Board for IT Education Standards

The first meeting of the BITES Governing Board was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Shri. S. M. Krishna on September 02, 2000 at the Vidhan Soudha. The Governing Body and patrons of BITES are a judicious mix of professionals from IT Education, the IT industry and the Government working towards bridging the gap between the IT Education imparted and the worldwide needs of IT industry.

The Governing Board currently has 3 ex officio members, 4 special invitees and 14 members. The ex officio members are: The Principal Secretary, Higher Education; the Principal Secretary, IT & BT ; and the Director of Technical Education of Karnataka. The Board members are principals of reputed technical institutions in the State of Karnataka and senior executives from some of the leading IT companies of India.

Chairman

Professor Sadagopan, Former Director of IIIT -Bangalore, is an alumnus of Madras University, India and Purdue University, USA. He taught for over 25 years at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras and IIIT-Bangalore, in addition to short teaching assignments at RUTGERS, USA and AIT, Bangkok. Show more

Prof S Sadagopan

Founder Director IIIT-B

He has authored seven books, several book chapters and papers. He is a Fellow of IEE (UK) and Computer Society of India. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, ACM and AIS.

He consults widely and lectures extensively on all aspects of IT. He is and has been a member of Boards of several Universities – IIIT Dharwad, IIIT-Gwalior, IIIT Delhi, Jain University, Dayanand Sagar, Chairman –IIITD&M Kancheepuram IBAB / Corporations – Bank of India, NMDC, BEL, NSE, BEML, IRDAI to mention a few. Committees NSEIT, NESL, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and Non- Executive Chairman, IDRBT Governing Council.

He serves / served as Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Chief Minister's Vision Group on IT, NASSCOM Regional Council, Indian Electronics Semiconductor Association (IESA) Executive Council and ACM India Council. He was the Chair of IEEE Computer Society, Bangalore Chapter.

Co-Chairman

After his Engineering from IIT Madras, Selvan completed his management from IIM Ahmedabad and for the last 35 years has been with the IT Services Industry with varied exposure. His research work was in the HRM area.

His work experience cuts across Sales, Quality, Heading a Business Unit, HR, and Business Process Reengineering. Show more

Dr Selvan D

Former VP and Head Learning and Development, Capgemini

Having been in a Leadership position for the past 20 years, he has interacted with various stakeholders - Customers, Partners, Board members, Business and Functional Heads and brings in these varied experiences.

His areas of expertise include Business, Strategy, Innovation, Digital HR, Talent Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence for Managers and Leadership Development.

He is an advisor to Corporates as well as Academia and teaches at IIMB and SP Jain.

Executive Director

Prof. Sujatha is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Applications at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. Additionally, she is also serving as the Executive Director at the Board of IT Education Standards.

In 2009, she was awarded a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University. Show more

Dr D N Sujatha

Professor,BMSCE

During her long stint at BMSCE spanning around 30 years, she is also instrumental in setting up the Innovation Cluster Lab where she mentored young students and academicians till March 2022. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, ACM and IACSIT. Her topics of interest include Multimedia Applications, Mobile Adhoc Networks and the Internet of Things.

Prof. Sujatha has served as the Branch Counselor of BMSCE-IEEE SB from 2012 to 2014. During her tenure as the Branch Counselor, she was chosen as the IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor within IEEE Region 10. She was the Founder-Chairperson of the Women in Engineering (WiE) affinity group at BMSCE.

Between 2016 and 2017, she also served as the WiE (Women in Engineering) Chair at IEEE Bangalore Section.