Satish K. Tripathi

Who is Satish K. Tripathi?

Satish K. Tripathi is an Indian-American computer scientist from Buffalo, NY, and is the president of the University at Buffalo, part of the State University of New York system. He was selected by the SUNY Board of Trustees with backing from SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, and assumed this position on April 18, 2011, after leaving his position as provost of the University of Buffalo.

Tripathi grew up in India and came to the United States in 1978. He spent many years as a faculty member at the University of Maryland and the University of California, Riverside. He was UB Provost from 2004 to 2011, during which time he secured important partnerships in India. He is recognized as an expert computer scientist and has published more than 200 papers.