Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi | |
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29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University | |
Assumed office 1 August 2025 | |
Appointed by | President of India |
Preceded by | Sudhir K. Jain |
Director (Acting) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | |
In office 1 July 2020 –31 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Timothy A. Gonsalves |
Succeeded by | Laxmidhar Behera |
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | |
In office 1 January 2017 [1] –11 Oct 2022 | |
Preceded by | Pradipta Banerji |
Succeeded by | Prof.Kamal Kishore Pant [2] |
Lecturer at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi | |
In office 1994–1996 [3] | |
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | |
In office 1996–1999 [3] | |
Professor,Dean of Research &Development and Deputy Director at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | |
In office 1999–2016 | |
In office 2022–2025 [4] | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (India) |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
Profession | Professor Dean Researcher |
Known for | MIMO systems applications |
Website | Official website |
Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi (born 1963) is an Indian Professor,education administrator,currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. He has previously served as the Director of IIT Roorkee. He has largely contributed to waveform shaping and sequence design, [5] MIMO systems. [6]
Chaturvedi was appointed as the 29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in July 2025. [7]