Dr. Rakesh Ganguly

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Dr. Rakesh Ganguly is an academic administrator, associated with Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (erstwhile Shiv Nadar University). Prior to that, he was a Senior Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University with a degree in coordination chemistry and crystallography. He had received the prestigious Young Scientist Fellowship in 2004 and conducted his research in Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers in reputed journals and is still active in research, particularly working with school and UG students on various research projects.  He is also the founder member of Chapter of Singapore Crystallographer (CSC) - the Singaporean national body for crystallographers. He is an alumnus of UC Berkeley’s Executive Leadership Academy.

In Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, he was closely associated with the documentation, drafting of MoU and process of Institution of Eminence. Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence is the youngest private HEI to achieve the coveted status of IoE. In 2021, he led the PMO team when the institution undertook an extensive “bottom-up top-down” exercise called 'Quo Vadis', involving all the stakeholders – including faculty, staff, students and alumni. Presently, he is operationally heading the Office of Accreditation and Regulatory Affairs, providing data driven analytic insights to the leadership and delivering automation processes for internal data collection. He is the nodal officer of NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, India) and IoE (Institution of Eminence). He is also the IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) coordinator. He also works closely with International office for various International initiatives.