University of British Columbia Provost appointed SNU Vice-Chancellor

Ananya Mukherjee is currently serving as the Provost and Vice-President at UBC Okanagan

Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, has appointed Ananya Mukherjee as its next Vice-Chancellor to lead the University’s growth in the future. Mukherjee is currently Provost and Vice-President Academic at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan, Canada.

She will assume her role at Shiv Nadar University from January 2022. Mukherjee will be the University’s third Vice-Chancellor, taking the mantle from Rupamanjari Ghosh, who served as the VC for nearly six years.

Ananya Mukherjee is a widely recognized academic leader, having held senior positions in two of Canada’s largest universities in Ontario and British Columbia. Currently, as the Provost and Vice-President at UBC Okanagan, she leads its strategy for academic excellence working with its nine Faculties and Schools with over 11,000 students.

Before joining UBC, Mukherjee spent more than two decades at York University in Toronto, where she undertook many leadership roles. Most recently, she was Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, a role in which she led the largest liberal arts faculty in Canada with 23,000 students from 123 countries.

Welcoming Mukherjee, Shikhar Malhotra, Pro-Chancellor of Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, said: “Dr. Ananya Mukherjee joins the University at an important juncture, as we build on our strengths and achievements in our aim of becoming an institution of global stature and impact. Her international reputation as both, a senior academic leader and a multidisciplinary scholar, will complement our vision for Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR.”

Mukherjee obtained her doctoral degree (Political Economy & Public Policy) from the University of Southern California, USA and her BA and MA degrees (Economics) from Jadavpur University, India. An interdisciplinary scholar of Development Studies, Mukherjee’s work focuses on inclusive and people-centered development.

Looking ahead to her new role, Ananya Mukherjee said: “I am deeply humbled by this opportunity to lead a university with a demonstrated commitment to fostering world-class, transformative research and a strong social mission. Shiv Nadar University’s faculty and academic leadership, drawn from some of the best institutions in India and the world and the trajectory it has established in ten short years inspired me; its bold, global ambitions resonated with me deeply. And very importantly, the unique positioning of Shiv Nadar University as a part of a larger ecosystem of educational institutions committed to overcoming the socio-economic divide was a major factor that attracted me.”

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