Director General's Profile
Pandit Deendayal Energy University is located in Gandhinagar, the Capital city of Gujarat with 100 acres Campus. PDPU has been established by GERMI as a Private University through the State Act enacted on 4th April, 2007. It has been promoted by Government, Industry & Energy Companies to create a world class University in energy education and research with special focus on the oil and gas sector. The University offers programs like Engineering & Technology, Management, Humanities and Sciences.
Over the years, PDEU has developed into an internationally state of the art University with all amenities in campus. Our University has 4 schools namely School of Petroleum Management, School of Petroleum Technology, School of Liberal Studies & School of Technology. University has set up State of the art Laboratories in each discipline with support of Industries, Knowledge partners and internationally reputed University partners.
As on date, PDEU has many Centres of Excellence in the field of Energy, Infrastructure and Management disciplines. School of Liberal Studies adds a new dimension to this otherwise, professional nature of University.
Students have shown tremendous talent and innovation in field of education learning & research and to build the institute reputation and recognition. PDEU provides international exposure to the students to develop students as global professional and create visibility of the University in global educational scenario with collaboration of reputed universities abroad. Faculty with their experience and immense Knowledge to the subject in specialization plays vital role in upbringing the student’s development. University offers liberal scholarships & facilities to students and faculty compared with the best in Academics to nurture all-round talent. I welcome all to this reservoir of knowledge.
> Director General's Profile
Dr. S. Sundar Manoharan, a renowned Educationist, Scientist and an Administrator, obtained his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in the year 1991 and after his post-doctoral fellowship he served at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur as Professor between 1996 to 2014 and as the Vice-Chancellor of Karunya University, Coimbatore, Periyar Maniammai University and at Sathyabama University between Feb 2014 till Feb 2020. He has over 30 years of extensive experience in teaching and research in the area of Material science and Nanotechnology. He was deputed from IIT-Kanpur to be the Founder Director of UGC funded 100 Crore project to establish National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Mumbai premises in the year 2012-2014. He served as a visiting professor in internationally reputed institutions including NUS Singapore, University of California-Berkeley, Max Planck Institute-Germany, Imperial College-London and University of Maryland-USA. In the recent past he has held several administrative positions including, being member of Project Advisory Committee at DST & DRDO Funding Agencies.
For his immense contribution he was awarded Innovation Gold Medal by the Department of Science and Technology and Lockheed Martin, USA. He is a recipient of Global Indus Techno-Innovators Award for his research contributions on Nanomaterials and Devices, by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and has received Innovation awards instituted by Intellectual Ventures, USA.
Furthermore as a faculty Entrepreneur at IITK, he has set up an incubating startup company at SIDBI -IIT Kanpur in the year 2009. He has more than 120 research publications and has supervised 13 PhDs, 27 Master Project thesis, 2 M.Tech thesis. He has been successful in converting ideas to reality, having 19 patents to his credit, six of which are granted USA Patents. Recently he scouted Defense India Startup projects, AI and IoT based health monitoring devices.
Dr. Sundar Manoharan is known for his virtues as a Mentor, Teacher, Leader and an Innovator. He is committed to serve the humanity by dedicating to the cause of Scientific and Technological research. He has ensured all round development by adopting novel and innovative approaches, never compromising on quality. His endearing personality has been a tremendous source of inspiration to many young Researchers and Teachers.