{"693385":{"#nid":"693385","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Raghupathy \u2018Siva\u2019 Sivakumar to Serve as Georgia Tech\u2019s Interim EVPR\u00a0","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ehas been appointed interim executive vice president for Research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, effective Nov. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar currently serves as Georgia Tech\u2019s vice president of Commercialization and chief commercialization officer, leading the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOffice of Commercialization\u003C\/a\u003E. The office serves as the Institute\u2019s central hub for student entrepreneurship, research translation and commercialization, and venture development and scaling, enabling faculty and students to bring new technologies to market. Sivakumar previously served as the founding director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech initiative that fosters entrepreneurial confidence and helps students launch real startups. He has also founded and co-founded multiple technology companies and held technical roles in industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his administrative leadership, Sivakumar is the Wayne J. Holman Chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE). His research focuses on wireless networking and mobile computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar joined ECE in 2000 as an assistant professor. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from Anna University in Chennai, India, and his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Sivakumar\u0027s appointment as executive vice president for Research begins Nov. 1, 2026.\u00a0"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar will serve as Georgia Tech\u0027s interim EVPR, effective Nov. 1, 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sivakumar\u0027s appointment as executive vice president for Research begins Nov. 1, 2026.\u00a0"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2026-10-22 00:52:26","changed_gmt":"2026-10-22 16:28:32","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681511":{"id":"681511","type":"image","title":"Raghupathy \u0022Siva\u0022 Sivakumar, Georgia Tech\u0027s chief commercialization officer, will serve as the Institute\u0027s interim EVPR.","body":null,"created":"1792630371","gmt_created":"2026-10-22 00:52:51","changed":"1792630371","gmt_changed":"2026-10-22 00:52:51","alt":"Photo of a man of south Asian descent with short dark hair and a smile. He is wearing a light blue button-down shirt and a red and royal blue striped tie. Behind him is the Atlanta skyline.","file":{"fid":"265922","name":"Sivakumar-headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/Sivakumar-headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/Sivakumar-headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":602767,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/21\/Sivakumar-headshot.jpg?itok=wmqvWPB6"}}},"media_ids":["681511"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:swundersmith3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDirector of Research Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["swundersmith3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}