Archive · 20 Aug 2025
Sandeep Shukla Appointed as IIIT Hyderabad Director
Sandeep Shukla is now the new boss, or Director, at IIIT Hyderabad, a school for technology.
He's taking over from P J Narayanan, who was the boss for 12 years.
Shukla knows a lot about keeping computers safe, called cybersecurity.
Before this job, he taught at another school called IIT Kanpur.
He wants to make IIIT Hyderabad even better by building a special center to study how to protect computers and the internet.
He also wants to look at ways to solve cybercrimes and work with new technologies like Web3 and AI to keep things safe.
Sandeep Shukla becomes the new Director of IIIT Hyderabad.
He replaces P J Narayanan, who served as Director for 12 years.
Shukla is an expert in cyber-physical systems and cybersecurity.
He previously worked as a Professor at IIT Kanpur.
Shukla plans to build a world-class cybersecurity research center.
- Who
- Sandeep Shukla and P J Narayanan.
- What
- Sandeep Shukla became the Director of IIIT Hyderabad.
- When
- The article was published on August 20, 2025.
- Where
- International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H)
- Why
- To lead and advance the institute's focus on technology and cybersecurity.
- New Director
- Sandeep Shukla
- Previous Director
- P J Narayanan
- Institute
- IIIT Hyderabad
- Shukla's Expertise
- Cyber-physical systems and cybersecurity
- Prior Position
- Professor at IIT Kanpur
- Focus Areas
- Cybersecurity research, cybercrime investigation, Web3 and AI