Prof. Sandeep Shukla has taken charge as the Director of IIIT Hyderabad, bringing over three decades of experience in cybersecurity, embedded systems, and academic leadership.
He has been serving as the Rajiv and Ritu Batra Endowed Chair for Cybersecurity at IIT Kanpur and has led major initiatives like the C3iHub — India’s National Technology Innovation Hub for Cybersecurity of Cyber-Physical Systems. His contributions extend beyond academia, with key advisory roles at REBIT (RBI), SEBI, NPCI, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IRDAI, and the Ministry of Power, helping shape national cybersecurity strategies.
Prof. Shukla’s global academic exposure includes positions at MIT, Virginia Tech, Inria (France), and TU Kaiserslautern (Germany). At IIT Kanpur, he also headed the Department of Computer Science and played a central role in several interdisciplinary programs.
As Director of IIIT Hyderabad, he is expected to strengthen the institute’s research ecosystem, foster innovation, and build deeper academia-industry collaborations across cutting-edge technology domains.