Sudhir Mishra is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi,Dharavi and Chameli.
Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra is a government funded technical institute (GFTI) situated at Ranchi,Jharkhand,India. It was declared as a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act. The institute was included under Section 12B of the UGC Act,1956,in November 2023.
University of Lucknow is a public state university based in Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh,University Road area of the city with a second campus at Jankipuram. It is the largest state university of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the only public university of the state to offer both on-campus and online programmes of study.
Manoj N. Joshi is an Indian actor known for working in film,stage and television. He has also acted in over 70 films since 1998,many of his roles being comic roles. Joshi is the recipient of several awards including a National Film Award. In 2018,Joshi was awarded with the Padma Shri. He is the vice-president of the Bombay Art Society.
Sajjan Jindal is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of JSW Group of companies;diversified in steel,mining,energy,sports,infrastructure and,software business.
Vinay Kumar Pathak is an Indian professor who has served as lecturer,Assistant Professor at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur,Project Scientist at IIT Kanpur,and again as Professor and Dean at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur on lien. He has served as Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University (UOU) from 25 November 2009 till November 2012. He was then appointed Vice-Chancellor of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) in Rajasthan’s Kota on 1 February 2013 and served there till 31 July 2015 with additional charge as officiating Vice-Chancellor of the Rajasthan Technical University in Kota on 16 May 2015 till 31 July 2015. On 4 August 2015,he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and served there till 9 August 2021 with additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur and officiating Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow’s Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University (KMCLU) till 9 August 2021. In,April 2021 he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University where he is currently serving with additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra from January 2022 till September 2022. He has also served as President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) from 1 July 2024 till 30 June 2025. He has successfully organized many national and international conferences.
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) is a public deemed university in Mumbai,India. It is focused on training and research in the fields of chemical engineering,chemical technology,and pharmaceutical sciences. Established in 1933,the institute was granted deemed university status in 2008,making it the only state-funded deemed university in India. In 2018,ICT was named an institute with a special status per the Empowered Expert Committee and was given the status of Category 1 institute with graded autonomy by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the University Grants Commission (India). The institute also has regional campuses at Bhubaneswar,Odisha and Jalna,Maharashtra.
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science,Pilani is a private deemed university in Pilani,Rajasthan,India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani was one of the first six institutes in India to be declared Institution of Eminence. According to 2012 data,BITS Pilani has an acceptance rate of 1.47%,making it one of the most exclusive technical universities in the world.
The vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (VC-BHU) is the chief administrator,and a full-time salaried officer of the Banaras Hindu University. The vice-chancellor derives their powers from sections 7(B) and 7(C) of the Banaras Hindu University Act and from the statutes of the said act.
V Ramgopal Rao is an Indian Academic serving as the Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science,Pilani from February 2023 onwards. He was previously the director of IIT,Delhi for six years during 2016-2021.
Science and Engineering Research Board is a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology,Government of India,established by an Act of the Parliament of India in 2009. The Board was chaired by the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Science and Technology. The Board was set up for promoting basic research in science and engineering and to provide financial assistance to scientists,academic institutions,R&D laboratories,industrial concerns and other agencies for such research.Thereafter,it was succeeded by an act called Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act 2023 which formed Anusandhan National Research Foundation in the year 2024.
Ram Ramaswamy is an Indian scientist and professor of chemistry at JNU.
Mahendra Singh Sodha,popularly known as M. S. Sodha,was an Indian physicist specialising in Plasma,Optics and Energy and a vice chancellor of Lucknow University,Devi Ahilya University and Barkatullah University. A 1974 winner of the highest Indian science award,Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize,Sodha was honoured by the Government of India again in 2003 with Padma Shri,the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Maharashtra National Law University,Nagpur (MNLU) is a National Law University and a public law school established by the government through the Maharashtra National Law University Act. The university is the 19th National Law University established in India and is located in the Orange City of Nagpur,Maharashtra. Hon'ble Supreme Court Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai serves as the chancellor of the institution.
Sudhir Kumar Jain is the incumbent and 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. He is a civil engineer by education and has formerly served three terms as the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He has carried out intensive research and development in the fields of seismic design codes,dynamic of buildings,and post-earthquake studies. Beside these,Jain has actively participated in teaching,research activities and development in earthquake engineering focused on developing countries. He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was also elected a member of U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2021) for leadership in earthquake engineering in developing countries.
Okhil Kumar Medhi was an Indian chemist and academic. He is best known for his time as the Vice-chancellor of Gauhati University in Guwahati,Assam,where he was also a professor of inorganic chemistry and former Head of Department in the university’s chemistry department. After completing a Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,Medhi undertook research at both the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and North-Eastern Hill University,but spent much of his academic career at Gauhati University. His scientific work has been varied but has included contributions to the fields of inorganic chemistry and carbon nanoparticles.
Ajaib Singh Brar is an Indian academic,researcher,and university administrator. He served as the vice-chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU),Amritsar,from July 15,2009,until 2017. Prior to this,he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow
