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Indian-origin professor appointed Utah university college director
Sneha Kumar Kasera will assume office on July 1, 2026.
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Staff Reporter - Tue, 14, Apr 2026
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Sneha Kumar Kasera / University of Utah
Indian-origin Professor Sneha Kumar Kasera has been appointed as the new director of the Kahlert School of Computing in the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah.
Kasera, who is scheduled to take charge on July 1, 2026, is a distinguished researcher, educator, and academic leader and brings more than two decades of experience in advancing computing research, education, and innovation.
As director, Kasera will guide the school through a time of extraordinary change and opportunity, the university said in a statement.
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The university further said Kasera envisions the school playing a pivotal role in shaping solutions to critical societal challenges, setting policy direction, leading in entrepreneurship and research translation, and promoting the responsible use of computing technology.
Kasera also aims to foster a culture of faculty excellence, productivity, and support, anchored by a collaborative and inspiring environment where faculty, staff, and students can do their best work and achieve their fullest potential.
Kasera joined the University of Utah faculty in 2003 and is currently a professor in the Kahlert School of Computing, with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
From 2018 to 2025, he served as associate dean for academic affairs in the Price College of Engineering, where he provided strategic leadership and played a key role in curriculum development, academic policy, and overall college growth.
Before joining the University of Utah, he also worked at Wipro Infotech, the Center for Development of Advanced Computing and Bell Laboratories in various technical roles. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science, from where he received a master’s degree in electrical communication engineering. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.
Talking about the new appointment, Charles Musgrave, dean of the Price College of Engineering, said in a statement, “I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Mary Hall for her six years of outstanding service as director of the Kahlert School of Computing.”
He added, “We are deeply grateful for her many lasting contributions to the school and college during her term, including the new minor and B.S. in artificial intelligence, the naming of the school and the construction of the new home of the KSOC — the John and Marcia Price Computing and Engineering Building.”
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