Ashoka University professor Mahesh Rangarajan appointed V-C of Krea University

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 31

Krea University, the private institute set up with the backing of former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan among others, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ashoka University professor Mahesh Rangarajan as the next vice chancellor.

Rangarajan, former director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, is currently teaching history and environmental studies at Ashoka University.

A statement from Krea University, housed in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City, said the appointment had ended a search that commenced six months ago.

“The search committee began by consulting members of the Krea community on the attributes and priorities for the new vice-chancellor. Based on these inputs, we prepared a position description, and shared it widely within our broad network in academia, inviting applications. This resulted in about 25 compelling applications for the position, from all over the world, be it Australia, India or the US,” the varsity said.

It said the search committee followed a rigorous process of evaluation and having concluded this rigorous process, made its final recommendation to Chancellor N Vaghul, who appointed Dr Mahesh Rangarajan as the next Vice-Chancellor of Krea University, beginning July 2021.

“We found Mahesh to be not only an inspirational scholar, but also an earnest institution builder who is passionate about what we have set out to do at Krea.  Mahesh joins the Krea community on July 7, 2021, and has chosen to live in the Sri City campus,” Kapil Viswanathan, chairman, executive committee co-chair, search committee said.

Rangarajan will succeed Dr Sundar Ramaswamy whose tenure ends in June this year.