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Vijayakumar Bhagavatula Director

Cmu-Africa (thru 12/21) & Prof. · Carnegie Mellon University

Cmu-Africa (thru 12/21) & Prof. at Carnegie Mellon University. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$772K

Who this is

Profile

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Reported as Cmu-Africa (thru 12/21) & Prof. of Carnegie Mellon University, based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Received $772K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Vijayakumar Bhagavatula is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and interim dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (since June 2025). He joined CMU in 1982 and has held multiple leadership roles including director of CMU-Africa (2018-2021) and associate dean for the College of Engineering (2010-2017), with research interests in computer vision, pattern recognition, and signal processing.

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Tenure here
At CMU since 1982; Interim Dean since June 2025
Education
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur · B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering1975
  • IIT Kanpur · M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering1977
  • Carnegie Mellon University · Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering1980

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Affiliations

Organizations

Carnegie Mellon University Cmu-Africa (thru 12/21) & Prof. · $2.0B revenue · Pittsburgh, PATO CREATE A TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS FOCUSED ON DEEP DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION AND…Filed FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$772Kreported comp

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$2.7M
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$1.5M
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Dean, Qatar Campus · FY2024
$1.1M
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Provost & CAO · FY2024
$904K
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VP/Gen. Coun & Sec. of the Cor · FY2024
$841K
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Director-Head of Invest (thru 1/22) · FY2021
$787K
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Adv. & Int V.p. for Market & Comm · FY2020
$744K
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Prof.& Dean, Tepper Sch.of Bus · FY2024
$731K
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& Sec. of the Corporation · FY2022
$727K
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Int VP for Market & Comm(as of 6/20) · FY2019
$723K
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Univ. Advancement · FY2022
$720K
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Director, Cmu-Africa · FY2020
$702K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org