Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Anantha Chandrakasan | |
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| 14th Provost of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Barnhart |
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| Born | |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
| Scientific career | |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering Computer science |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Low Power Digital CMOS Digital Design (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert W. Brodersen |
Anantha P. Chandrakasan is the provost and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is chair of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and MIT AI Hardware Program, and co-chair the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab, the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology, and the Tata-MIT Alliance. He also serves as head of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) and the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (MGAIC), and co-chair of the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) and MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance.