Raghupathy ‘Siva’ Sivakumar to Serve as Georgia Tech’s Interim EVPR

Raghupathy "Siva" Sivakumar has been appointed interim executive vice president for Research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, effective Nov. 1, 2026.

Sivakumar currently serves as Georgia Tech's vice president of Commercialization and chief commercialization officer, leading the Office of Commercialization. The office serves as the Institute's central hub for student entrepreneurship, research translation and commercialization, and venture development and scaling, enabling faculty and students to to bring new technologies to market. Sivakumar previously served as the founding director of CREATE-X, a Georgia Tech initiative that fosters entrepreneurial confidence and helps students launch real startups. He has also founded and co-founded multiple technology companies and held technical roles in industry.

In addition to his administrative leadership, Sivakumar is the Wayne J. Holman Chair and professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). His research focuses on wireless networking and mobile computing.

Sivakumar joined ECE in 2000 as an assistant professor. He earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from Anna University in Chennai, India, and his master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).