# Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
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{{short description|Vice chancellor of Banaras Hindu University}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
| image = Director akc (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 1964
| birth_place = ([India](/source/India))
| alma_mater = [Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Kanpur)
| website = {{url|https://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Director_IIT_Roorkee.html|Official website}}
| known_for = [MIMO](/source/MIMO) systems applications
| profession = Professor
Dean
Researcher
| office = Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
| appointer = [President of India](/source/President_of_India)
| order = 29th
| term_start = 1 August 2025
| predecessor = [Sudhir K. Jain](/source/Sudhir_K._Jain)
| successor =
| term_end =
| office1 = Director (Acting) at [Indian Institute of Technology Mandi](/source/IIT_Mandi)
| term_start1 = 1 July 2020
| term_end1 = 31 January 2022
| predecessor1 = [Timothy A. Gonsalves](/source/Timothy_A._Gonsalves)
| successor1 = Laxmidhar Behera
| office2 = Director at [Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee](/source/IIT_Roorkee)
| term_start2 = 1 January 2017 [{{cite news |last1=Susheel |first1=Tapan |title=ajit kumar chaturvedi: IIT Roorkee gets new director {{!}} Dehradun News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/IIT-Roorkee-gets-new-director/articleshow/55859868.cms |work=The Times of India |date=8 December 2016 |language=en}}]
| term_end2 = 11 Oct 2022
| predecessor2 = [Pradipta Banerji](/source/Pradipta_Banerji)
| successor2 = Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant[{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/education/iit-delhi-professor-appointed-as-the-new-director-for-iit-roorkee-all-about-prof-kk-pant-article-94523389 | title=IIT Delhi Professor appointed as the new Director for IIT Roorkee, all about Prof. KK Pant | date=29 September 2022 }}]
| office3 = [Lecturer](/source/Lecturer) at [Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(BHU)_Varanasi)
| term_start3 = 1994
| term_end3 = 1996[{{cite web |title=Director IIT Roorkee, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |url=https://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Director_IIT_Roorkee.html |website=www.iitr.ac.in}}]
| office4 = [Professor](/source/Professor) at [Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee](/source/IIT_Roorkee)
| term_start4 = 1996
| term_end4 = 1999[{{cite web |title=A K Chaturvedi |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~akc/bio.html |website=home.iitk.ac.in |publisher=IIT Kanpur |access-date=8 July 2020}}]
}}
'''Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi''' (born 1964) is an Indian [Professor](/source/Professor), [education administrator](/source/Academic_administration), currently serving as the 29th [Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University](/source/Vice-Chancellor_of_Banaras_Hindu_University).[{{Cite web |date=2025-08-05 |title=IIT Veteran Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi Sworn in as BHU Vice Chancellor |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/colleges/iit-veteran-prof-ajit-kumar-chaturvedi-sworn-in-as-bhu-vice-chancellor-clga-1870000146-1 |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Jagranjosh.com |language=en}}] He has previously served as the [Director](/source/Director_(education)) of [IIT Roorkee](/source/IIT_Roorkee). He has largely contributed to waveform shaping and sequence design,[{{cite book |last1=Chakrabati |first1=S. |last2=Chaturvedi |first2=A.K. |title=2000 IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00TH8488) |chapter=Application of Steiner design for capacity enhancement of frequency hopping spread spectrum wireless systems |date=December 2000 |pages=198–202 |doi=10.1109/ICPWC.2000.905802 |isbn=0-7803-5893-7 |s2cid=19501210 }}] [MIMO](/source/MIMO) systems.[{{cite journal |last1=Sah |first1=Abhay Kumar |last2=Chaturvedi |first2=A. K. |title=Sequential and Global Likelihood Ascent Search-Based Detection in Large MIMO Systems |journal=IEEE Transactions on Communications |date=February 2018 |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=713–725 |doi=10.1109/TCOMM.2017.2761383 |bibcode=2018ITCom..66..713S |s2cid=3706683 |issn=1558-0857}}]
Chaturvedi was appointed as the [29th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University](/source/Vice-Chancellor_of_Banaras_Hindu_University) in July 2025.[{{Cite web |title=BHU Vice-Chancellor : आइआइटी कानपुर के प्रो. अजीत कुमार चतुर्वेदी बने बीएचयू के नए कुलपति - IIT Kanpurs Professor Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi Appointed as New BHU Vice Chancellor |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-iit-kanpurs-professor-ajit-kumar-chaturvedi-appointed-as-new-bhu-vice-chancellor-23999438.html |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}]
==Awards, honors and fellowships==
*Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship of Nanyang Technical University, Singapore (2008).[{{cite web |title=A. K. Chaturvedi |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37290116500 |website=[IEEE](/source/IEEE)}}]
*[INSA](/source/Indian_National_Science_Academy) Teacher award (2017)[{{cite web |title=INSA :: INSA Teachers Award List |url=http://insaindia.res.in/teacher_award_list.php |website=insaindia.res.in}}]
==Education==
*PhD, Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 1995[{{cite web |title=Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi |url=https://iitk.ac.in/new/ajit-kumar-chaturvedi}}]
*M. Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 1988