Dr B. Vengamma

Vice-Chancellor

Dr B. Vengamma

MBBS · DM Neurology · FRCP (Edin) · FAMS · FICP · FIAN · PG Dip. Epidemiology

  • years of clinical experience34
  • research publications102
  • Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor of SVIMS
  • people served monthly by the epilepsy camp she founded~500

Dr B. Vengamma — MBBS, DM (Neurology), FRCP (Edin), FAMS, FICP, FIAN, PG Dip. in Epidemiology — former Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor of the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati, assumed charge as Vice-Chancellor of Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Tamaka, Kolar, on 8 November 2023.

She was the pioneer in establishing the Department of Neurology at SVIMS and became its Professor and Head, and across her administrative career served as Dean and Registrar, and as Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor of SVIMS three times — most recently from July 2019 to June 2023.

Beyond her clinical and academic work she has contributed greatly to society for the cause of the poor and those suffering from epilepsy.