Shailendra Raj Mehta

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Shailendra Raj Mehta
Born(1959-07-09)9 July 1959
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
EducationPhD Doctor of Philosophy
Alma mater University of Oxford Harvard University
Occupation(s)President and Director of MICA
Known forEconomist
Board member ofEx. Chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University
SpouseNeena Mehta
Children1
AwardsRector's Prize Delhi University INLAKS scholarship Oxford University

Shailendra Raj Mehta (born 9 July 1959) is a scholar, educationist, administrator and entrepreneur. [1] Since 2017, he has been the President & Director and a Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of MICA (institute) in Ahmedabad. [2]

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Formerly, he was the Chairman of the Board of Management at AURO University and Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. [3]

He is also a member of the Mission High-Level Committee (MHLC) of the Indian Knowledge System [4] and Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) in Shimla. [3] [5]

He specializes in Entrepreneurship, institution design, Microeconomics theory, experimental economics, and Strategic Management. [6]

Early life

Mehta was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He studied Bachelor of Arts from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He did his Master of Arts from Delhi School of Economics followed by M. Phil from Balliol College, Oxford and PhD from Harvard University. [7]

Career

From 1990 to 2006, he taught at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, first in Economics and later in Strategy. During this period, he also served as the Director of the Krannert School of Management's Entrepreneurship Initiative and of also of the SEAS Simulation Lab. He taught a wide range of courses to undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. students, including. He has been awarded one of Purdue University's highest awards, the Class of 1922 Award for Teaching, Innovation, and Helping Students Learn. While at Purdue, he co‐founded Simulex Inc., a high technology company in the Purdue Research Park. He continues to actively mentor and support startups. After a 16-year stint at Purdue University, he returned to India in 2006–2007 to head the collaboration between Duke University's Corporate Education Arm, Duke CE, and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as its head for India, West Asia and the Middle East and simultaneously as visiting professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad [8] In 2012, Mehta published a comprehensive paper studying what made US institutions so markedly better than others in the world which was then featured worldwide. In 2014, he was appointed as the Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University where he also served as Acting Vice-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Strategy.

He has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics, and Experimental Economics. His research was the subject of a full‐length review by the Economist. His work on creating world-class universities has been discussed around the world and profiled in over ten languages including Chinese, Russian, French, German, and Arabic among others. [9]

In 2017, he became the President & Director of MICA (institute) [10] and was also appointed as the Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Ministry of Education has appointed him as the vice-chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) [11]

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President and director of MICA

Making MICA an ideas-driven institution by getting the best research, teaching, and outreach on board, he has exemplified the pedagogical change, by introducing project-based and simulation-based learning for the students. As president, Mehta partnered the institute with management schools in the United States including Emory University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, University of Southern California [ citation needed ] and with Chinese varsities. [15]

He has also introduced project-based and simulation-based learning for the students. [16] and under his tenure, MICA earned the 'Great Place to Work' certification, a global authority on workplace culture. [17]

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  3. 1 2 "MICA president Mehta appointed IIAS governing body vice-chairman". The Indian Express. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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  6. ↑ "Reflections on Mehta's xTalk on Academic Freedom in India & the West | Open Learning". openlearning.mit.edu. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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  13. ↑ US11379435B2,Seth, Pradip Kumar&Mehta, Shailendra Raj,"System and method for automated document generation",issued 2022-07-05
  14. ↑ US20050256736A1,Mehta, Shailendra&Chaturvedi, Alok,"Industry simulation environment",issued 2005-11-17
  15. ↑ "Ahmedabad: MICA faculty engages with Chinese industry, varsities to promote cooperation". 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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