Probably the first-of-its-kind in the world wherein the first governing body meeting was conducted virtually due to the Covid-19 lockdown situation, Vijaybhoomi University, Karjat today announced its Governing Council after a virtual meeting under chaired by Sanjay Padode, nominated founding President of Vijaybhoomi University, Karjat, and the Chairman of IFIM Institutions, Bangalore.
Sanjay Padode
During the meeting, the Governing Body approved the appointment of following University officials: Mr. Sanjay Padode – President, Vijaybhoomi University, Dr. A. Parasuraman – Pro-Chancellor – Academics, Vijaybhoomi University, Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma – Pro-Chancellor – Administration, Vijaybhoomi University, Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay – Vice-Chancellor, Vijaybhoomi University, Mrs. Surekha Shetty – Registrar, Vijaybhoomi University, Dr. Venkatesh Sunkad, Dean – INSOFE School of Data Science, Vijaybhoomi University, Prof. Dr. Navneet Sharma, Dean – IFIM Business School, Vijaybhoomi University, Prof. Pravin Mishra, Dean – Vijaybhoomi School of Design.
The Governing Body also passed the necessary resolutions to establish five schools in the University: IFIM Business School, INSOFE School of Data Science, Vijaybhoomi School of Law, Vijaybhoomi School of Design, Vijaybhoomi School of Arts and Humanities
Sanjay Padode accepted the appointmentas President of Vijaybhoomi University and said, “The appointed University officials have been working together with me for the last decade to build quality educational institutions, it is indeed my privilege to be continuing with them to build India’s first liberal professional university to enable individuals, society and the country towards prosperity, happiness and good. The University shall blend the liberal arts curriculum with professional education to prepare students to deal with complexity, diversity and change, also enable them to be design thinkers, specialists, honest, accountable and self-regulated.”
The meeting was attended by all the Governing Body members except for the Government nominees. The external members of the Governing Body included: Mr. Jaspal Sidhu – Chairman of Singapore International Schools, Singapore, Dr. V A Sastry – He was a Director on the Board of Infosys Technologies from 1990 to 1996, responsible for Quality and Productivity. Dr. Sastry is the founder Director of MUSA Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd handling consulting assignments and RelQ Software Pvt Ltd., Mr. Manoj A Shah – Chairman of Nightingale Empowerment Foundation, an NGO working for the well-being of Senior Citizens in Bangalore, Mrs. Kalpana Padode – An Entrepreneur and Founder of Home Food Services Ltd., Mrs. Kritika P. Bhandari – An alumnus of National Law University, Delhi. A practicing Lawyer at Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India. Mr. L. Sridhar – Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
