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Timothy A. Gonsalves is an Indian computer scientist, professor and entrepreneur. During his academic career, he has been founder/co-founder of several institutions and companies. These include founder of Nilgiri Networks (P) Ltd, co-founder of NMSWorks Software (P) Ltd, co-founder of the TeNeT Group and RTBI at IIT Madras, and IIT Mandi Catalyst. Most notably, he was the founding Director of IIT Mandi in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh from Jan. 2010 to Jun. 2020. He is currently Professor Emeritus (Honorary) at IIT Mandi.  Since 2021, he is leading the LEAP project to train industry-ready BE/BTech students in Tier-2/3 engineering colleges via hands-on Product Driven Learning.  He is an avid photographer; over 1,000 of his photos are used in Wikipedia and Commons.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_A._Gonsalves