Dr. Vetrivelan Pandu, PhD, is an Associate Professor Senior and Head of the Department (HoD)/Programme Chair for Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication Engineering) in School of Electronics Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai, India. He has completed Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, Chennai and both Master of Engineering in Embedded Systems Technologies and Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. He has 16.1 Years of teaching experience altogether in CSE and ECE Departments in both private Engineering Colleges in Chennai (affiliated to Anna University, Chennai) and Private Engineering University in Chennai respectively.

He has authored 3 book chapters and one proceeding in lecture notes published by reputed springer publisher, and has authored 32+ Scopus indexed Journal papers and few other papers published in reputed international conferences. He has served as member in Board of Studies, doctoral committee, doctoral thesis Examiner, doctoral oral Examiner in both private and government Universities. He has also serves as reviewer for reputed International Journals and International Conferences. His research interests include Wireless Networks, Adhoc and Sensor Networks, VANETs, Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (IoT) with Machine Learning.