Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha
S. S. Mantha | |
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| Born | Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering Master of Engineering |
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| Occupation(s) | Chancellor and president, RB University, Nagpur, and adjunct professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru |
| Awards | SKOCH Award |
| Honours | Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) |
Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha, commonly known as S. S. Mantha, is an Indian academic and administrator based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He currently serves as the Chancellor and President of RB University, Nagpur, and is an adjunct professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He is also the former chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body and national-level council for technical education under the Department of Higher Education, established in 1945. Additionally, he has served as the president of the National Board of Accreditation and as the deputy vice-chancellor of the SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. He also served as the chancellor of KL University and was the CEO of MahaPreit StartUp Knowledge Centre (MSKC), Mumbai. He heads the National Technical Committee, National Cyber Safety, and Security Standards (NSSSC). He is an accredited arbitrator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM).
He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, in 2012, by D Y Patil International University, Maharashtra, in 2014, and by Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), a deemed university in Chennai, in 2025.