Dr. Sunil Patekar

Principal

Dr. Sunil Patekar is the Principal at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology and a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering. He played an instrumental role in setting up of a Research Center at the Institute thereby initiating doctoral studies on the campus. He actively worked towards establishing a digitally-enabled academic environment at the Institute to facilitate engaging learning practices among tech-savvy millennials. He worked in a goal-oriented manner towards obtaining accreditation for the Institute by NBA and NAAC.

While pursuing his Engineering education, he won many laurels, including gold and silver medals for his meritorious performance. His efforts as an academician were further recognized when the prestigious ‘Best Teacher Award’ was conferred by the Government of Maharashtra in 2007. He has successfully executed several key academic projects at the DTE and at the University level. He has also provided technical consultancy services to BEST and ONGC. On the research front, Dr. Patekar has around 60 publications in international and national journals to his credit and has published more than 6 books. He has also bagged the ISTE National Award for Best Paper Presentation in1992, and the Best Paper Prize at IEEE INDICON in 2014.

Dr. Patekar asserts that every single initiative on the Vidyalankar campus is undertaken keeping the best interests of students in mind. He states, “Through meticulous academic planning our faculty put in efforts to ensure that students develop a strong foundation in the fundamental technical concepts which they can practically apply in various professional situations. It gives me immense satisfaction to witness that over the years our alumni have kept the Vidyalankar flag flying high in India and abroad with their accomplishments in reputed organizations as employees, and as entrepreneurs.” He shares a passion for reading and art, and has created many thought-provoking thematic-art images which are displayed in the Institute.