Professor S. Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore

International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore

The International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore , abbreviated to IIIT-B, is a graduate school in India. Founded in 1999, it offers M.Tech., MS and PhD programs in the field of Information Technology...

, a new generation Institute, promoted jointly by the Government of Karnataka

Government of Karnataka

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 and the IT industry in 1999.

Sadagopan received his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Madras University in 1973. After working from 1973 to 1976 at the New Delhi

New Delhi

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 consultancy firm M/S Engineers India Ltd. he moved the US to study for a Master's and a Doctoral degree at Purdue University

Purdue University

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. He later returned to India to teach at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1980–1995), and the IIM Bangalore (1995–1999).

Professor Sadagopan is a Fellow of the IEE

Institution of Electrical Engineers

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, the Computer Society of India

Computer Society of India

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 and the Institution of Engineers

Institution of Engineers

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.