Prof. S. Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, a new generation institute, founded jointly by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry in 1999.

Previously, Prof. Sadagopan had taught for more than two decades at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK) and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, (IIMB). He is a Fulbright Fellow, Member of the ACM, IEEE Computer Society and AIS.

Professor Sadagopan received his Bachelors degree in Engineering from Madras University in 1973. After a brief stint at the Consultancy firm M/S Engineers India Ltd., at New Delhi during 1973-1976, he moved to Purdue University, USA for his Masters and Doctoral degree before returning to India to teach at IIT, Kanpur.