Governance

Leadership:

1. Visitor: Hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind
2. Chancellor: Prof. Vijay Bhatkar
3. Vice Chancellor: Prof. Sunaina Singh

Key Authorities of the University:

1. Governing Board 
2. The Executive Committee
3. Finance Committee
4. The Academic Council
5. Building and Works Committee

1. Members of the Governing Board

• Prof. Vijay Bhatkar, Chancellor, NU (Chair)
• Prof. Sunaina Singh, Vice Chancellor, NU
• Representatives from Member Countries:
  • Representative from India (Shri N.K. Singh)
  • Representative from China (Prof. Wang Bangwei)
  • Representative from Australia (Shri Peter Varghese)
  • Representative from Lao PDR (H.E. Bounneme Chouanghom)
  • Representative from Thailand (Prof. Prapod A)
• Ms. Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• Representatives from Govt. of Bihar
  • Shri Anjani Kumar Singh, Advisor to the Govt. of Bihar
  • Shri Chanchal Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Govt. of Bihar
• Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
• Three persons in the category of “Renowned Academician or Educationist”
  • Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Prof. Lokesh Chandra, Former President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR)
  • Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

2. Members of the Executive Committee

• Prof. Vijay Bhatkar, Chancellor, NU (Chair)
• Prof. Sunaina Singh, Vice Chancellor, NU
• Ms. Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• Shri Chanchal Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Govt. of Bihar
• Shri. N.K.Singh, Economist and Policy Adviser
• Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

3. Members of the Finance Committee

• Prof. Sunaina Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Nalanda University    (Chair)
• Chancellor’s Nominee
  • Shri Gautam Guha, IAS (Retired)
  • Shri R. Thyagarajan, Head, Admin & Finance, CEMCA (Retd.)
• Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. / His Nominee
• Joint Secretary (BIMSTEC & SAARC)/Nalanda, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• Dean of the Schools of Study by Rotation
  • Prof. Sukhbir Singh, Dean, School Of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions, NU
• Shri Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Finance Officer, Nalanda University      (Member Secretary)

4. Members of the Academic Council

• Prof. Sunaina Singh, Vice Chancellor, Nalanda University (Chair)
• Prof. Makarand Paranjape, Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, Expert Member
• Prof. Vasant Shivram Shinde, Vice-Chancellor and Professor in South Asian Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, Expert Member
• Prof. Madhu Khanna, Professor of Indic Religion and Tagore National Fellow, National Museum, New Delhi, Expert Member
• Prof. S.R. Bhatt, Former Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, Expert Member
• Dr. Meenakshi Jain, Senior Fellow Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi, Expert Member
• Prof. D. Venkat Rao, Professor, Department of English Literature, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Expert Member
• Prof. S.P.Singh, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, Expert Member
• Prof. Pankaj Mohan, Dean, School of Historical Studies and Dean (I/C), School of Languages and
  Literature/Humanities
• Prof. Sukhbir Singh, Dean, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions
• Prof. Sarnam Singh, Dean, School of Ecology and Environment Studies
• Prof. Anand Singh, Professor, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions
• Dr. Nihar Kanta Patra, Librarian, Nalanda University
• Dr. Shyam Phartyal, Associate Professor, School of Ecology and Environment Studies
• Dr. Mayank Shekhar, Assistant Professor, School of Historical Studies
• Shri Sanjay Bhatnagar, Registrar, Nalanda University (Secretary)

5. Members of the Building and Works Committee

• Prof. Sunaina Singh, Vice Chancellor, NU (Chair)
• Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• Joint Secretary (BIMSTEC & SAARC)/Nalanda, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• Shri Girish Nandan Singh, Retd. Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar
• Dr. Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Director, CTI, MPPKVVCL, Jabalpur
• Prof. Sukhbir Singh, Dean, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions, NU
• Shri Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Finance Officer, Nalanda University
• Shri Sanjay Bhatnagar, Registrar, NU (Member Secretary)