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.
Shiv Nadar is the Founder of HCL Enterprise, a $10.8 billion global organization with over 187,000 professionals operating from 50 countries. He is also the Chairman Emeritus & Strategic Advisor to the Board of HCL Technologies, a group company and India’s third largest IT services organization. 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 45 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 to date.
Shikhar Malhotra is the Director and Board Member of HCL Corporation, the holdco for HCL’s operating companies. HCL has a distinguished lineage as one of India’s original technology garage start-ups, founded by Shiv Nadar. He is also on the board of HCL Technologies, a $11.5 Billion global technology firm with over 209,000 professionals operating from 52 countries.
Shikhar serves as the Vice Chairman & CEO of HCL Healthcare, one of India’s largest corporate health solutions firms, providing end-to-end healthcare solutions with a vision to make corporate India a healthier place. Today, HCL Healthcare is delivering personalized, sustainable and managed care health solutions to organizations across sectors including technology and banking. It has eight world-class corporate health centers across the country serving over 70,000 families.
Dr. Ananya Mukherjee joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR on 31 January 2022, taking charge from Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh.
Prior to joining the University, Dr. Mukherjee served as Provost and Vice-President Academic at University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan Canada and Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science. In 2020, Dr. Mukherjee was appointed Co-executive lead for Anti-racism at UBC.
Dr. Mukherjee obtained her doctoral degree in Political Economy & Public Policy from the University of Southern California, USA and her BA and MA degrees in Economics from Jadavpur University, India. Her scholarly work, especially since 2008, has sought to contribute to theories of alternative development, with a focus on the theme of justice. She has contributed to discourses in the fields of Development, Public Policy, Transitional Justice, Corporate Governance and Gender Studies. Her work on development has appeared in books (single-authored and co-edited), journals, research reports and in popular media and in multiple languages.
Col. Gopal Karunakaran is the Executive Director of Shiv Nadar University. An M.Phil. and a Masters from Madras University, he began his journey in the education sector in the year 2008. Gopal graduated from the Jawaharlal University in 1980. He has spent 30 years in the Indian Army. He was posted in the insurgency region of Kashmir for 10 years, six months of which were spent in the Siachen Glacier, the highest military post in the world.
While with the Indian Army, he was chosen for the United Nations Mission in Kuwait and worked in a multicultural environment.
Gopal began his journey outside uniform in 2008 in the Education sector. His belief in education as a tool for social transformation has driven him to absorb rich and diverse experiences across all facets of school education including policy, academic leadership, operations and business. It has helped him gain important perspectives on the key features that drive the education sector in India.
He has been a member of the National Committee of Education of the Confederation of Indian Industries since 2008 and was part of the team which formulated draft proposals to the Government on the Right to Education Act.
He has been the CEO of Shiv Nadar Schools since August 2014.
Apart from being an obsessive reader, Gopal is an eloquent public speaker, an ardent sport person, and still believes he can play competitively at 59.
Dr. Bibek Banerjee is the Senior Dean and Head of Strategic Initiatives, and the Dean of School of Management and Entrepreneurship. He, along with the University’s leadership team drives efforts to build Shiv Nadar University as an outstanding research-driven, multidisciplinary institution, and also host to a world-class management school.
Prior to joining the University, Dr. Banerjee has served as the Senior Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Planning at the Ahmedabad University and Professor at the Amrut Mody School of Management. He has earlier been Director General and Academic Mentor of the Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Group and is a former Professor of Marketing and Economics, at IIM Ahmedabad, where he also led the IIMA-Duke Corporate Education collaboration as its Managing Director. Dr. Banerjee has held visiting professor positions at several international universities and is an honorary Director of the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM), an academic and professional think-tank. He has also successfully incubated companies in education and technology.
His research publications have appeared in several international academic journals including Marketing Science, International Journal of Management, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, and Advances in Applied Microeconomics. Dr. Banerjee is also the founding co-editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies.
Dr. Banerjee has significant experience in designing and delivering Executive Education programs and has mentored large businesses across sectors for their leadership development initiatives. His teaching interests span sustainable and integrated business orientation as well as strategic marketing and leadership across hierarchies.
Dr. Banerjee holds PhD and MS degrees from Purdue University’s Krannert Graduate School of Management and BS (Economics Honours) from Calcutta University (St. Xavier’s College).
An avid world traveler, high altitude trekker and a nature photographer, Dr. Banerjee has led expeditions in the Himalayas and the Andes, including to the base camps of Mount Everest, Annapurna and Machhapuchhare.
Dr. Rajat Kathuria joined Shiv Nadar University as Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics, on April 1, 2021.
He carries over 20 years of experience in teaching and more than 15 years of experience in economic policy, besides pursuing extensive research on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy. Dr. Kathuria served as Director and Chief Executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) before joining the University.
He has earlier taught undergraduate Economics at the University of Maryland, USA, and spent over 12 years with the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi teaching post-graduate students Managerial Economics and International Trade. He has also previously worked with the World Bank in Washington D.C. as a Consultant, and worked on research assignments for a number of international organizations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), LirneAsia, The World Bank and The Asian Development Bank (ADB). Dr. Kathuria’s work has been published in several journals of repute as well as in top magazines and newspapers across the world. He serves on multiple industry and government Committees such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Committee on International Trade Policy and Exports, the Implementation for Intended Determined Contribution (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), and on the Research Advisory Council of the State Bank of India (SBI).
Dr. Kathuria has an undergraduate degree in Economics from St. Stephens College (University of Delhi), a Masters’ from the Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi) and a PhD from the University of Maryland (College Park), USA.
Prof. Sandeep Sen joined Shiv Nadar University as Director, School of Engineering, on May 16, 2019. Prof. Sen did his Ph.D. (1989) in Computer Science from Duke University, M.S. (1986) in Computer Engineering from University of California at Santa Barbara, and B.Tech. (1984) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He worked with Bell Labs, Murray Hill, in 1990-91.
He has been a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi, since 1991. His research interests are in the area of Algorithms and Complexity; and in particular, Randomized Algorithms, Parallel Computation, Computational Geometry, Dynamic Data Structures etc.
Prof. Sen has held the Dhananjay Chair Professor and the Microsoft Chair Professor in IIT-Delhi. He has been a Visiting Researcher/ Faculty in notable institutions in India and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and also of the Indian National Science Academy. He shouldered the responsibility of heading his Department during 2007-10; and served as the Dean of Faculty of IIT-Delhi during 2016-18.
Dr. Sanjeev Galande joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, as Dean of the School of Natural Sciences in June 2021.
Dr. Galande brings with him over two decades of experience as a renowned cell biologist, epigeneticist and academic. He earlier served the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER)-Pune, as Professor of Biology, and Dean of Research & Development. At IISER-Pune, he led the Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics (CoEE) and assembled a team of scientists to study the evolution of epigenetic mechanisms using multiple model systems. The CoEE focuses on epigenetic modifications underlying a variety of biologically important phenomena and their role in gene expression, regeneration, cancer, behavior, ageing, and evolution. He is credited for having established a multidisciplinary program engaged at the interface of biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, cell biology, proteomics, and genomics.
He has previously also served the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune, as a senior scientist, where he was part of a group that elucidated how cellular signaling pathways eventually exert their effect at the level of chromatin to orchestrate cell-type-specific patterns of gene expression. He earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Science in 1996. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the USA from 1996-2001, he studied the role of MAR-binding proteins in tumorigenesis.
Dr. Galande was the recipient of the International Senior Research Fellowship, Wellcome Trust, UK, 2005-10, DBT National Bioscience Award 2006, DST Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2007, the coveted CSIR Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010, GD Birla Award for Scientific Excellence 2015, and the SERB JC Bose Fellowship 2019. He has been a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences since 2010, of the Indian National Science Academy since 2012, and of the National Academy of Sciences since 2017.
Dr Galande was an honorary associate faculty at the University of Sydney, Australia, and a visiting faculty at the University of Turku, Finland.
Personal website: www.sglabepigenetics.com
Dr. Suneet Tuli is a distinguished academician and administrator with over 35 years of experience in higher education. He joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR in May 2019 and leads the research initiatives and academic partnerships for the University. Dr. Tuli has been working towards promoting the inter and multidisciplinary research at the University and manages the externally-funded research, carried out by the faculty and researchers at the University. He is also responsible for developing the University’s global strategy and its implementation through international partnerships and strategic engagements across the world.
Dr. Tuli was faculty member, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi for three decades, and held terms as Dean, Research & Development (2012-16); Associate Dean Industrial Research & Development (2005-09); and Head, Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (2009-12). He is a widely regarded faculty and mentor in academia, and a visiting researcher in the UK and France. His research areas include thermal-acoustic-electrical-optical interactions, non-destructive characterization – active and passive thermography, and surface acoustic wave devices and electronic systems.
A Ph.D. and M.Tech. in Electronics from IIT Delhi, Dr. Tuli holds B.E. (Honors) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BITS, Pilani.
Ms. Anubha Bali is the Senior Director of Career Development Center (CDC) and Managing Director of Shiv Nadar University-Atal Incubation Centre.
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.
As Director Administration, Wing Commander Anand Sharma is responsible for all functions of Administration in SNU, including Security, Safety, Transport, Health Center, Shopping Center, Vendor Management, Housekeeping, Campus Housing, Visitors Hostel, Organizing CSR activities, Dining Halls, Liasoning with Government Authorities etc., and providing Administrative support to all University functions - Academic, Student and Resident events.
Anand is an Electrical Engineer and an Alumni of IIM Lucknow. He has served Indian Air Force for 23 years in Guided Weapon Systems in various capacities. During his Air Force tenure, Anand has authored a book on Missile Defense System. Before joining SNU, he worked with Aricent Technologies (Holdings) Ltd., heading Administration and Supply Chain functions. In his free time, he likes to listen light music. He is also fond of sports and is an avid golfer.
Mr. Anil Kumar Nair is the Director 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.
Major General G Jaishankar joined Shiv Nadar University in March 2019 as Dean, Student Welfare. He is an ex-NDA officer, commissioned into the infantry in June 1981. He has commanded a brigade and a division at high altitude on very active portions of the India-China border. He has commanded two infantry battalions in Kashmir in intense operations as well.
Jai has held a number of assignments, dealing with foreign governments and agencies. Before retiring from the Indian Army, he served as the head of the Indian Army's International Co-operation Department, building rapport and carrying out inter-ministerial coordination. Prior to this, he was Commandant of the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan from December 2015 to May 2018, including during the Doklam crisis. He has also served as the Defence Attache at the Indian Embassy in Beijing from 2008-2011. Jai is an expert on China, he can speak, read and write in the Chinese language.
He has served as director, UN Peacekeeping at Army HQ, responsible for planning, preparation, training, and deployment of around 10,000 personnel in active peacekeeping missions. He was a UN Military observer (Rwanda) in 1995-96 for stabilization operations, post-genocide in 1994, working with several UN agencies and NGOs, dealing in healthcare, refugee management and human rights.
Besides all his Army qualifications, he holds a B.Sc. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, M.Sc. from Madras University and an M.Phil. in defence and strategic studies from University of Mumbai.
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Singh joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR as a member of the founding faculty in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in July 2011.
Prior to joining the University, he served as Assistant Professor at various reputed institutions and also worked in the corporate world with stints at CL Educate, MeritNation.com, IMS Learning Resources, and EXL Services. His deep theoretical foundation blended with industry practices helped him to migrate to teaching and research in a seamless manner.
Dr. Singh’s research interests lie in the broad domain of Computer & Communication Networks as well as Machine Learning application in Medical Imaging. His work has been published in various international journals, and he has served as a reviewer of many articles. He has delivered specialized lectures on Research Methodology and Big Data & Machine Learning for the Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is associated with FICCI as a key speaker for faculty development programs, and has he has delivered faculty development programs at Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR, Pearl Academy, Symbiosis Pune, and UPES, among other universities. At Shiv Nadar University, he has been instrumental in driving some of the biggest academic conferences and workshops, including the 39th National Systems Conference and an Indo-German workshop on Algorithms for Big Data in collaboration with IIIT Delhi. He has also led the University’s efforts in supporting the mission of International Career & College Counseling (IC3) Movement to promote the importance of career counseling at the grassroots.
Dr. Singh was bestowed with the ‘Best Faculty’ award by the global IT giant, Cognizant, the ‘Excellence’ award at Shiv Nadar University in 2014 for his outstanding services during the founding years of the University, and was voted ‘Outstanding Faculty’ by the students of the University.
He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, M.Tech. in Computer Science from JNU, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Delhi University.
Mr. Siddhartha Goel is the Director of Human Resources at Shiv Nadar University and along with the HR Team, partners with the Academic Leadership to deliver an enablement rich and success oriented experience across the SNU multidisciplinary ecosystem.
Prior to joining the University, Mr. Goel has had a distinguished Corporate career across India & International with leading Global Corporations & Startup ventures such as Microsoft, Logica, HCL Technologies, Serena Software, Gracenote to name a few. Mr. Goel holds a MBA from the International Management Institute, New Delhi, Bachelor in Arts from Lucknow University and completed his schooling at La Martiniere College, Lucknow.
Having acquired professional experiences around linking Leadership Vision to HR Strategy & Execution, HR Operational Excellence and developing World Class High Performance Teams, building Organisational Learning capability, Mr. Goel has a passion to apply his global experiences & knowledge to further the Success Goals of Shiv Nadar University!
Mr. Goel is a Mindfulness practitioner and his leisure pursuits include amateur Photography, Swimming & Lawn Tennis.
Dr. Sundar Venkatesh is an educator committed to academic excellence with a philosophy of application-based teaching and research. He has significant experience of working across cultures and is a winner of several outstanding teacher awards.
He is well known for excellence in designing and delivering customized learning solutions for executive and leadership development to large companies across a variety of industries, regionally.
Dr. Venkatesh has a track record of significant contributions to academic administration and higher education management in multicultural settings and online teaching.
He is the author of several publications including four books, numerous articles in international refereed journals and conferences and case studies based in emerging markets of Asia. He is an experienced supervisor of research at master’s and Ph.D. levels.
His love for travel has taken him to over 30 countries including a journey on the Trans Siberian rail from Moscow to Beijing.
Sunil brings almost two decades of experience in brand building and marketing. At Shiv Nadar University, Sunil is responsible for planning and execution of the University's marketing and communications initiatives. He partners the academic and executive leadership towards our goal of establishing Shiv Nadar University as the leading multi-disciplinary and research focused institution.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University, Sunil has led marketing and communication efforts for brands in India and Asia. Most recently, he was General Manager - Marketing at Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd, the leading vacation ownership brand in the world (outside US) where he was responsible for brand management, resort marketing and member communications for all their offerings. Previously, he has been a strategic planning leader in agencies like Contract Advertising (Wunderman Thompson Group), and FCB Global. He has also worked in brand communications and sales in organisations like ICICI Securities and Philips India.
Sunil holds an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and a B.Sc. (Chemistry) from University of Mumbai. He loves reading, traveling and scuba diving. You can follow him on Instagram on his travel journeys or connect with on LinkedIn.
Mr. Sudhir Naudiyal joined the Shiv Nadar University on March 2, 2016 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. He has to his credit 30 years of relevant working experience in the education sector.
Arun holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, and a B Tech (Hons) degree in Manufacturing Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Prior to joining Shiv Nadar University-Delhi NCR, he worked with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as Head of Executive Education, where he was responsible for on-campus and online open enrolment programs and managed end-to-end delivery of virtual live classrooms. Arun also was responsible for customized enterprise programs for various corporations both from the public and private sectors.
Prior to his stint at IIM-Ahmedabad, Arun spent over 24 years in leadership positions in leading corporations including GTL and Motorola. In those roles, Arun held responsibilities of global sales and business development.
Mr. Alok Sharma is the head of finance at Shiv Nadar University.
He is responsible for managing finance at the university, including but not limited to, monitoring inflows and outflows, management reporting, establishing financial processes and controls, and compliances of various regulations.
Mr. Sharma has over 14 years of experience in various industries like education, IT, pharma. and FMCG in various verticals of finance like financial planning, M&A, fund raising, project management, etc.
During his stint in distinguished organizations such as HCL, Ranbaxy, Bharti-Walmart, and Infosys, he has managed various roles in operation finance, corporate planning, financial management, and mergers & acquisitions.
Mr. Sharma is a qualified chartered accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Rajasthan.
Mr. Rajesh Dawar is the Director 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. 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.
Dr. T.R.B. Sarma joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR as founding Librarian in 2011.
He has around 30 years of experience in the field of Library Management and Information Science. Dr. Sarma has earlier served at the Institute for Social and Economic Change as Librarian, and has previously worked at the Department of Science and Technology, GoI, and National Institute of Rural Development.
At Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, he is driving the operations and functioning of the Central Library, and has been instrumental in conducting various workshops and meets for library professionals across Delhi-NCR for effective resource sharing.
Under his leadership, the Central Library became an active member of ShodhGanga, a University Grants Commission's prestigious project of INFLIBNET, for subsidized subscription of journals and databases. The library maintains an archive to access all the thesis, dissertations, research journal articles and other documents related to Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR.