Dr. Sivakumar Gopalan

Non-Executive Independent Director

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

He has been on the faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at 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. Dr. Sivakumar 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.

Dr. Sivakumar has served as an Independent Director on the Board of Andhra Bank NPCI and NSDL. He serves on several Technical Advisory Committees including those of the Reserve Bank of India, NPCI, CCIL, NSDL and SEBI.

Currently, he holds directorship in Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS) and Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF).

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