Mandi, June 30 -- Founding Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves, has completed his extended tenure of over 10 years today, 30th June 2020. Completing his term at the age of 66, Prof. Gonsalves will hand over the charge to Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, as the Acting Director with effect from 1st July 2020.

Talking about his journey, Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi, said, "I am leaving IIT Mandi with strong foundations, with a very committed and capable leadership team of Deans, many other faculty and staff. With them, I'm confident that IIT Mandi will not only weather the COVID storm but will emerge stronger to scale ever greater heights of academic achievement...