Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha
Dr. S. S. Mantha D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) | |
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| Born | Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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| Occupations | Academic, engineer, education administrator |
| Title | Chancellor and President, RB University, Nagpur, and Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru |
| Awards | National Telecom Award (2011) SKOCH Award (2014) Lal Bahadur Shastri Exemplar Award (2021) |
| Honours | Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) |
Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha (born in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian academic, engineer, and higher education administrator. He is the founding Chancellor and President of Ramdeobaba University (RBU), a private university in Nagpur established in 2024. Mantha previously served as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) (2009–2015) and held senior leadership roles at AICTE. He is an adjunct professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. His other roles include former president of the National Board of Accreditation, deputy vice-chancellor of SNDT Women's University in Mumbai, and chancellor of KL University. He has also led the MahaPreit Start-Up Knowledge Centre (MSKC), chaired the National Technical Committee on Cyber Safety and Security Standards, and worked as an accredited arbitrator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation.
Mantha has received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Visvesvaraya Technological University (2012), D. Y. Patil International University (2014), and Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (2025) in recognition of his contributions to technical education.