Dr. Syed Ariff obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Mysore University and secured 9th Rank. He obtained hisMaster's Degree and Doctoral Degree from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore. He holds the acclaimed Membership of the Executive council alongside being the Member of theBoard of Studies and Member of Board of Examiner and Local Inquiry Committee (LIC) in Visvesvaraya Technological University. He has guided several undergraduate and postgraduate students.He has to his credit many technical publications in the National and International journals and conferences. He is a member of many prestigious professional bodies like the Institute of Engineers (India) & Indian Society for Technical Education. He has worked in different capacities before assuming the post as Principal.