Established by well-known educationalist and former parliamentarian, Dr. G. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, a visionary who transformed VIT into a center of excellence in higher technical education. VIT Chennai is ably spearheaded by Mr. Sankar Viswanathan, Vice President, Ms. Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, Assistant Vice President, Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Vice Chancellor and Dr. N. Sambandam, Pro Vice Chancellor of VIT University. They share in the mission to make VIT a global center.