Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi

Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
Assumed office
1 August 2025
Appointed byPresident of India
Preceded bySudhir K. Jain
Director (Acting) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
In office
1 July 2020 – 31 January 2022
Preceded byTimothy A. Gonsalves
Succeeded byLaxmidhar Behera
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
In office
1 January 2017  – 11 Oct 2022
Preceded byPradipta Banerji
Succeeded byProf. Kamal Kishore Pant
Lecturer at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
In office
1994–1996
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
In office
1996–1999
Professor,Dean of Research & Development and Deputy Director at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
In office
1999–2016
In office
2022–2025
Personal details
Born1964 (age 61–62)
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
ProfessionProfessor
Dean
Researcher
Known forMIMO systems applications
WebsiteOfficial website
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Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi (born 1964) is an Indian Professor, education administrator, currently serving as the 29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. He has previously served as the Director of IIT Roorkee. He has largely contributed to waveform shaping and sequence design, MIMO systems.

Chaturvedi was appointed as the 29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in July 2025.