doctoral_advisor work_institution nationality field article_title name occupation alma_mater
-lsb- http://cratos.pc.unicatt.it/english_version/staff/ferrari/ferrari.htm domenico ferrari -rsb- amrita university university of california , san diego indian computer science venkat rangan
 p. venkat rangan vice chancellor of amrita vishwa vidyapeetham indian university -lrb- 1984-1985 -rrb- university of california , berkeley -lrb- institute 1985-1988 -rrb- of technology madras -lrb- 1980-1984 -rrb- cornell
venkat rangan

p. venkat rangan is an indian computer scientist .
he is the current vice chancellor of amrita university .
a pioneer of research in multimedia systems , he was the founder and director of the multimedia laboratory at the university of california , san diego , where he served as a professor of computer science and engineering .
by the age of 33 he was one of the youngest full professors at university of california , san diego .
dr. rangan also founded yodlee inc. and served as its ceo , for which in 2000 , he was selected as one of the 25 best entrepreneurs by the president of the us and featured on the july 2000 cover of internet world magazine .
venkat rangan has been the recipient of president of india 's gold medal from indian institute of technology madras in 1984 .
as a ph.d. student in computer science he spent a year at cornell university , before moving to university of california , berkeley .
at berkeley he secured the top-most rank in the qualifying exams for graduate studies .
in 1988 , his ph.d. thesis at university of california , berkeley was judged as the outstanding ph.d of the year by ibm .
venkat rangan has been identified by the acm as a pioneer of research in multimedia systems , and for `` founding one of the foremost centers for research in multimedia , in which area he is an inventor of fundamental techniques with global impact '' .
with over 100 research papers and 30 patents to his credit , venkat rangan has been the driving force behind the setting up of a large number of inter-disciplinary research centers within amrita university .
he has extensively collaborated with international and indian govt partners on research projects .
