Dr. Atul Chauhan
Dr. Atul Chauhan is the President of the non-profit Ritnand Balved Education Foundation and the Chancellor of Amity University. Dr. Chauhan is also the CEO of the AKC Group of Companies which has worldwide interests in the fields of petrochemicals, healthcare and technology.
Amity is a leading private education group of India with over 125,000 students across 1,000 acres of high tech campuses and over 4,500 faculty. Amity University, the number 1 ranked private University of India has the highest ‘A’ Grade accreditation by NAAC and is highly research and innovation oriented, with the faculty having filed more patents than any other University in India. Amity now also has campuses in London, Singapore, Dubai, South Africa, China, USA, Mauritius and Romania.
Dr. Chauhan is a distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Expert Committee of University Grants Commission (UGC), a Statutory Body of Government of India.
Born and brought up in Germany, Dr. Chauhan had his higher education in the field of engineering and finance from University College London and London School of Economics, after which he took on the responsibility of heading the London Office.
Apart from the world wide engagements of the AKC Group of Companies, Dr. Chauhan has been instrumental for building up the Amity Institutions right from the beginning.