U. B. Desai

Uday B. Desai is an Indian academician and the founding director of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He is Professor Emeritus in Electrical engineering at IIT Hyderabad, Chancellor ICFAI Dehradun, Chancellor Anurag University, Hyderabad, Vice-President Indian National Academy of Engineering, Honorary Distinguished Professor Plaksha University, Mohali. He is member of Board of Governor of many academic institutions and member or chair of committees in DST and MEITY. He served as the director of IIT Hyderabad from June 2009 to July 2019, and is credited for taking it to rank among the top 10 engineering colleges in India in the NIRF engineering ranking. He was mentor director of IIT Bhilai from May 2016 to February 2017 and mentor director for IIIT Chittoor 2013–2018.