Dilip Thakore, editor of EducationWorld, interviews Dr. Pankaj Chandra, the recently appointed Vice Chancellor of the privately-promoted high-potential Ahmedabad University (estb. 2010). An alumnus of Banaras Hindu University and The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Chandra was formerly director of the Indian Institute of Management –Bangalore.

In this interview Dr. Pankaj Chandra shares his priorities and goals for Ahmedabad University, a private liberal multi-disciplinary university and insights on a wide range of challenges faced by India’s India’s higher education institutions including poor academia-industry connect, graduate unemployability, and the growth of online learning amidst the novel coronavirus aka Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.