Dr. Sanjay Das is an alumnus of Utkal University and Kurukshetra University. He has earned a doctorate in educational studies. He is currently associated with Shri Khushal Das University as President (Vice-Chancellor). Earlier, he has served SGT University and NIMS University as DEAN Academic affairs; Director Research and Advisor IQAC. He is a senior professional with more than 26 years of work experience in Academics; allied activities and administration in the higher education sector. He started his career in the 1990s as Research Fellow with NCERT, New Delhi, and rose to the level of Professor. He has served organizations as Principal, Director, and Dean. He has served UNDP as SPECIAL TASK EXPERT in the State of Eritrea, North-East Africa. He has published dozens of Research papers and articles on contemporary issues in education. He has authored books on educational studies. His Google Scholar Citation index is 14000+ with h index as 52 and i-10 index as 297. His credentials indicate acquisition of Higher Education competencies.

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What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“To train teachers and help in the core development of society”

Brihadarankya Upanishad reveals “ Asatoma Sadgamaya, Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamaya— Lead me from untruth to truth, Lead me from darkness to light.” This eternal transformation is possible through Education which is at the core of human and societal development and is the cornerstone in the foundation of our nation-building. Guided and inspired by the philosophy – “To train teachers to teach a nation”, I started my career as a teacher educator. As an astute and senior professional, I started generating insights and experience in academics, allied activities, and administration in higher education. Higher Education Institutions, being the right platforms for creativity and innovations, I grew ceaselessly across hierarchies and successfully delivered at senior-level positions. I started my career with NCERT and rose to the level of Professor. Learning to learn, being my mission I acquired higher education competencies that include high impact teaching & training, multidisciplinary research, and innovation.

What is your philosophy of leadership?

“Leadership refers to building a strong team for the achievement of the desired goal”

As I believe, leadership is all about preparing a set of teams to achieve success and to succeed we need to develop a set of competencies in each domain of organizational development. I consider myself a democratic, transformational, and visionary leader. I analyze the traits of team members and the needs/demands of my organization and tune up the competencies of team members with emotional intelligence. I protect my team members from outside impediments and make them strong within. I make my team members belong to me and my organization, which eventually helps me to achieve the set goal. 

How do you strategize the plans for marketing and administration of your organization?

“For strategizing plans, we focus on the key programs based on market needs”

In our university, Programs are designed as per industry/market needs. Although being in a university, instead of being market-centric, it has to entertain some programs which may show variables in their market-driven economic environment but for holistic academic development, some of these programs need to be figured in the program list of the university. The university does not want to see a rush of students into the premises of the university; one-to-one counseling is undertaken by professional counselors who are proficient with psychometric assessment techniques. In this cutting-edge technology era, the promotion of university programs and activities are ensured through our website. However, word-of-mouth publicity by the stakeholders and beneficiaries including alumni makes more sense in real terms. 

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How is the curriculum of Shri Khushal Das University industry-oriented?

“Encouraging students to attend interactive sessions with industry experts”

The curriculum of our university is based on the K-S-A model where we focus more on skill development and attitudinal formation. We ensure continuous interaction between industry experts and faculty members who are responsible for designing programs and curriculum. We have a strong partnership with industries and this partnership supports us for continuous up-gradation of curriculum and teaching-learning modalities.

What do you think should be the University’s top priorities over the next decade?

“To inculcate human values in graduates and place them in top-level industries”

Top priorities for our university in the next decade include the inculcation of human values within our graduates, empowering them to become entrepreneurs, placing graduates in top-level industries, promoting of state-of-art infrastructure, global ambiance, and work culture, creating opportunity and flexibility for transdisciplinary learning, high impact research outputs.

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What are the major strengths of the University?

“University has an international standard cricket stadium and it is accessible to students of Haryana, Punjab including Rajasthan”

Major strengths of the university include are as follows :

  • There is no public or private university within its 80 km,
  • The university enjoys a big catchment area for admission to all its program
  • The university is accessible to students of Haryana, Punjab including Rajasthan
  • The university has got an international standard cricket stadium