Pankaj Chandra is the vice chancellor of Ahmedabad University. He was the director of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (2007-2013) and professor of operations & technology management at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore before joining Ahmedabad University. He has also held a tenured appointment at McGill University in Montreal and has been a visiting professor at the University of Geneva, International University of Japan, Cornell University, and Renmin University. He was the chairperson of the Doctoral Programme at IIM Ahmedabad and the first associate dean (Academic) at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He was part of the founding team at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at IIMA and its first chairperson. He holds a BTech degree from Banaras Hindu University and a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Chandra’s research and teaching interests include manufacturing management, supply chain coordination, building technological capabilities, higher education policy, and high tech entrepreneurship. His recent book is titled Building Universities that Matter, which studies issues of governance, change, and institution building in Indian universities.