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.

潘卡伊·钱德拉是艾哈迈达巴德大学的副校长。在加入艾哈迈达巴德大学之前，他曾任印度班加罗尔管理学院院长（2007-2013），印度艾哈迈达巴德管理学院和印度班加罗尔管理院运营与技术管理教授。他还曾在蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学担任终身教授，并在日内瓦大学、日本国际大学、康奈尔大学和人民大学担任客座教授。他是印度理工学院艾哈迈达巴德分校博士项目的主席，也是海得拉巴印度商学院的首任副院长（学术）。他是IIMA创新、孵化和创业中心创始团队的一员，也是该中心的首任主席。他拥有Banaras印度教大学的BTech学位和宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的博士学位。

Chandra的研究和教学兴趣包括制造管理、供应链协调、技术能力建设、高等教育政策和高科技创业。他最近出版的一本名为《建设重要的大学》的书研究了印度大学的治理、变革和制度建设问题。