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Shailendra Raj Mehta | |
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Born | Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India | 9 July 1959
Education | Ph.D. |
Alma mater | Delhi University University of Oxford Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | President and Director of MICA (institute) |
Known for | Economist |
Board member of | Ex. Chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University |
Spouse | Neena Mehta |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Rector's Prize, Delhi University INLAKS scholarship Oxford University |
Shailendra Raj Mehta (born 9 July 1959) is an Indian academic administrator and entrepreneur. [1] He has served as President and Director of MICA (institute) in Ahmedabad. [2] [3] [4]
Mehta's previous roles in Indian higher education included serving as Chairman of the Board of Management at AURO University and as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. [5] [6] He currently serves as a member of the Mission High-Level Committee of the Indian Knowledge System [7] and as Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla. [5] [8]
Mehta was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He completed a Bachelor of Arts at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, followed by a Master of Arts from the Delhi School of Economics. He earned an M.Phil. from Balliol College, Oxford, and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. [9] [10]
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Mehta has conducted research in the areas of entrepreneurship, industrial organization, information economics, and experimental economics.
From 1990 to 2006, he was a tutor at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, where his teaching and research interests shifted from economics to strategy. During this period, he directed the Krannert School's Entrepreneurship Initiative and the SEAS Simulation Lab, and received Purdue University's Class of 1922 Award for Teaching, Innovation, and Helping Students Learn. While at Purdue, he co‐founded Simulex Inc., a technology company based in the Purdue Research Park.
Mehta returned to India in 2007. He led the collaboration between Duke Corporate Education (Duke University's Corporate Education arm) and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, covering India, West Asia, and the Middle East. He also served as a visiting professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad. [11]
Mehta was appointed Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmedabad University in 2014. The following year he was appointed chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University, where he also served as Acting Vice-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Strategy.
In 2017, he became the President & Director of MICA (institute), [12] and was appointed Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Ministry of Education appointed him vice-chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. [5]
As president of MICA, Mehta facilitated partnerships between the institute and management schools in the United States, including Emory University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Southern California,[ citation needed ] as well as with Chinese universities. [16] During his tenure as President, MICA received the 'Great Place to Work' certification. [17]
After completing his term at MICA, he joined O. P. Jindal Global University in May 2024. [18]