A Brief Biosketch

Viswanathan hails from Vadavannur, a village in Kerala, often referred to as “God’s Own Country.” After his early education in the village, he pursued his Pre-degree, B.Sc., and M.Sc. in Mathematics at Government Victoria College, Palakkad. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore.

From 2010 to 2014, he carried out doctoral research in Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras under the supervision of Prof. A. K. B. Chand. Following the award of his Ph.D., he undertook postdoctoral research at internationally renowned institutions: the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, with Prof. Michael Barnsley, and the School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, with Profs. David Levin and Nira Dyn.

Viswanathan joined IIT Delhi in November 2015 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in May 2021.

His wife, Dr. Ashwini, who was an M.Tech rank holder from Cochin University of Science and Technology at the time of their marriage, completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science from IIIT Delhi in 2024 with a dissertation titled “Empowering Autism Diagnosis: An Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Assessment in the Indian Context.” She received a postdoctoral offer from Children’s National Hospital, USA, but chose to remain in India to be near family. She initially served as Assistant Professor (Grade II) in the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering at IIT Ropar and later joined the Department of Computer Science at South Asian University, Delhi.

Their daughter, Vibha, is a Grade III student at The Mother’s International School, New Delhi. She is passionate about dance and is currently training in Bollywood style at The SAM Studio and in classical Bharatanatyam at Ganesh Natyalaya.