Sr. Albina
Director
Guides the university's mission of holistic, value-based education for women.
- Value-based education
- Women's leadership
- Institutional ethics
The people
Faculty & Staff
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Administration
4 people
Prof. George Lekha
Principal
Leads academic and pastoral life across all schools of study.
- Higher-education pedagogy
- Academic governance
Dr. Anitha Ravikumar
Director of Admissions
Anchors UG, PG, and integrated program admissions.
- Access and equity in higher education
- Admissions policy
Dr. Priya Menon
Registrar
Anchors examinations and academic records across programs.
- Assessment design
- Academic records systems
Counseling
2 people
Sr. Arpana
Dean of Student Affairs
Champions campus life, spiritual formation, and the student council.
- Student affairs
- Campus ministry
- Pastoral care
Dr. Meera Iyer
Head, Department of Psychology
Clinical psychologist. Leads the campus wellness centre.
- Clinical psychology
- Adolescent wellbeing
- Trauma-informed care
Mathematics
4 people
Dr. Rekha Nair
Head, Department of Commerce
PhD in financial economics. Post-doctoral fellow, Lincoln University, Malaysia.
- Financial economics
- Sustainable finance
- Behavioural investing
Prof. Sheeba Thomas
Head, Computer Applications (MCA/BCA)
Researcher in cybersecurity and AI-based intrusion detection.
- Cybersecurity
- Intrusion detection
- Applied AI
Dr. R. Krishnan
Head, Department of Statistics
Applied statistician working on public-health surveillance models.
- Applied statistics
- Public-health surveillance
- Bayesian methods
Dr. Sanjana Rao
Assistant Professor, Data Science
ML researcher; leads the campus AI lab.
- Machine learning
- Fairness in ML
- Marketing analytics
History
1 person
Dr. Arun Verghese
Head, Economics & Public Policy
Public finance economist. Convener of the GST 2.0 conclave.
- Public finance
- Tax policy
- Federalism
Science
2 people
Dr. Sujata Gupta Kedar
Head, Department of Chemistry
Published widely in green chemistry and sustainable materials.
- Green chemistry
- Sustainable materials
- Catalysis
Prof. Elizabeth Kurian
Assistant Professor, Home Science
Food chemistry and Indian fermentation traditions.
- Food chemistry
- Indian fermentation traditions
English
3 people
Prof. Neha D'Souza
Head, Media & Communication
Documentary filmmaker and long-form journalist.
- Documentary film
- Long-form journalism
- Media ethics
Dr. Fatima Sheikh
Head, Department of English
Postcolonial literature and translation studies.
- Postcolonial literature
- Translation studies
- South Asian fiction
Prof. Salman Khan
Assistant Professor, Journalism
Data journalism and civic technology.
- Data journalism
- Civic technology
Arts
2 people
Athletics
1 person
Prof. Anjali Rao
Director of Physical Education
Coaches the inter-university basketball and athletics squads.
- Athletic performance
- Sports coaching
- Women in sport
Languages
1 person
Prof. Aisha Bhatia
Head, Department of French
DELF/DALF examiner and coordinator of the Francophone exchange.
- French language pedagogy
- Francophone literatures