Dr. Dhananjay Kulkarni Email & Phone Number

Dr. Dhananjay is currently the Provost of UCL, Sri Lanka. He is the founding Dean and Member of UCL’s Leadership team since it's inception. He is responsible for all academic operations and beyond at the University and for ensuring high academic quality and student satisfaction are maintained across all programs delivered at the campus. He has been instrumental in launching the partnerships between UCL and Monash College - Australia, University of Central Lancashire - UK, Dalhousie University – Canada, and NCC Education - UK. Under his leadership, UCL has developed into a premium higher education institute with a strong track record of Academic Excellence. UCL continues to have growth in enrolments, high student satisfaction, 100% employability, and has probably one of the best faculty in private higher education in SL.Dr. Dhananjay is actively involved in exploring strategic initiatives for business development, research, and promoting STEM fields among school kids. His goal is to put private higher education on the world map for Sri Lanka, and to give students an opportunity to be entrepreneurs and industry leaders, irrespective of where they choose to work or live. He engages closely with industry and business community, and is currently serving as Vice President of Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand Business Council.Dr. Dhananjay completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering in 1999 from Maharashtra Institute of Technology - University of Pune, India. He received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in the field of Computer Science from the University of California, USA. His doctoral research focused on Big Data and Information Security. Between 2007 and 2010, he was an Assistant Professor at Boston University, USA, where he taught courses and conducted research related to Software Engineering, Databases and Information Security. He was Post-doctoral Researcher at Brandeis University, USA during 2007-2008. Dr. Dhananjay moved from USA to Sri Lanka in 2010, and has been in Colombo since. Prior to joining UCL in 2016, he was Head of School of Computing at Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) for 5 years. He has published his research in several journal and conference papers at international level ACM and IEEE publications. He has chaired Research Committees and led several projects to promote research among staff and students.Teaching Expertise: Databases, Algorithms, Information Security, and Transition to Work.Research Interests: Big Data, Data Streams, Password Security, Information Privacy and Interdisciplinary research.

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