At Rishihood University, our people are the driving force behind our success. Our team comprises talented individuals who are passionate, dedicated, and committed to delivering the best possible results for our clients and customers. We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive workplace culture, where everyone is valued and respected for their unique skills and perspectives. Our team members come from various backgrounds, and each brings their expertise and experience to the table.

Whether it’s our seasoned veterans who have been with us for years or our rising stars who are just starting in their careers, every team member plays an integral role in powering our organization forward. We work collaboratively, support each other, and celebrate our successes together. On this page, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know some of the people who make up our team. From our leadership team to our front-line employees, we’ll introduce you to the faces behind Rishihood University and give you a glimpse into what makes our team so unique.

Founders & Advisors

Our Team

Board of Studies 

Industry Board of Advisors

Academic Council

Founders & Advisors

Rishihood University is a collective philanthropic initiative to create a social impact. Our founders include public leaders, spiritual gurus, business leaders, educationists, social workers and more.

Board of Founders

Ajay Gupta

Bachpan Playschools

Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi

Filmmaker, Writer & Historian

Dr. Chinmay Pandya

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya

H P Mangla

Entrepreneur and Educationist

Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor

Padmashri Awardee; Founder, Disable Welfare Trust of India

Motilal Oswal

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

Suresh Jain

Chairman, Intonation Research Laboratories

Suresh Prabhu

Member of Parliament and Former Cabinet Minister | Chancellor, Rishihood University

Rakesh Aggarwal

Founding Trustee | Co-Founder Rishihood University

Ashok Goel

Founding Trustee | Chairman Essel World, Mumbai

Vinod Mittal

Founder, Balaji Group

Anurag Goel

Founding Trustee | CEO, Cactus Global Communications

Anil Asthana

Founding Trustee | Gastroenterologist, Melbourne, Australia

Board of Advisors

S Gurumurthy

Journalist and Chartered Accountant | Chairman, Board of Advisors

J K Garg

Jasch Industries

Dr Harsh Mahajan

Padmashri Awardee | Mahajan Imaging

R N Prasher

Retired IAS

Ritu Beri

Fashion Designer

Sunita Kohli

Padmashri Awardee | Designer

Tilak Chandna

Chartered Accountant
Raghav Garg

Raghav Garg

Promoter, Landcraft & Member, Housing Board, Haryana

Rishabh Shah

Founder and president, India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (popularly called IIMUN)

Ashok Kumar Thakur

Founder, Muni International School

Dr. Lalit B. Singhal

Former Development Commissioner SEZs, Govt. of India, Addl. DGFT, G.O.I, DG | ED | SG of EPCES,SEPC,AEPC respectively

In Loving Memory

Dr Mahesh Gupta

Radiologist and Entrepreneur

Rishi Nityapragya

Director of Programs, Art of Living; Author

Saroj Khan

Bollywood Choregrapher

Our Team

Academic Team

Suresh Prabhu

Chancellor
Rajya Sabha MP & Former Union Minister
chancellor.office@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. Ravinder Pal Singh

Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer
Alumnus, Harvard Business School
ciso@rishihood.edu.in

Sahil Aggarwal

CEO, Rishihood University
sahil.a@rishihood.edu.in

Shobhit Mathur

Co-Founder and Vice Chancellor, Rishihood University
shobhit.m@rishihood.edu.in

Soumya Aggarwal

COO, Rishihood University
soumya.a@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Gunjan Rajput

Deputy Registrar
gunjan.r@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Dean and Professor - Rashtram School of Public Leadership
sanjeev.k@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. (Dr.) Kirti Dutta

Dean Research, Research Cell,
Dean and Professor, School of Entrepreneurship
kirti.d@rishihood.edu.in
Dr. Sampadananda Mishra

Dr. Sampadananda Mishra

Director, Centre for Human Sciences
Dean - Culture, Rishihood University
sampadananda.m@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. (Dr.) Sushil Chandra

Dean and Professor, School of Education
sushil.c@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. Manika Walia

Dean, School of Creativity
dean.socr@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. (Dr.) Anil Kaul

Dean Designate, School of Healthcare
MPH, University of Minnesota
dean.sohc@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Saumya Dey

Rashtram School Of Public Leadership
saumya.d@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Bhaskar Yempelli

Rashtram School Of Public Leadership
bhaskar.y@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Durgesh Rai

Rashtram School Of Public Leadership
durgesh.r@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. M. Chitra

School of Entrepreneurship
chitra.m@rishihood.edu.in
Dr Kavita Gupta

Dr. Kavita Gupta

School of Entrepreneurship
kavita.g@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Sonika Chaudhary

School of Entrepreneurship
sonika.c@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Ambalika Dogra

School of Education
ambalika.d@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Sakshi Vermani

School of Education
sakshi.v@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Shubhangni Jain

School of Education
shubhangni.j@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Geetika Tholia

School of Education
geetika.t@rishihood.edu.in

Richa Goenka

School of Education
richa.g@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Kanishka Sharma

School of Education
kanishka.s@rishihood.edu.in

Poonam Nehra

School of Healthcare
poonam.n@rishihood.edu.in

Revati Jayakrishnan

School of Creativity
revati.j@rishihood.edu.in

Pritam Lenka

School of Creativity
pritam.l@rishihood.edu.in

Archana Ranjan

School of Creativity
archana.r@rishihood.edu.in

Suresh Bisht

School of Creativity
suresh.b@rishihood.edu.in

Vaibhav Sharma

School of Creativity
vaibhav.s@rishihood.edu.in

Faiyyaz Rashid Khan

School of Creativity
faiyyaz.r@rishihood.edu.in

Girish Kumar

School of Creativity
girish.k@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Amit Kumar Das

School of Creativity
amit.d@rishihood.edu.in

Neelabh Kumar Sharma

Centre for Human Sciences
neelabh.s@rishihood.edu.in

Damini Roy

Centre for Human Sciences
damini.r@rishihood.edu.in

Abhishek Tripathi

Centre for Human Sciences
abhishek.t@rishihood.edu.in

Anusree S.L

Centre for Human Sciences
anusree.s@rishihood.edu.in

Riya Vardhan Saxena

Centre for Human Sciences
riya.s@rishihood.edu.in

Akhil Singh

Centre for Human Sciences
akhil.s@rishihood.edu.in

Veerender Kumar

Senior Research Associate
veerender.k@rishihood.edu.in

Harish Chandra Kaushik

Assistant Controller of Examination
harish.k@rishihood.edu.in

Shivsankar S

Senior Research Associate
shivsankar.s@rishihood.edu.in

Sourabh Kumar Mitra

Assistant Manager - Academic Operations
oaa@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Rama Nand Malviya

University Librarian
ramanand.m@rishihood.edu.in

Madhavendra Abhinandan

Asst Librarian - University Library
madhavendra.a@rishihood.edu.in

Visiting Faculty

Prof. Jinan KB

Foundation Programme

Prof. Bilal Abid

Product Design & Development

Prof. Seema Srivastava

Art and Design History

Prof. SG Ranjan

Fine Arts and Fashion (Handicrafts & Hand Looms)

Mahesh Borse

Textile Design

Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson

Indian History and Architecture

Prof. Lalit Kumar Das

Professor Emeritus, School of Creativity
MA, Royal College of Art, London

Prof. Aftab Gharda

Professor Emeritus, School of Creativity
FRSA, Birmingham City University, UK
Prof. MM Pant

Prof. MM Pant

Professor Emeritus, School of Entrepreneurship
University of Western Ontario, IIT Kanpur

Tim Edgar

School of Creativity
University of South Wales, Arts University Bournemouth

Joshua Enck

Furniture Design, Architecture & Sculpture

Preeti Sood

Printmaking

Ishaan Dixit

Architecture & Visual Communication

Chitra Chandrashekhar

Visual Design & Illustration

Abhijit Chand

Advertising & Marketing

Akshay Kulkarni

Operations & Material Management

Arun Rawal

Human Capital Management

Brijesh Misra

Project Management & Strategy Making

Chirag Gujarati

Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Strategy

Dr. Jennifer Clifford

Environmental Economics

Dr. Mridula Dwivedi

Business Research

Navroze D Dhondy

Communications

Prof. Patrick McNamara

Community Development & Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. Namit Choksi

Public Health

Dr. Saba Anees

Educational Psychology

Dr. Sneha Mishra

Psychology

Joseph Rodarick Law

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Hong Kong

Dr. Azmat Jahan

Psychology

Dr. Shashidharan

Adjunct Professor

Administrative Team

Dr. Lalit Kumar Jain

Vice President - Operations

Sahil Aggarwal

CEO, Rishihood University

Shobhit Mathur

Co-Founder and Vice Chancellor, Rishihood University

Soumya Aggarwal

COO, Rishihood University

Nirmala Samant

Director - Operational Excellence
Anju-Jayraj

Anju Jayraj

Director - Admissions & Marketing

Tarun Bhardwaj

Assistant Director - Admissions & Marketing

Mohit Singh

Assistant Director - Career Advancement

Shekhar Sharma

EA to CEO

Sumit Kumar

EA to Chancellor
Puja Singh

Puja Singh

Manager - COO Office

Archit Chopra

Assistant Registrar - Admin

Vidheeta Mathur

Assistant Registrar - HR and Accounts

Bishal Tamang

Senior Sports Manager

Soumya Banerjee

Manager - Alumni Relations

Harish Menon

Business Development Manager

Sanjay Thakur

Manager - IT Support

Shushant Rana

Support Engineer - IT Support

Mohit Sharma

Senior Manager - General Admin

Harsh Munjal

Senior Manager - Admin

Neeraj Saini

Senior Manager - Accounts

Umang Suri

Assistant Manager - HR

Deepak Verma

Assistant Manager - Accounts

Mandeep Balyan

Swimming Coach Cum Life Guard

Harbir Singh

Life Guard - Swimming

Santosh Pandey

Deputy Manager, Housing

Chanda Thakur

Warden, Housing

Sailaja Prasad Mohanty

General Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Jasmine John Pillai

General Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Arti Sharma

Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Manjit Singh

Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Saurabh Basu

Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Manu Vats

Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Priyanka Sahay

Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Monika Maurya

Assistant Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Dalveer Singh Jadon

Assistant Manager - Admissions & Marketing

Tanu Saini

Assistant Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Swati Gandhi

Assistant Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Deepak Kumar

Assistant Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Jasmine Joshi

Assistant Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Pradyumn Kumar Gupta

Assistant Manager - Admissions and Marketing

Hazel Sanoj

Program Advisor - Admissions and Marketing

Nishi Sharma

Program Advisor - Admissions and Marketing

Ankit Singh

Tele counsellor - Admissions and Marketing

Mohit Choudhary

Senior Manager - RishiEd

Aravind Natarajan

Program Manager - RishiEd

Aparna Patel

Associate Manager- RishiEd

Independent Directors And Ambassadors

Daksh Gupta

Director

Tijay Gupta

Director

Krishnan Sharma

Ambassador

Rosy Ahuja

Ambassador

Infrastructure Team

Saurabh Gupta

Architect

Vikas Garg

Project Management Consultant

Sunil Joshi

Project Manager (Construction)

Board of Studies

School of Creativity

Prof Suresh Sethi

Professor and James Avery Endowed Chair. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Prof Sudhakar Nadkarni

Design Education Pioneer; Founder of Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at IIT Bombay

Prof Roger Connah

Professor at Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University, Canada

Mr Amardeep Bhel

Educator & Visual Communication Designer

Ms Anupama Singh

Artist & Textile designer working closely with artisan’s clusters under Development Commissioner of Handicrafts.

Prof Promil Pande

Educator | Design Consultant

Prof Simrun Sethi

Faculty - Industrial Design, School of Art and Design + Gies College of Business University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

School of Education

Prof. (Dr.) Sushil Chandra

Dean and Professor, School of Education

Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Sharma

Chairperson, National Institute of Open Schooling, India

Prof. Purnima Singh

Institute Chair Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi

School of Entrepreneurship

Mr Mukesh Gulati

Advisor at Foundation for MSME Clusters | MBA IIM Lucknow

Anubha Prasad

General Manager, Small Industries Development Bank of India

School of Healthcare

Dr Akhil Banerjea

Virologist and Emeritus Scientist, National Institute of Immunology

Dr R K Srivastava

Professor Consultant and Head, Dept of Burns and Plastic Surgery. PGIMER and Dr RML Hospital

Industry Board of Advisors

Bindoo Ranjan

NID, Delhi

Christine Rai

India INC

Rajat Sharma

Chaos India

Danny Lane

Danny Lane

Anuj Prasad

Desmania

Bikram Mitra

DesignXDesign | Kohler India

Amit Vadhera

Timothy Oulton

Hardesh Chawla

Essentia Environments

Vinay Kumar Verma

Chief HRD, ONGC

Mandira Malik

Buying Agents Association | Something Else

Anshul Jain

Stonex India

Dr Srinivas Chanduru

Vans Group | Ola

Himanshu Manglik

WALNUTCAP Consulting

Parmeet Singh Sood

Climax Overseas

Shilpa Ajwani

unomantra

Aditi Olemann

Myelin Foundry

AjayKumar Surana

iXcelrate, Singapore

Amit Mishra

ID8 Ventures

Pankaj Dubey

DSPIN Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. (Dr.) Gopal Krishna Thakur

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay

Prof. (Dr.) C. L. Vishen

Scholar & Educationist

Sorabh Bajaj

Coursera

Academic Council

Dr. Priya M. Vaidya

Department of Philosophy,
University of Mumbai
Member Academic Council, Rishihood University

Dr. K. Parameswaran

Associate Professor of Law
Former Dean - Academic Affairs
Former Dean - Alumni & External Relations
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)
Member Academic Council, Rishihood University

Prof. Prasanna Tantri

Associate Professor of Finance
Executive Director, Center For Analytical Finance
ISB Alumni Endowment Research Fellow
Indian School of Business
Member Academic Council, Rishihood University

Dr. Swaroop Rawal

Non - Government Member of Central,
Advisory Board of Education, India
Member Academic Council, Rishihood University

Prof. Gautam R. Desiraju

Honorary Professor,
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,
Member Academic Council, Rishihood University

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