Director – Technical Education
Designation: Director
Division: Technical Education Division
Dr. Suresh assumed the charge as Director of the Technical Education Division in 2023. With over 40 years of experience in pharmacy education and profession, he also serves as the Pro-Chancellor of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, a prestigious and multidisciplinary institution that offers academic programs in health sciences, life sciences, and management studies. He was the President of the Pharmacy Council of India, the statutory body that regulates pharmacy education and profession in India (2003-2021), and the Chairman of the Scientific Body of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (2008-2013), which sets the standards for pharmaceutical substances and formulations.
Dr. Suresh is a pioneer and advocate of the pharmacy practice concept in India and has introduced postgraduate and Pharm D programs in the country. He is also a delegate member of the United States Pharmacopeia Convention, USA. He was also Chair/ member of the ACPE International Services Commission, USA (2015-2021), and an executive member of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association. He has received multiple honorary doctorates and awards for contributing to developing pharmacy education and profession in India. He is passionate about enhancing the quality and relevance of higher education and research and fostering innovation and collaboration among stakeholders.
Designation: Joint Director
Division: Technical Education Division
Contact No: Phone:2548283; Fax: 2548281
Email: jd-ted@jssonline.org
Office: TED, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570006
Working since: Oct 2020
Qualification: B.E., M.Tech., PhD
- Administration and Development of Institutions under Technical Education Division (TED) and Project Related Institutions
- Improvement in Quality of teaching, performance/results
- Implementing & monitoring of projects under various schemes
- Functioning of STEPs, JSS Consultants, Urban Haat
- Introducing new & innovative projects in the institutions
- Monitoring of the preparation of the budgets and auditing
| From 19th Oct 2020 | Joint Director, TED, JSSMVP |
| July 2016 – Oct 2020 | Principal at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shivamogga. Worked towards building 21st century institute with focus on high quality education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. |
| Oct 2012 – Jul 2016 | Co-founded a company ‘Applied Invention India Pvt Ltd’ in 2012 and worked as Managing Director & CEO. The objective of the company is creation and monetization of IPs. It is 1st of this kind in India to establish IP Commercialization and Consultancy to connect inventions to reach out right companies. |
| May 2013 – July 2016 | Co-founder & Director, Curio System Pvt Lts, Bangalore and responsible for: Software development, IT, and product services, Acquiring global projects. |
| Apr 2003 – Oct 2012 | Senior Manager & Group Head – Car Infotainment at Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions, Bangalore. Was responsible for projects in Car Multimedia System, Machine vision system for Industrial Automation and Security System. Lead team with size of 140+ software engineers. |
| Jan 2001 – Apr 2003 | Program Manager at Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Hyderabad. Was lead teams in DSP and Image Processing area. Worked in Pre-sales, business scope study, Proposal making, and System Architecting |
| Apr 1988 – Dec 1997 | Lecturer & Assistant Professor, ECE Dept, SIT, Tumkur. Was responsible for IT Education, supervising projects, research and consultancy work. Proposal writing to get funds for various Lab set ups from various sources. |
- Effective Administration at JNNCE, started an initiative “Transformation for Excellence” at JNNCE to take the institution to next level, exposure to Outcome Based Education (OBE) and NBA Accreditation, NAAC process.
- Established business in verticals telecom, manufacturing, automotive, industrial technology, security system, starting from business development to operations
- Authored about 13 publications in journals, conferences and symposium
- Established new opportunities in Car Infotainment connectivity leading to setting up a big team
- Demonstrated Business innovation by forming the highly competent team in DSP, Imaging and Speech
- Invited Speaker at Conferences & University events
- Members of various committees & Governing Councils
- Task force member at MNC to establish Global research Centre in India.
- Visited countries Germany, Portugal, Malaysia for technical discussions for new product development
Research Area of Interest
- 3D Point Cloud Processing
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Imaging technology & Multimedia
- Cyber Physical System (CPS)
Professional Membership
- Life Member of ISTE
- Member of IETE
- Member of IE