Timothy A. Gonsalves
Timothy A. Gonsalves | |
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Gonsalves (right) with his wife, Priscilla, in 2019 | |
| Founding Director of IIT Mandi | |
| In office 15 January 2010 – 30 June 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 20, 1954 Ooty, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Spouse | Priscilla Tapley Gonsalves |
| Children | 2, including Kartiki |
| Residence(s) | Siddhartha Nagar, Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Professor, Administrator |
| Website | www |
Timothy Aloysius Gonsalves (born 20 June 1954) is an Indian computer scientist and professor. During his academic career, he has been founder/co-founder of several institutions and companies. These include founder of Nilgiri Networks (P) Ltd, co-founder of NMSWorks Software (P) Ltd, co-founder of the TeNeT Group and RTBI at IIT Madras, and IIT Mandi Catalyst. Most notably, he was the founding Director of IIT Mandi in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh from Jan. 2010 to Jun. 2020. He is currently Professor Emeritus (Honorary) at IIT Mandi. His academic interests include education for engineers of the future, computer networks, distributed systems, telecom software and performance evaluation among others.