Satish K. Tripathi is an

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computer scientist and academic administrator. He is the president of the

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(UB), the flagship of the

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(SUNY) system.UB Office of the President: About Satish K. Tripathi
''University of Buffalo'', Buffalo, NY: University of Buffalo, 2013, Retrieved 10 December 2013.SUNY chancellor recommends Satish K. Tripathi as president of UB
Washington, DC: Targeted News Service, 17 March 2011, Della Contrada, J., Retrieved 7 June 2014. Previously he served as Provost of University at Buffalo from 2004 to 2011. From 1997-2004, Tripathi served as dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

Career

Tripathi grew up in India and came to the United States in 1978. He was a faculty member for many years at the

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where he also served as department chair of the Computer Science department. During his tenure as UB provost, he secured important partnerships in India. He has made scholarly contributions to the field of computer science and is an author or co-author on more than 200 papers. He serves as the first international-born president of the University at Buffalo.

Civic and professional involvement

In 2011, Tripathi served as co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development CouncilUniversity at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi named co-chair of Western New York Regional Economic Development Council
''US Federal News Service, Including US State News'', Washington, DC: US Federal News Service, 27 July 2011, Retrieved 7 June 2014. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Urban League. Further, Tripathi is a fellow of both the

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(IEEE) and the

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Personal life

Tripathi is a resident of

Amherst, New York Amherst () is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. Amherst is an inner ring suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census. The second ...

. He and his wife, Kamlesh,"Ask your president: Can you describe your personal journey from India to the UB presidency?," ''At Buffalo, Vol. 31, No. 2'', Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo Alumni Association, Winter 2014. have two adult sons, Manish and Aashish.

References

External links

UB Office of the President: About Satish K. Tripathi
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