Professor Sukumar Nandi is senior member of IEEE and is in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.[1] He did his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur under Professor P. Pal Chaudhri. He joined IIT Guwahati,[when?] and has been teaching there since 1995. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of IIT Guwahati.[2]
He was appointed the "Dean of Academic Affairs" in IIT Guwahati in 2008, and held the post until 2012. He is now the Deputy Director of IIT Guwahati.[citation needed]