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Professor Ashok Chanda

Provost of the Virtual Campus of UBSS

Our staff
Professor Ashok Chanda

Provost of the Virtual Campus of UBSS

Professor
Ashok Chanda

Biography

Professor Chanda has a great passion for building ‘New Age Learning’ and ‘Digital Transformation’ in education industry. Ashok has been driving online MBA and Technology Enhanced Learning, building a change from a conventional learning delivery to an online learning delivery. In past, Ashok was associated with Australian Institute of Business and Education Centre for Australia, wherein he played a key role in building these organisations. Ashok has extensive experience of education management, compliance and academic management.

Ashok has a PhD in Management from University of South Australia, Adelaide and has MBA and Law qualifications. He has authored three business books on business strategy, organisational performance and strategic HRM and numerous research papers. He has also been involved in academic leadership being a part of Academic Board of APIC, AIB, Universal Higher Education and Governing Board of ASBM University and Editorial Board of ASBM International journal. He has also actively participated in teaching being an adjust faculty with Indian Institute of Management, Asian School of Business Management and lecturer with UNISA, Australia

Ashok in his career spaning more than 25 years has been a business professional and has lead large corporations as a Chief Executive and at a senior management level in oil and gas, construction, mining, energy and logistics industries and has been instrumental in its growth and success. Ashok has built capabilities with a diverse expertise in global leadership roles covering established and emerging markets.

He is currently the Provost of the Virtual Campus of UBSS.