Dr. Saurabh Mehta

Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Saurabh Mehta is the Chief Academic Officer at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology and a Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. As CAO, he is actively involved in the designing of curricula, implementing academic planning and policies, introducing modern pedagogical tools and teaching methodologies. He explores ways to collaborate and integrate academia and industry, and facilitates training programs for academia so that students and faculty will gain useful exposure to the professional world. He puts in efforts to bring innovation in education, research programs, and human resource development.

Armed with an MS and PhD in Wireless Networks which he pursued from South Korea, he gained rich industrial and research experience through consultancy projects at key MNCs. Dr. Mehta shares, “Academic evolution is happening at an accelerated pace across the globe. The learning needs of the millennial generation need to be addressed by active integration of technology in educational environments. Supported by a digitally-enabled learning environment, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology is striving to progress to Education 4.0 through initiatives such as learner-centric pedagogy, remote learning strategies, skill-based, problem-based and project-based learning.”