University Leadership
The Chancellor is the head of the University. The Office of the Chancellor ensures that the Act, Statutes, Ordinances, Rules and regulations of the University are faithfully observed.
The Vice-Chancellor is the principal academic and administrative officer of the University. The Vice–Chancellor is charged with the responsibility to provide general supervision over all affairs of the University; direct the establishment of and is responsible for the achievement of the University's mission and strategic goals. The Vice-Chancellor recommends to the Executive Council the creation or continuance of academic units, programs, and recruitment; the retention and promotion of faculty and other employees of the institution; formulate and issue rules and regulations consistent with statutory policies and procedures. Additionally, the Vice-Chancellor is the interface between the University and local, state, regional, national, and international institutions to enhance and extend the University’s programs and services.
Mr. Shiv Nadar
- Founder and Chancellor
Mr. Shiv Nadar
- Founder and Chancellor
Shiv Nadar is the Founder and Chancellor of the Shiv Nadar University. He founded the University in 2011 with a vision to create a world renowned institution for multidisciplinary education, embedded in innovation and research.
Nadar is the Founder and Chairman of HCL Enterprise, an $8.1 billion global organization with over 127,000 professionals operating from 43 countries. Nadar is credited with being one of the pioneers of the computing and IT industry in India. Under his guidance HCL has continued to ride the waves of the changing IT landscape for over 40 years and remain at the forefront of every technological revolution since 1976. While HCL started off as a hardware organization, manufacturing the country’s first indigenous computers and introducing them to the Indian consumer, it eventually evolved into a more comprehensive software services organization. HCL is in fact one of the few global IT companies founded in the 1970s that remains in existence till date.
Mr. Shikhar Malhotra
- Pro Chancellor
Mr. Shikhar Malhotra
- Pro Chancellor
Shikhar Malhotra is the Executive Director and Board Member of the $8.1 billion enterprise, HCL Corporation.
Shikhar is also the Vice Chairman of HCL Healthcare. HCL Healthcare began operations in 2014 in Delhi and he has led the organization since inception. HCL Healthcare focuses on making Corporate India a healthier place by providing the continuum of care for chronic and acute diseases across a range of healthcare delivery offerings. It operates out of 7 cities pan India and serves over 70,000 families.
Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh
- Vice-Chancellor
- Dean of Research
Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh
- Vice-Chancellor
- Dean of Research
Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh is the second Vice-Chancellor of the Shiv Nadar University. Her term as the Vice-Chancellor began on February 1, 2016. In addition, she has the charge of Dean of Research and the head of the faculty development center.
Dr. Ghosh joined the University in July 2012 as the Founding Director of the School of Natural Sciences (SoNS), and played the key role in shaping the vision and mission of the School.
Prior to this, Dr. Ghosh has served as the Dean, School of Physical Sciences at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, along with many other important academic and administrative positions. She has held several visiting faculty / scientist positions on invitation abroad and delivered numerous invited research seminars. Recipient of the Stree Shakti Science Samman for her ‘original contribution to Science’, she serves as an expert on the Department of Science and technology (DST), Government of India committees in Physical Sciences; and in many central and state universities and institutes. Having contributed to science research and training from the university to the school level, she has also served as the Chief Advisor for the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Science textbooks for Classes IX and X, developed afresh under the National Curriculum Framework - 2005.
Dr. Ghosh has a Masters of Science degree in Physics from the University of Calcutta, India, and doctorate from the University of Rochester, NY, where she worked as a Rush Rhees Fellow, selected for ‘outstanding scholarly ability and the promise of exceptional contributions to scholarship and teaching.’
Mr. Rajiv Swarup
- President
Mr. Rajiv Swarup
- President
Mr. Rajiv Swarup is the President at Shiv Nadar University and heads all non-academic functions at the University including Admissions and Marketing, Career Development Center, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Campus Infrastructure. Mr. Swarup took the Office of President in October 2013.
With nearly four decades of corporate experience in incubating, managing and developing both the strategic & operational aspects of large businesses, Mr. Swarup superannuated from HCL America as the Senior Corporate Vice-President and Chief Customer Officer – Strategic Accounts. His career with HCL Technologies spans over 13 years, working in Software, Engineering and BPO divisions at senior positions. He managed an annual business of $250 million and 6000 people, set up and incubated several development centers around the globe and was last based in the U.S. to manage the then largest Global Engineering Outsourcing engagement for HCL. Prior to HCL, Mr. Swarup worked with R&D and manufacturing divisions of DCM Data Products, as the head of manufacturing at Modi Olivetti and CEO of a JV company in the Modi Group.
A certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Mr. Swarup has a B.Tech.(Hons) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Kanpur) and an MBA from the University of Delhi.
Dr. Ajay Dandekar
- Director, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS)
- Director, Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT)
Dr. Ajay Dandekar
- Director, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS)
- Director, Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT)
Dr. Ajay Dandekar is the Director of School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS) and the Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT) at the Shiv Nadar University since February 1, 2016. He joined the University on November 18, 2013, as the Professor and Head, Department of History in SoHSS.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University, Dr. Dandekar has taught as a Professor at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar; Associate Professor at the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand; Visiting Faculty at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar; Professor of Rural Development at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Tuljapur; along with stints at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. He is also a visiting faculty member at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Dandekar has a Ph.D. from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He has worked on issues of Denotified and Nomadic Communities and Pastoral Nomadic groups; agrarian crises and farmers suicides. He traverses the world of historical research and policy analysis; his publications include edited and co-authored books, book chapters, articles and policy papers on a range of issues pertaining to cults, policy, and analyses on issues of tribal governance, agriculture, planning, rural development, and economy.
His interest areas include issues of resources and conflict in tribal heartland.
Dr. Dandekar is a recipient of many honors and awards including the International Visitor Leadership Programme and Professor K.T.M. Hegde Fellowship; he also has the distinction of serving on many Government of India committees including the Planning Commission.
Dr. C.V. Tomy
- Director, School of Natural Sciences (SoNS)
Dr. C.V. Tomy
- Director, School of Natural Sciences (SoNS)
Prof. Tomy completed M.Sc. (Physics) from IIT Madras in 1984 and received his Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1991. He was selected for the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and worked at the University of Koln, Germany, for over a year. He then moved to Warwick University, Coventry, UK, as a research fellow, and subsequently accepted a visiting faculty position at IIT Kanpur. He joined IIT Bombay in December 1998 as an Assistant Professor in Physics, and rose to become a Professor, the Head of the Department of Physics and an Institute chair professor. Prof. Tomy's basic research interest is in experimental condensed matter physics, and in particular, in magnetism and superconductivity at low temperatures. He has published over 140 papers in international journals, and guided several Ph.D. students. Prof. Tomy is married to Ms. Beena Tomy and have two children, Gregory Nihar Tomy and Calvin Nikhil Tomy. His hobbies include reading books and watching football games.
Dr. Shubhro Sen
- Director, School of Management and Entrepreneurship (SoME)
- Director, School of Executive Education and Professional Development (SoEEPD)
Dr. Shubhro Sen
- Director, School of Management and Entrepreneurship (SoME)
- Director, School of Executive Education and Professional Development (SoEEPD)
Dr. Shubhro Sen is the founding Director of School of Management and Entrepreneurship (SoME); and the School of Extended Education and Professional Development (SoEEPD). He joined the Shiv Nadar University on August 10, 2015.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University, Dr. Sen has worked as a Director at the Tata Management Training center, Tata Group. He has taught undergraduates and MBAs at the University of Illinois; Urbana – Champaign; Santa Clara University; The Haas School of Business; University of California, Berkeley; Northeastern University; Bentley University and the Carroll School of Management, Boston College.
Dr. Sen has served as an Advisor to the Government of India on education and leadership development; served on the Agarwal Committee of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry; Advisor to the President’s Office, University of South Florida; the Wales Development Authority; the UKTI as well as the Governments of Singapore and the Czech Republic.
Dr. Sen has a Ph.D. in Marketing and Strategic Management from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
He has conducted numerous seminar and executive education workshops in the U.S., Europe, India and Singapore. He has co-founded and led multiple U.S. and India based start-ups through commercialization and / or market exits. Having a strong track record in organizational building; business development; marketing and global alliance management including the negotiation of worldwide agreements with major multinationals; Dr. Sen has a consulting and advisory services portfolio of more than 50 global corporations; his practice areas include Leadership development; Enterprise sourcing strategies and execution; Brand and enterprise marketing strategy; Risk management and Decision support technologies.
Dr. J.P. Gupta
- Director, School of Engineering (SoE)
- Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering
Dr. J.P. Gupta
- Director, School of Engineering (SoE)
- Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering
Dr. J.P. Gupta joined the Shiv Nadar University on December 12, 2016, as the Dean of Graduate Studies and Distinguished Professor in the School of Engineering (SoE).
Prior to this, Dr. Gupta has had a wide range of professional experience - as the Founding Director General of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar; Founding Director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Raebareli (under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and as the advisor to the United Nations Development Programme, Argentina. He was deputed by the Government of India as a Diplomat for Science and Technology at the Embassy of India, Washington D.C. Dr. Gupta has taught at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT- Kanpur) from 1973 to 2010 and has served as a member of the board of Governors for two years. He has also served as the visiting Professor at Universities such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Texas A&M University, Texas; Loughborough University, Leicestershire; National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Douliu City; and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France.
Dr. Gupta has degrees in Chemical Engineering- B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT- Kanpur); MSE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
His research interests include Heat Transfer, Process Intensification, Inherently Safer Design, Energy, and Higher Education.
Dr. Dinkar Prasad
- Associate Director (Academics), School of Engineering (SoE)
- HoD, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Dinkar Prasad
- Associate Director (Academics), School of Engineering (SoE)
- HoD, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Dinkar Prasad is the Associate Director (Academics) at the School of Engineering (SoE), Shiv Nadar University since February 1, 2016. He joined the University as a Professor in the School of Engineering (SoE) on July 29, 2013.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University, Dr. Prasad has a teaching experience in the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) for more than a decade – he has taught at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) as Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department. He was a visiting fellow at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,USA and worked on industrial consultancy projects undertaken by Electrical Engineering Department of University. In 2000, Dr. Prasad re-joined Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Kharagpur) as Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering Department and later served as R&D Head and Senior Director (Technology) in India unit of a multinational company, Emerson (Network Power Division).
Dr. Prasad has a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Kanpur); M.Tech. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Kharagpur). He has filed seven patents with Indian Patent offices and has published nearly two dozen papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings.
Dr. Tulika Chandra
- Dean, Student Welfare
Dr. Tulika Chandra
- Dean, Student Welfare
Dr. Tulika Chandra is the Dean of Student Welfare. Her term as a Dean started on March 16, 2016.
Dr. Chandra joined the Shiv Nadar University on July 12, 2011 as one of the founding faculty, Associate Professor of English in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS). She has held several advisory and administrative positions; and is a part of various committees. Dr. Chandra is working on an active project funded by the University titled, 'Documentation of Folktales through Digitization', which involves collection, classification and interpretation of folk narratives. A folklore collector, Dr. Chandra also translates folktales and folksongs from Braj & Hindi into the English language; transcribe and edit folktales for Anthology; and explores the pre-eminence of orality in folktales. She has received the Faculty Excellence Award 2011-14. In 2016, she was selected to attend a program at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. The program focused on ‘Women in University Administration from South and Central Asia, and was sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Prior to joining the University, Dr. Chandra has taught at the Patna Women's College and Management Schools in New Delhi. Her publications include books, book chapters and journal articles.
Dr. Chandra has a M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D., degree in Linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi. Her area of interest includes translation studies, regionalism and narratives in folklore, folkloristics, kurukh tribals of Jharkhand and English language teaching.
Dr. Amber Habib
- Dean, Undergraduate Studies
- HoD, Mathematics
- Director, IIIMIT
Dr. Amber Habib
- Dean, Undergraduate Studies
- HoD, Mathematics
- Director, IIIMIT
Dr. Amber Habib took the Office of Dean of Undergraduate Studies on September 15, 2015. He was one of the founding faculty and Professor of Mathematics when he joined the Shiv Nadar University on June 9, 2011.
At the University, Dr. Habib has played an important role to set up the Department of Mathematics and design the undergraduate and graduate curricula.
Prior to joining the University, Dr. Habib has been involved in the efforts to make mathematics education more interesting at the school and colleges through special topics, projects, and appreciating myriad links of mathematics with other disciplines. He has served several times as resident faculty for the mathematical training & talent search program sponsored by the National Board for Higher Mathematics.
Dr. Habib has a M.S. (Integrated) in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Kanpur) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He has held postdoctoral positions at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, and the Bangalore Centre of the Indian Statistical Institute.
His research interests include representation theory and mathematical finance.
Mr. Sudhir Naudiyal
- Registrar
Mr. Sudhir Naudiyal
- Registrar
Mr. Sudhir Naudiyal joined the Shiv Nadar University on March 2, 2015 as the Registrar.
Prior to joining the University, Mr. Naudiyal worked at Ansal University, Gurgaon, where he played an important role in a Government of India initiative training scheme under NEEM (National Employability Enhancement Mission); a skill development initiative to provide on-the-job training to unemployed youth. He worked in the capacity of Joint Registrar, and then as an Officiating Registrar for four years before he joined the Shiv Nadar University. Mr. Naudiyal has also worked with the Sushant School of Art & Architecture for over 22 years in various capacities including Human Resources; Administration; Legal; Finance & Accounts.
Mr. Naudiyal has a professional Law degree and a post-graduate degree in Commerce and Education Management. He has proven expertise in handling complex issues involved in running educational institutions, especially related to statutory approval process and compliances within the legal framework, covering all aspects of academic administration.
Dr. Ram K. Sharma
- Director - International Affairs
Dr. Ram K. Sharma
- Director - International Affairs
Dr. Ram K. Sharma is currently working as Director - International Affairs at Shiv Nadar University, and as Fulbright Nehru Visiting Research Fellow at Center for Studies in Higher education (CSHE), University of California, Berkeley. He has unique and significant experience of working with university start-ups by virtue of his association with three such university enterprises –Shiv Nadar University, and Amity University’s Jaipur and Gurgaon campuses since their inception and with Amity Foundation as Deputy Director Academics where he was responsible for managing academic operations of 4 universities under the Foundation.
As Founding Associate Dean, UG Studies, he has played a significant role in implementing the liberal studies based undergraduate programs at Shiv Nadar University including development of various undergraduate majors, minors and core common curriculum (CCC) programs/courses at the university. Dr. Sharma also led the design and development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Learning Management Systems (Moodle and Blackboard) and other IT applications for full automation of various student facilities and services at Shiv Nadar and Amity University campuses such as online admission and application management system, course delivery, campus solutions including academic and biographic records management, online teaching feedback system, grievance redressal system, among many others. He has also acted as Associate Dean Student Welfare at Shiv Nadar University during 2012-16 and, in addition to his academic administration and internationalization responsibilities, led the formulation of systems and processes that impact the student life-cycle at a university.
Ms. Anubha Bali
- Head, Career Development Center
Ms. Anubha Bali
- Head, Career Development Center
Ms. Anubha Bali is the head of Career Development Center (CDC) at Shiv Nadar University.
Ms. Bali oversees student support functions - freshman orientation, coaching & development, internships and placements, alumni network management, digital marketing & content management.
A management professional Ms. Bali has wide Industry exposure of 21 Years in Indian and Global MNC’s, Educational Enterprises & Philanthropic Foundations. Her experience includes areas of Planning & Strategy, Sales & Marketing, Account Management & Industry Collaborations, Student Placements, Delivery & Execution, Guidance and Counselling.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University Ms. Bali led various Business & Functional Leadership roles at NIIT Limited.
Mr. Rajesh Dawar
- Head, Information Technology
Mr. Rajesh Dawar
- Head, Information Technology
Mr. Rajesh Dawar is the Head of Information Technology at Shiv Nadar University. He joined the University in January 2014.
Mr. Dawar’s key responsibility is to provide vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives that align with the mission of Shiv Nadar University. He is instrumental in directing the implementation and management of enterprise IT systems and services with key focus on uptime, service quality and innovation.
Mr. Dawar brings with him more than 18 years of experience in IT Infrastructure/Operations Management, IT Demand and Resource Management and IT Integrations. He has expertise in the areas of IT Project Management, Service Delivery, Change Management and Vendor Management.
Prior to joining the University, Mr. Dawar has worked with eminent organizations such as Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd, IBM Global Services and Ericsson India in various capacities, streamlining IT operations and processes.
Mr. Ashish Mittal
- Head, Human Resources
Mr. Ashish Mittal
- Head, Human Resources
Mr. Ashish Mittal joined the Shiv Nadar University as the Head - Human Resources in the Department of Human Resources in President’s Office, on June 14, 2016.
Prior to Joining the University, Mr. Mittal has worked with eminent companies such as Pearson, Manipal International University (Malaysia), Infosys BPO & the Akshaya Patra Foundation in various positions; and has over 18 years of experience in the field of Human Resources.
He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management from Christ College; MBA from ITM, Southern New Hampshire University, U.S. and a HR certification from Indian Institute of Management (IIM - Bangalore).
Mr. Anil Kumar Nair
- Head, Admissions
Mr. Anil Kumar Nair
- Head, Admissions
Mr. Anil Kumar Nair is the Head of Admissions at Shiv Nadar University.
He is responsible for establishing and executing a merit-based admissions process that provides equal opportunity to every aspirant committed to learning and finding his/her place in the University.
Mr. Nair has over 21 Year of experience in the education and training domains including K12, higher education, vocational training, and skill development.
During his stint in distinguished organizations such as Citi Bank, NIIT, EC-Council, and TATA BSS, he has managed various roles in operation management, customer acquisition, product management, go-to-market strategy functions, and institutional alliances.
Mr. Nair's comes with an international experience of around 10 years where he was managing operations for NIIT-China and NIIT-South Africa. He was leading a number of initiatives such as skill development, enterprise learning solution, channel partner management, business development, and university alliances. He has also worked in delivery and client relationship management areas.
Mr. Nair holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce(H) from Delhi University and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer application.
Mr. Shailesh Singh
- Head, Infrastructure Projects
Mr. Shailesh Singh
- Head, Infrastructure Projects
Mr. Shailesh Singh joined the Shiv Nadar University as the Head - Infrastructure Projects in the Department of Infrastructure Projects in President’s Office, on October 10, 2016.
Prior to joining the University, Mr. Singh has over 15 years of experience as a civil engineer including exposure in mega green field and brown field (renovation) projects. Mr. Singh has worked on and successfully delivered multiple projects with renowned companies in construction, automobile, real estate and institutional sector like Larsen & Toubro Limited, Motherson Limited, Omaxe Limited and Aditya Birla Group.
Mr. Singh has a B.S. Engineering Technology degree from BITS Pilani, and a wide experience in overall project management, contract management, project planning, budgeting, inventory management and site execution involved in industrial projects; institutional projects; high rise residential and commercial buildings and has to-do knowledge of Indian standards and TQM-ISO systems.