SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering

Founder

The SSN Institutions are the outcome of the vision and initiative of Dr. Shiv Nadar, a pioneer in the field of information Technology. As the chairman of HCL Technologies Ltd., Dr. Shiv Nadar has played a pivotal role in the rise of India as a formidable power in Information Technology. His commitment to professional excellence and global vision is today a benchmark in the corporate world. Dr. Shiv Nadar has been conferred the prestigious Padma Bhushan award in 2008 by the Government of India.

President

Ms. Kala Vijayakumar obtained her Master of Science degree with specialization in Mathematics with honors from Stella Maris College, Madras University. She has a mix of Entrepreneur, IT profession and Academic Management experience. She worked in the software development projects in HCL technologies, playing roles like programmer and team leader. Ms. Kala Vijayakumar has been associated with SSN Institutions from the inception. The objectives of the institutions are to provide world class education, create the right type of learning ambience and make the education affordable to the meritorious students through large number of scholarships. She is now president of SSN Institutions. She implements the vision of the founder, Dr. Shiv Nadar by providing day-to-day management and guidance in running the institutions.

Core Faculty

Dr. Shashikant Albal obtained his PhD in CAD from IIT, Bombay in 1978. He has a mix of academic, research and software industry experience. He has worked in variety of roles and handled responsibilities of training, technology, R&D, and software project management. He has worked in Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra British Telecom, and SYNTEL before joining SSN. While in MBT, he had worked in association with Carnegie Mellon University in 1996 and had formed an academic institution.

Besides holding the reigns as a director of SSN SASE from its inception (Nov 2001), he teaches a number of subjects including Managing Software Development, Methods of Software Development, Software Process Definition, Software Measurement, and Personal Software Process. At present he is also focussing on utilization of technology advancements in innovative teaching-learning process.  He is fond of pets and indulges in philosophical reading when time permits.

Dr. C. Aravindan obtained his PhD in Computer Science (Knowledge and Data base updates) from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand in 1995. After completing his PhD he worked at University of Koblenz, Koblenz,Germany, as a Research scientist from 1995 to 1997. He then worked at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India, as Professor and Head of Computer Science department from 1998 to 2002.

Aravindan's research interests include logic programming, soft computing, and high-performance computing. He is guiding 15 research scholars in these fields. He has completed three funded projects, and currently investigating two projects. He has published about 25 papers in international journals and conferences. Aravindan joined SSN Institutions in July 2002 and presently he is Assistant Director, SSN SASE. He teaches Models of Software Systems which is a core course for both MSIT-SE and MSIT-ESE programs.

Dr. Chitra Babu received her Bachelor's Degree from P.S.G College of Technology and M.S. from the Ohio State University, USA and Ph.D from IIT, Madras. She has worked in AT & T Bell Labs, USA. She has also worked as a consultant in the field of Document imaging and Management. She has published several papers in the area of object Technology and sensor works. Her current areas of research are object behavioral modeling, Software Engineering and Distributed Computing.

Chitra Babu is currently the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She teaches Architecture of Software Systems which is a core course for both MSIT-SE and MSIT-ESE programs.

Dr. C. Prita Nair obtained her PhD in physics from IIT, Madras in 1997. Throughout her education, she has been honored with many academic awards and scholarships. She has worked on various Research and Development projects at Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Madras and Ta Devices, Velachery. She has also done short term consultancy work at Dr. MGR Deemed University, Indian Space Research Organisation, Southern Railway and DRDO (Ministry of Defense).

Prita Nair has taught at National Institute of Technology, Advanced Training Institute for Information Technology and Saveetha Engineering College. At present she is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics. She guides projects for MSIT-ESE program.

Prof. Balasubramanian has obtained his M.E. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, in the year 2002. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. His areas of expertise are Computer Arcitecture and Mobile Computing. He teaches Comptuter Architecture, Operating Systems, and Computer Networks to create the right foundation for the MSIT program.

Prof. Vasuki obtained her Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, in the year 2000. At present she is pursuing her doctoral research work on "Emotion identification in Tamil speech", under the guidance of Dr. C. Aravindan. She is working as a Senior Lecturer in the department of Information Tecbnology, and she teaches Real-Time Operating Systems for MSIT-ESE program.

Adjunct Faculty

Ravindra Appaswamy Pillai obtained his M.Tech degree from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati. He has extensive industry experience of over 2 decades in telecommunications and software industry. He has worked in variety of roles and handled telecom product R&D, switching software, embedded and application software development. He handled multiples software projects for various global clients and has in depth software project management experience. He has worked in Indian Telephone Industries, Natelco and Invensys before joining HCL. He has keen interest in technology research, software intensive systems. He has also wide experience in implementation of various software processes, quality systems in his career.

Nitin Swamy received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2003, majoring in Control Systems. He joined the Aeronautical Development Agency in Bangalore, India as a Scientist where he worked on control laws and flight simulations for the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft. He worked as Project Manager with an automotive software company in Chennai, India, where he was involved in implementing control algorithms for land vehicles for major international automotive clients. His research interests include linear and nonlinear control systems, optimal control, intelligent control, applications of control theory, sensor networks and real-time embedded applications of control theory. He has published two IEEE journal papers and has presented technical papers in several international and national conferences.

Mr. Raj Kumar is an alumni of SSN SASE. He joined the MIST program in SSN SASE in 2003 and obtained his MSIT-SE degree in 2005 from Carnegie Mellon Univerisy. Prior to joining the MSIT program, he had four years of techning experience. He is currently working as Lead - Quality in the Quality Assurance department of HCL Technolgies.

Dr. Sivakumar obtained his PhD from IIT, Bombay. He has experience and expertise in usage of IBM Rational tools in developing software. At present, he is working as a software consultant.

Visiting Faculty

Coordinating faculty from CMU