Nirmala Rao | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Occupation | academic |
Spouse | Dr Guduru Gopal Rao |
Awards | OBE, FAcSS |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Queen Mary University of London |
Thesis | The Changing Role of the Councillor in British Local Government: An Empirical Analysis (1993) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | political scientist |
Institutions | Krea University,Goldsmiths' College,SOAS,Asian University for Women |
Nirmala Rao (born 1959,Hyderabad,India) is a British academic and the current vice chancellor [1] of Krea University. She also served as vice chancellor of the Asian University for Women,Chittagong,Bangladesh from 1 February 2017 [2] to January 2022. [3] and as Pro-Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London from 2008 to 2016. [2]
Rao was born in 1959 in Hyderabad,India. [4] She studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya Gill Nagar Kodambakkam,Chennai and competed her Higher Secondary there in the year 1976.
Rao served as a Governor of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music &Dance. [5]
Rao is a member of the Board of Trustees of the UK educational charity United World Schools. [6]
In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours,Rao was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to scholarship. [7] She was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in 2003. [8]
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