Dr. Sivakumar Gopalan

Non-Executive Independent Director

Dr. Sivakumar Gopalan is on the Board of the Bank since August 22, 2022.

Sivakumar has been on the faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, since 1991. His core research interests are in the applications of Logic in diverse areas of Computer Science such as Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering and Network Security. He is the Head of the Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software (CFDVS) which undertakes projects related to design and verification of safety critical real-time systems.

During his career, he has served as an Independent Director on the Board of Andhra Bank NPCI and NSDL. He is currently an Independent Director at Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS) and Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF). He serves on several Technical Advisory Committees including those of the Reserve Bank of India, NPCI, CCIL, NSDL and SEBI.

Sivakumar is a PhD, Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - USA and Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.