G Hemantha Kumar

G. Hemantha Kumar, born on May 21, 1959, is the vice chancellor of the University of Mysore, Mysore.[1][2]

Academic career

Kumar has published over 336 research papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and presented more than 150 papers at conferences. His research contributions have earned him 2850 scientific citations and an H-index of 26.[3]

Kumar initiated new pharmacy courses in University of Mysore.[4][5]

He has supervised 20 Ph.D. candidates and is presently guiding 8 more. He has secured research grants from DST, AICTE, UGC, DIETY, and international partnerships totaling over five crores.[6] Kumar is a member of ISTE, CSI, Indian Science Congress Association, and IAPR. He has held administrative roles including Chairman of the Computer Science Department, Director of the International Center, and led projects like Vignyan Bhavan and High-Performance Computing.[7][8]

Awards and honours

  • Millennium Plaques Honor (2018) – Awarded by the Indian Science Congress Association for contributions to Science & Technology.[9][10]
  • Upadhyaya Samman State Level Award (2017) – From the Upadhyaya Moodubelle Art Foundation, Udupi.[11]
  • Teachers' Day Award for Best Teacher (2017)[12]

References

  1. ^ "Wait for full-time vice-chancellor for University of Mysore finally ends". The Times of India. 2018-11-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  2. ^ The, Hindu (June 30, 2022). "Hemantha Kumar is VC of Mysuru varsity". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "Hemantha kumar G". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  4. ^ "University of Mysore to launch pharmacy courses from 2022-23". The Hindu. June 2022.
  5. ^ Author (2022-09-10). "Genetics helped vaccine discovery in six months". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 2024-11-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Prof. G. Hemanth Kumar Archives". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  7. ^ "A BRIEF PROFILE OF LIFE SKETCH Prof G Hemantha Kumar" (PDF). June 2018.
  8. ^ "University of Mysore gets new VC after 22 months". The New Indian Express. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  9. ^ "Government of India,Indian Science Congress". www.sciencecongress.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  10. ^ Author (2018-03-29). "Intl. Meet on 'Data Analytics' from Mar. 30". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 2024-11-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "A BRIEF PROFILE OF LIFE SKETCH" (PDF). University of Mysore.
  12. ^ "NATIONAL TEACHERS' AWARDS". nationalawardstoteachers.education.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-11-07.