof. Mehndiratta has teaching, research and field experience of 42 years .He has guided a number of Ph.D. and M.Tech theses. Dr. Mehndiratta's field of specialization is Transportation Engineering and major areas of research are Pavement analysis andDesign, Pavement Characterization and Low Cost Roads. Prof. Mehndiratta is life member of IRC and ISDTand was council member of IRC during 1987-88. He was awarded Certificate of Merit from IE (India) for research paper in 2001; IRC medal for the best paper in2004 and Brij Mohan Lal Memorial Prize(Gold Medal)from IE(India) for the research paper in 2009.

Dr S C GUPTA Designation: Professor (Electronics & Communication Engineering) Qualification: MTech - IIT Bombay and                           Double PhD from Canada & IIT Roorkee                           Experience 47 years With DIT since 2005 Dr S C Gupta was formerly Professor and Head of ECE at IIT Roorkee. He is having more than 40 years of experience in teaching and research activities. His works have been published in over 150 national & international journals. He had been to USA, Canada and Middle East Countries as visiting Professor. DR Gupta is visiting faculty and has guided 10 students for their PhD thesis. Dr B P PANDEY Designation:Professor - Advisor (Petroleum) Qualification: MTech and PhD from IIT Kanpur                           Experience 41 years                           Visiting DIT since 2012 Dr Pandey did his MTech and doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He started his professional career with ONGC. There he served for three years and then moved to the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad where he served for 37 years at different positions including Professor & Head of the Petroleum Engineering department. He guided many PhD and MTech projects apart from a number of research projects sponsored by the government and industry. Dr Pandey is associated with DIT University as a visiting faculty. Dr A N KAUL Designation: Professor (Pysics) & Dean (R&C) Qualification: PhD  IIT Delhi - 1987                           Experience 28 years With DIT since 2013                         Dr A N Kaul joined DIT University, Dehradun in July 2013 as Dean, Research & Consultancy. Prior to joining DIT University, Dr Kaul was the Associate Director and Head (Photonics Research) at IRDE, Dehradun, a premier R&D laboratory of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO). During his tenure at DRDO lasting for almost three decades, Dr Kaul had established state-of-the-art facilities in the Design & Development of Photonics and Nanophotonics Technologies. Dr Kaul was awarded the prestigious BOYSCAST fellowship by Department of Science & Technology (DST) to undertake research at EEE Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (UK) in 1994. He was also awarded the DRDO Scientist of the Year (2005) for establishing state-of-the-art facilities to Design and develop various Photonic Technologies. Dr Kaul is a fellow of the Optical Society of India, Life member of Indian laser Association and Indian Remote Sensing Society.

Dr M L GARG Designation: Professor & Head (CSE Department) Qualification: Thapar Institute of Engg & Tech,Patiala-1992                           Experience 37 years                         Dr. M.L Garg, presently Professor and Head. Department of Computer Science & Engineering at DIT University, Dehradun, has obtained his Ph.D degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed University), Patiala with collaborative research work at IIT Delhi, in the year 1992. He has a total experience of about 37 years out of which 16 years is in academics and 21 years is in Punjab State Electricity Board. Three researchers have completed and 4 others are pursuing their Ph.D under his supervision. He has been the Dean Faculty of Engineering for a period of 5 years at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra. His area of research includes Fuzzy Logic Genetic Algorithms & Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. He has published about thirty research articles in peer reviewed International and National Journals and Conferences. He is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Cloud Computing and Super Computing, (IJCS) Canada. Dr SANJAY BHARGAVA Designation: Professor & Head (IT Department) Qualification: PhD from Banasthali University                           Experience 18 years                           With DIT since 2012 Dr Sanjay Bhargava, presently Head of IT departments at DIT University, obtained his PhD degree in Computer Science from Banasthali University. He has a rich experience of over 17 years including 15 years in teaching and remaining 2 years with industry. During his 15 years of teaching profession he has served at various academic and directorial positions in Universities like Banasthali University, IIT Roorkie, Gurukul Kangri University etc. He has guided over 80 MTech students in their project works. He has a total publication count of 16 research papers in reputed international and national journals. Besides he is an active reviewer in 11 international journals and at an international conference. He has successfully handled several R & D projects. He is also Head of Student Coordination Committee of the CSI-DIT chapter since 2012. Dr SANDEEP SHARMA Designation: Professor & Head (ECE & AEI Dept) Qualification: PhD from Delhi University                           Experience 15+ years                                                                           Dr. Sandeep Sharma is an Professor & Head at Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering with an overall experience of 15+ years from Industry and academia alike. He completed his Masters & Doctorate from University of Delhi in the field of Electronics. He has supervised more than 50 projects to Undergraduate & Post Graduate Students. He has also supervised more than 20 industrial R & D as well as Development projects. He has about 10 papers in International Journals & Conferences to his name. His current area of research are wireless based embedded systems and image processing. Dr GAGAN SINGH Designation: Professor & Head (EED) Qualification: PhD from UTU                           Experience 15 years                           With DIT since 2000 Dr Gagan Sing is a Professor and Head of Electrical Department with an experience of 14 years. He completed his MTech and PhD in Electrical Engineering and published a book on ‘Electrical Measurement & Measuring Instruments’ in 2004. He was a recipient of Young Scientist Award in first Uttaranchal State Science Congress by Uttaranchal Council of Science & Technology, Government of Uttaranchal in November 2006. He has published 22 papers which includes 7 International and 15 national journals. His main field of interest is Hydro Power Plant Instrumentation and Renewable Energy Resources. Dr Singh is life member of IE (I) and ISTE. Dr YOGESH KUMAR TYAGI Designation: Professor & Head (Deptt of ME) Qualification: Experience 18 yrs                           With DIT since 2010 Prof Y K Tyagi, presently Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at DIT Dehradun obtained his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from G B Pant University Pantnagar in 1993, Master of Technology in Machine Design from G B Pant University Pantnagar,Uttarakhand, in 2002 and Doctorate (Polymer Composites) from BIET, Bundelkhand University Jhansi in 2006. He joined DIT in 2010 after working for a Government Engineering College in Uttarakhand. He has a teaching experience of 17 years and industrial experience of two years.He has taught a variety of courses which include Strength of Materials, Material Science,Engineering Thermodynamics, Engineering Mechanics and Composites Materials.  He has published six research papers in international and national journals. Dr SHAILENDRA KUMAR TIWARY Designation: Professor & Head (Department of Civil Engineering) Qualification: Ph. D. from M.I.T. Muzaffarpur (Bihar University)                           Experience 22 years                           With DIT since 2012 Dr Shailendra Kumar Tiwary obtained BE in Civil Engineering from MSRIT, Bangalore in 1991 and ME from MIT Muzaffarpur with grade A. He has completed his Ph. D. from M.I.T. Muzaffarpur (Bihar University, Muzaffarpur) in Structural Engineering on the topic ‘Use of High Volume Fly Ash Concrete’. He has contributed several research papers in leading journals and presented several papers in the conferences. His  research  interest  includes   Design of Concrete Structures, Design of Pre-stressed Concrete Structures and Steel Structures. He has got total work experience of 22 years, out of which 18 years is in teaching and research and 4 years in industries. He is at present serving at DIT University, Dehradun as Professor & H.O.D. in the Department of Civil Engineering. He has worked as Associate and Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur for 16 years and. Dr Tiwary is Member of Institution of Engineers (India) and ISTE. Dr UPENDRA SINGH YADAV Designation: Assistant Professor (HOD Petroleum) Qualification: PhD (pursuing) from ISM Dhanbad                           Experience 6 years With DIT since 2012 Mr Yadav is pursuing his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines Dhanbad. He has four years of research experience with research interests in enhanced oil recovery and profile modification. He has published many research papers in a number of national and international journals of repute, apart from this he has also attended many national and international conferences and symposiums.   Dr RITIKA Designation: Professor & Head, MCA Qualification: PhD (CS), MTech (CSE)                           Experience 12 years                           With DIT since 2011 Dr Ritika has earned her PhD in Computer Science and MTech in Computer Science and Engineering. She specializes in core areas of computer science and holds a rich experience of 12 years. An innovative personality with deep knowledge of Advance Networking, Mobile Computing, Computer  Organization, Digital Electronics, J2EE  based applications, Microprocessor etc. Dr Ritika has published many research papers in various national & international journals. She is member of IEEE and CSI, Chairman Computer Society of India, Dehradun chapter and supervising number of research scholars under her able guidance. Dr NAVEEN KUMAR SINGHAL Designation: Professor & Head (Chemistry) Qualification: PhD from University of Roorkee                           Experience 20 Years                           With DIT since 1999 Dr Singhal is PhD from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and has a Masters degree in Organic Chemistry. He has published 20 research papers in national and international journals and has authored many books on Engineering Chemistry, Environment & Pharmacy. Dr RAKESH MOHAN Designation: Professor, HOD Qualification: PhD from IIT BHU                           Experience 19 years                           With DIT since 2000 Dr Rakesh Mohan has completed his PhD from IT BHU and has a rich experience of 18 years inteaching and research activities. He has published more than 16 papers in reputed national & international journals and also authored four books on Engineering Mathematics. He has guided eight research scholars for their PhD degrees. His fields of specialization are Special Function, Numerical Techniques and Differential Equations. Dr RUBY GUPTA Designation: Professor & Head, Humanities Qualification: BSc, MA (Double Gold Medalist) DCE, PhD                           Experience 21 years                           With DIT since 1999 Dr Ruby Gupta has over 15 years’ experience in teaching and 5 years’ experience in journalism. Recipient of the ‘Pratibha Samman Award for Journalism’, her published works include six books, 50 short stories, articles, interviews, and poems. Her research papers have been published / presented in national and international conferences. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the DIT magazine and Newsletter. Several students are pursuing PhD under her guidance. She is Member, Board of Studies; Member, Research Degree Committee; Head Examiner and Founder Editor of the Newsletter at Uttarakhand Technical University. In 2004, Rotary International awarded her the GSE for the United States. Dr PRAKASH TIWARI Designation: Associate Professor (FMS) Qualification: DPhil from HNB Garhwal Central University                           Experience 13 years                           With DIT since 2002 Dr Prakash Tiwari has more than a decade of experience in academic and research area. He has published  more  than twelve  research  papers  in   various peer-reviewed national and international journals and conferences/seminars of repute. He has attended various AICTE/ICSSR sponsored FDPs and QIPs Organized by IITs & other institutes of repute. He is conferred upon with the DPhil degree from HNB Garhwal Central University, Srinagar Garhwal and acquired his Post Graduation in Management from GHS IMR, Kanpur. Dr GOPAL NANDAN Designation: Professor (ME) Qualification: PhD - IIT Roorkee                           Experience 14 years                           With DIT since 2011 Dr. Gopal Nandan obtained PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in the area of Nuclear Reactor Safety in 2011. Dr. Nandan earned his ME degree from BITS Pilani (Rajasthan) in 2000. He obtained B.Sc(Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering from B. C. E. Bhagalpur (A Govt. Engineering College of Bihar, Affiliated to T.M.B. University, Bhagalpur) in 1998. He has published sixteen research papers in various peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. His research interest includes Nuclear reactor safety, Heat transfer, FEM and computational fluid dynamics. He is reviewer of seven International Journals. He has fourteen years of teaching and research experience. At present Dr. Nandan is serving at DIT University, Dehradun as Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this he was associated with BITS Pilani (Rajasthan) and COER, Roorkee. Currently he is supervising students of M Tech and B Tech for thesis work. Recently he organized a National Conference in Energy Engineering 2012 at DIT as Organising secretary. He attended several quality improvement programs at IIT. He has also conducted several workshops at DIT University for B. Tech and M. Tech students. Prof D K SAXENA Designation: Professor (ECE) Qualification: ME - University of Poona                           Experience 36 years With DIT since 2007 Prof D K Saxena is pursuing PhD in Power Line Communication from Thapar University, completed his ME in Guided Missiles, University of Poona. He has 35 years’ experience in army technical institutions besides others including industry and teaching. He has had stints with on job training and experience on many complex electronics and communication equipment. He has done courses in communication, radar, electronics related to communication and fire control systems in Sweden and UK. Prof Saxena is corporate member of IETE. Dr HEMRAJ VERMA Designation: Associate Professor (FMS) Qualification: PhD - Gurukul Kangri University                           Experience 13 years With DIT since 2005 Dr Hemraj Verma with a threemonths association with IIM Ahmedabad through FDP 2010 and experience of more than a decade in academics and industry, Dr Hemraj Verma, is skilled at delivering case based learning. Curretnly, he is working as an Associate Professor in Faculty of Management Studies, DIT University. He completed his Doctoral from Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar and MBA in marketing from CCS University (campus), Meerut. He has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. His current teaching and research interests includes Digital Marketing and Business Analytics. He has also co-authored a book titled “Marketing Management” published by Global Vision Publishers Pvt Ltd New Delhi. Prof SOMNATH BASU Designation: Professor (ME) Qualification: BE, ME - Calcutta University                           PhD (Pursuing)                           Experience 34 years                           With DIT since 2001 Prof Somnath Basu has 25 years’ industrial and 12 years’ teaching experience. He has worked in senior positions in units of SAIL, GKW, Mcneill & Magor etc in areas viz production, maintenance, industrial engineering. He has presented papers at various national /international conferences organized by BIT Mesra, TIET Patiala, GGSIPU Delhi. His areas of interest include materials and manufacturing. Dr (Mrs) RAMA SUSHIL Designation: Professor of Computing Qualification: Ph.D. (CS, IIT Roorkee), R/S (Japan), MCA (MMM Engg. College)                           President IT Society of India, Uttarakhand Chapter,                           Experience 16+ years                           With DIT since 2013 She published a book on "Artificial Intelligence" and Two chapters;“Application of Cloud Computing in Library Information Service Sector”, IGI Global, USA, 2013 and “M-Commerce”, Pragya publication, 2010. AICTE and ictpItaly “travel and stay grant” recipient for research paper presentation in USA, 2007 and Italy, 2005 respectively, Hirosaki UniversityJapan, provided one year research fellowship for research work in Informatics Dept. 1998-99, chaired a session and Presented paper in AOGS’11Taiwan. National scholarship recipient, “Allahabad UP Board”upto B.Sc.She is editor-in-chief of two Int. J. of repute.Her area of interests include: Mobile computing, Mobile agent technology, Neural and sensor Networks, Algorithms.She has 36+ research papers to her credit in International & National J. & Conf. proceedings. She has organized Int. conf. RAITM’12, 28-29 Feb12 and many workshops in association with IIT Mumbai, UCOSTandUK.Tech.Unv.She reviewed many research papers for Int. J.