Higher Education · Artificial Intelligence · Cybersecurity
Building universities for the AI era.
Three decades across academics, research, university governance and enterprise technology — now focused on the convergence of AI, cybersecurity and institutional transformation.
Professor & Chief Technology OfficerThapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
HeadThapar School of Advanced AI
Leadership in actionTechnology · Security · Education
30+ yearsacademia & technology
AI × Securityone institutional agenda
Leadership agenda
Academic purpose, technological capability and digital trust.
AI is reshaping how universities teach, research and operate. Dr. Singh’s leadership connects academic quality with AI capability, cybersecurity, institutional governance and people.
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Academic Transformation
Curriculum, faculty, teaching quality and research environments designed for a rapidly changing knowledge economy.
AcademicsFacultyQuality
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AI-Ready Institutions
Compute, infrastructure, partnerships and governance that allow AI research and education to move from aspiration to capability.
HPCGPU ecosystemAI strategy
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Secure Digital Universities
Cybersecurity and digital resilience treated as foundational institutional responsibilities rather than downstream IT concerns.
SecurityTrustResilience
Institution building
Leading across academics, infrastructure and innovation.
His leadership spans academic systems, enterprise technology, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and external partnerships — linking strategy with execution at institutional scale.
01Academic Governance
Academic systems and educational quality
Leadership experience spanning academic planning, curriculum, teaching quality, faculty, departments, admissions and institutional policy.
02Digital Transformation
Enterprise technology at university scale
Strategy and execution across ERP, campus networks, cybersecurity, digital platforms, data systems and technology operations.
03AI Infrastructure
Compute capability for next-generation research
Technical leadership for the Thapar School of Advanced AI and its GPU/HPC ecosystem, including strategic engagement with NVIDIA.
04Security in Practice
Research translated into deployed capability
Cybersecurity research and consultancy across government, defence, banking, enterprise networks and secure infrastructure.
Entrepreneurship & applied innovation
Taking ideas from the university into usable products.
Alongside academic and executive leadership, Dr. Singh serves as a Director of Vue360Infra Pvt. Ltd., a TIET-incubated venture developing 3D / 360° campus experiences and AI-enabled education and assessment solutions.
Director3D / 360° CampusIncubated at TIETMeitY-supported
Vue360Infra
A bridge between institutional problem-solving and product innovation.
The venture combines immersive 3D / 360° campus mapping with AI-supported assessment systems, translating institutional needs into practical digital products.
Visit Vue360Infra ↗01Immersive Infrastructure
3D / 360° Campus Mapping
Immersive digital mapping of university environments, creating navigable 3D / 360° campus experiences for institutional discovery, orientation and digital engagement.
02Education AI
Viva Eval
AI-supported oral-assessment workflows aimed at making viva evaluation more structured, scalable and evidence driven.
03Education AI
Smart Eval
AI-powered evaluation for discussion-oriented learning, using voice tagging and group-discussion analysis to help assess individual participation and performance.
Collaborations & public leadership
Selected partnerships, conversations and global engagement.
Selected international, industry and public engagements spanning AI research, accelerated computing, higher education and technology leadership.
In conversation with R. Kalyanaraman, MD, Digital Business Group at JM Financial Services, on how AI is reshaping human judgement, curricula, upskilling and academia–industry collaboration.
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Executive development at IIM Kozhikode, combining classroom study, peer exchange and applied technology-leadership perspectives.
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Research collaborationTIET × Imperial College London
AI-powered models for air-pollution prediction.
Imperial College London and TIET are collaborating on physics-based and AI foundation models for air-pollution dynamics in Northern India, with Dr. Singh and the Thapar School of Advanced AI contributing to the AI research effort.
Strategic technology engagementNVIDIA · AI & HPC
Engaging with global AI and HPC leadership.
Dr. Maninder Singh participated in an AI and HPC Research Leaders Meeting with NVIDIA President and CEO Jensen Huang in New Delhi on 4 September 2023 — a visible marker of TIET’s engagement with global accelerated-computing leadership.
Industry dialogueForbes India · SpeakIn
Academic leadership in industry-facing conversations.
Public forums place higher education alongside finance, technology and industry leaders, with Dr. Singh discussing how curricula, reskilling and institutional models must respond to rapid technological change.
Student & public engagementYoung Engineers Forum · TIET
Preparing engineers for AI and cybersecurity careers.
TIET opened its Young Engineers Forum 2026 webinar series with Prof. Maninder Singh on 21 April 2026, focusing on AI, cybersecurity and the choices students need to make for future-ready engineering careers.
NVIDIA
External recognition · AI Research Leaders of India
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Thapar’s AI-enabled tuberculosis research featured by NVIDIA.
NVIDIA’s “AI Research Leaders of India” showcase features Thapar Institute’s AI-enabled tuberculosis research, including the ICMR-supported programme led by Dr. Singh.
Research & technology
NVIDIAImperial College LondonOPEN-ASIA · EUOracle
Entrepreneurship & applied innovation
Vue360Infra3D / 360° CampusEducation AI
Industry & public leadership
Forbes IndiaSpeakInTCS
Government & security engagements
DRDOIndian Army
Conversations & media
Engaging leaders on the questions shaping AI, DeepTech and education.
Selected conversations with technology and industry leaders on cybersecurity, DeepTech, talent and the strategic adoption of AI.
Cybersecurity · Leadership
What If the CEO on Your Zoom Call Is a Deepfake?
With Ranjan Bhattacharya, HSBC · SpeakIn Asia Dialogues
DeepTech · Sovereign capability
Can India Become a DeepTech Powerhouse by Creating AI?
With Dr. Prince Joseph · SpeakIn Asia Dialogues
Talent · Industry
India Has Talent, But Does It Have Enough Opportunities?
With Raman Srinivasan, Chief Digital Officer, InMobi
AI investment · Industry strategy
Why Is India Behind the US and China in AI Investment?
With Saurabh Jha, Tech Mahindra
Leadership journey · newest first
From institutional leadership back to technical foundations.
A career spanning software development, infrastructure, academic leadership, university governance and institution-wide technology strategy.
Head · Thapar School of Advanced AI
Leading the technical foundation for large-scale AI research and industrial applications, including GPU/HPC capability and strategic technology partnerships.
Chief Technology Officer · TIET
Executive responsibility for university technology strategy, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, enterprise systems and research computing.
Director · Vue360Infra Pvt. Ltd.
Directorship in a TIET-incubated, MeitY-supported venture spanning 3D / 360° campus technology and AI-enabled education and assessment products.
Dean Academic Affairs
Leadership across academic policy, curriculum, teaching quality, educational programmes, faculty and institutional academic planning.
Head · Computer Science & Engineering
Department leadership spanning teaching, research, academic programmes, doctoral activity and institutional responsibilities.
Head · Centre of Information Technology Management
University-wide network, ERP and IT strategy: planning, deployment and management.
CSE Leadership
Associate Professor and Head, with responsibility for UG/PG teaching, research, admissions and project/network auditing consultation.
Systems, Networks & Faculty
Progressed through systems administration, network management and faculty roles while designing and scaling secure campus infrastructure.
Joined Thapar
Began the academic chapter of a career that would continue to combine teaching with operational technology leadership.
Software Development
Entered professional technology through software development before moving into higher education and large-scale systems.
Research & mentorship
Cybersecurity foundations. AI-era questions.
Research spanning network security, distributed systems, secure infrastructure, malware and emerging AI-security problems, supported by a long record of doctoral and postgraduate mentorship.
101publicationsTIET IRINS snapshot
2,287citationsIRINS indexed figure
23h-indexIRINS
181co-authorsIRINS network
Research funding & collaborations
Building research capacity through funded programmes and international partnerships.
A portfolio spanning cybersecurity, computing, health-AI, open science and international AI research, with more than ₹3.04 crore in documented sponsored-project funding.
₹3.04+ Cr
Documented sponsored-project funding across major completed and ongoing initiatives.
MoCITTIETTCSICMREuropean Union
Selected keynote & invited engagements
Three decades of academic and public engagement.
Selected keynote, plenary and invited engagements spanning AI-era education, cybersecurity, research and emerging computing.
Keynote Speaker3rd International Conference on Recent Advancements in Communication, Computing and AI (RACCAI-2026)CGC University, Mohali
Keynote Speaker“Redesigning Education for the AI Era” — National Seminar on AI in EducationBCM College of Education, Ludhiana
Keynote SpeakerInternational Conference on Human Computer Interaction and Cognitive Computing (HCICC-2026)Shoolini University
Plenary SessionICON 2026 International Conference — Innovation & SustainabilityLM Thapar School of Management
Invited SpeakerYoung Engineers Forum 2026 — AI & Cyber Security: The Next Big Career FrontierThapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Keynote SpeakerIntegrating Teacher Education with Technological AdvancesMata Sahib Kaur Khalsa Girls College, Patiala
Session Chair & Keynote SpeakerNational Conference on Advances in ResearchYamuna Group of Institutes, Yamunanagar
Keynote SpeakerCyber Pollution: Problems and RemediesKhalsa College, Patiala
Keynote Speaker2nd National Conference on Emerging Principles & Practices in Computers & Communication MediaSSCET, Badhani, Pathankot
Invited TalkNetwork SecurityChandigarh University, Gharuan · 16 April 2013
Education & credentials
Academic foundations and continuous executive development.
Formal education, executive development and professional credentials across technology, security and academic leadership.
Executive Education
2025
Executive Management Development Programme (eMDP) in Chief Technology OfficerIndian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Kellogg
Executive Education · Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityVerified credential I ↗ · Verified credential II ↗
Academic Qualifications
2007
Ph.D. · Computer Science & EngineeringNetwork Security · Thapar University
2003
M.E. · Software EngineeringWith Honours · TIET
1994
B.E. · Computer EngineeringPoona University
AI & Cybersecurity Credentials
2025
NVIDIA DLI AmbassadorDeep Learning · Cybersecurity
2025
Building AI-Based Cybersecurity PipelinesNVIDIA
EC-Council
CEH · ECSA · LPTCertified Ethical Hacker · Security Analyst · Licensed Penetration Tester
2010
CCNSPCyberoam Certified Network Security Professional
Selected Recognition
2013
Cisco Instructor Excellence AwardExpert Level
2013
ScienceDirect TOP25Research recognition
2008
Shresth Acharya AwardManav Kalyan Parishad, Punjab
2005 / 2014
EC-Council Roll of HonourCertified Ethical Hacker recognition / recertification