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

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

Gauranga Das Prabhu

Director of ISKCON’s Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV)

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

Siddharth Maheshwari

Co-founder, Newton School of Technology
siddharth.m@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Nishant Chandra

Co-founder, Newton School of Technology
nishant.c@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Sampadananda Mishra

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

Prof. (Dr) Manika Walia

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

Prof. (Dr.) Kirti Dutta

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

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

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

Prof. (Dr.) Sushil Chandra

Dean and Professor, School of Psychology and Education
dean.soed@rishihood.edu.in

Prof. (Dr.) Anil Kaul

Professor and Dean (Designate), School of Healthcare
dean.sohc@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Santhosh Kumar Kraleti

Associate Dean, School of Healthcare
santhosh.k@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Gunjan Rajput

Deputy Registrar
gunjan.r@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Durgesh Rai

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

Dr. Bhaskar Yempelli

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

Alka Siwach

Coordinator - Rashtram School of Public Leadership
alka.s@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

Ritesh Dahiya

Coordinator, School of Entrepreneurship
ritesh.d@rishihood.edu.in

Vinayshree Tripathi

Research Assistant, Reseach Cell
vinayshri.t@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Sakshi Vermani

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

Dr. Shubhangni Jain

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

Dr. Geetika Tholia

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

Richa Goenka

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

Dr. Kanishka Sharma

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

Rakesh Kaushik

Coordinator, School of Psychology and Education
rakesh.k@rishihood.edu.in
Poonan

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

Prof. Durgesh Pandey

School of Creativity
durgesh.p@rishihood.edu.in

Soumitra Mishra

Professor, Newton School of Technology
soumitra.m@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Surendra Puri Goswami

Professor, Newton School of Technology
surendra.p@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Ankur Gupta

Assistant Professor, Newton School of Technology
ankur.g@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Amit Manchanda

Newton School of Technology
amit.m@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Chaitanya PVSK

Newton School of Technology
chaitanya.p@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Priya Gurjar

Teaching Assistant, Newton School of Technology
priya.g@nst.rishihood.edu.in

Neelabh Kumar Sharma

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

Anusree S.L

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

Dr. Akhil Singh

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

Rithin Miriyal

Centre for Human Sciences
rithin.m@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Saumya Dey

Professor, VC Office
saumya.d@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Manjistha Banerji

Associate Professor, VC Office
manjistha.b@rishihood.edu.in

Veerender Kumar

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

Prakhar Sharma

Manager - Research and Administration
prakhar.s@rishihood.edu.in

Aacharyamitra Paroksh Sujay

Life and Spiritual Coach
paroksh.s@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
Shishant

Shishant Chauhan

Manager - Academic Operations and OAA
shishant.c@rishihood.edu.in

Iraz Sharma

Manager - Academic Operations
iraz.s@rishihood.edu.in

Pankaj Ahlawat

Assistant Manager - Office of Academic Affairs
pankaj.a@rishihood.edu.in

Monika Jangra

Coordinator, Academic Opetaions
monika.j@rishihood.edu.in

Dr. Rama Nand Malviya

University Librarian
ramanand.m@rishihood.edu.in

Madhavendra Abhinandan

Asst. Librarian
madhavendra.a@rishihood.edu.in

Academic Council

Dr. Priya M. Vaidya

Head of the Department of Philosophy,
University of Mumbai

Dr. K. Parameswaran

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

Visiting Faculty - Office of VC

Prof. Patrick McNamara

Community Development & Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. Shashidharan

Adjunct Professor

Visiting Faculty - School of Psychology and Education

1. Prof (Dr) A.G. Ramakrishnan

Prof. (Dr.) A.G. Ramakrishnan

Senior Professor, Neuroscience
Bengaluru

Prof. VijyaLakshmi Ramasamy

Chair and Associate Professor
Director MSCIS Program
Department of Computer Science
College of Business, Economics, and Computing

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Oxford Brookes University

Visiting Faculty - School of Creativity

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

Abhijit Chand

Advertising & Marketing

Visiting Faculty - School of Entrepreneurship

Chirag Gujarati

Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Strategy

Dr. Mridula Dwivedi

Business Research

Prof. Bart Norre

Visiting Professor, Rishihood University

Dr. Umesh Menon

Sr. International Investment and Finance Expert at UNIDO

Dr. Kavita Saxena

Faculty at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

Dr. Vetri Selvi

Associate Professor, Department of Management, Mettu University

CA Sandeep Kapoor

Chartered Accountant and visiting faculty at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

CA Rajeev Puri

Chartered Accountant and visiting faculty

Muthuraman Thirunavukkarasu

Visiting faculty, Rishihood University

Dr. Ferojuddin M. A. Khan

Director at S&F Commerce Academy

Dr. Radhika Lunawat

Associate Professor
Accounting, UCI Paul Merage School of Business,
University of California

Dr. Ramakrishna Dantu

Assistant Professor,
California State University,
Sacramento College of Business Administration

Adjunct Faculty - NST CS&AI

Dr. Parag Singla

Professor, Department of Computer Science, Indian Instiute of Technology Delhi

Dr. Siddhartha Jayanti

Research Scientist at Google Research and AI; United States
PhD, MIT Boston

Dr. Kishor S. Trivedi

Hudson Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University

Dr. Prasad Jayanti

Professor and Former Head of Computer Science at Dartmouth

Dr. Prathosh AP

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Dr. Karthik Mohan

Affiliate Professor, University of Washington

Experience Team

Dr. Lalit Kumar Jain

Vice President - Operations

Nirmala Samant

Director - Operational Excellence

Kushagra Kunwar Bhatnagar

Director - Branding & Communications
Anju-Jayraj

Anju Jayraj

Director - Outreach & Marketing
Rupesh Sinha

Rupesh Sinha

Director - Admissions

Pooja Kaur

Assistant Director - Outreach

Mohit Singh

Assistant Director - VC Office

Shekhar Sharma

EA to CEO

Sumit Kumar

EA to Chancellor

Harish Menon

Business Development Manager

Aravind Natarajan

Manager, Policy Programs - VC Office

Puja Singh

Manager - COO Office

Manu Vats

Manager - Office of Dean Culture

Archit Chopra

Assistant Registrar - Admin

Vidheeta Mathur

Assistant Registrar - HR and Accounts

Mohit Sharma

Senior Manager - General Admin

Harsh Munjal

Senior Manager - Admin

Neeraj Saini

Senior Manager - Accounts

Umang Suri

Assistant Manager - HR

Dalveer Singh Jadon

Assistant Manager - HR & Admin

Bishal Tamang

Senior Sports Manager

Mandeep Balyan

Swimming Coach Cum Life Guard

Harbir Singh

Life Guard - Swimming

Santosh Pandey

Deputy Manager, Housing

Chanda Thakur

Warden, Housing

Sanjay Thakur

Manager - IT Support

Abhishek Chauhan

Assistant Manager - IT Support

Arti Sharma

Manager - Branding & Communications

Manjit Singh

Manager - Branding & Communications

Vanita Yadav Maan

Manager - Branding & Communications

Vicky Saini

Manager - Branding and Communications

Monika Maurya

Assistant Manager - Branding & Communications

Manish Upadhyay

Assistant Manager - Branding & Communications

Jasmine John Pillai

General Manager - Outreach & Marketing

Sailaja Prasad Mohanty

General Manager - Outreach & Marketing

Deepak Kumar

Assistant Manager - Outreach and Marketing

Shivali Grant

Senior Manager - Admissions
Saurabh-basu

Saurabh Basu

Manager - Admissions

Priyanka Sahay

Manager - Admissions

Tanu Saini

Assistant Manager - Admissions

Swati Gandhi

Assistant Manager - Admissions

Pradyumn Kumar Gupta

Assistant Manager - Admissions

Sandhya Singh

Deputy Manager - Admissions

Hazel Sanoj

Program Advisor - Admissions

Nishi Sharma

Program Advisor - Admissions

Ankit Singh

Tele counsellor - Admissions

Sonam Gupta

Assistant Manager - Career Advancement

Mohit Choudhary

Senior 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

Board of Studies

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

Board of Studies - School of Psychology and Education

Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Sharma

Chairperson, National Institute of Open Schooling, India

Prof. (Dr.) Purnima Singh

Institute Chair Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
1. Prof (Dr) A.G. Ramakrishnan

Prof. (Dr.) A.G. Ramakrishnan

Senior Professor, Neuroscience
Bengaluru

Prof. (Dr.) Aarti Srivastava

Professor Deptt. Of Higher and Professional Education NIEPA, Delhi

Dr. Shilpa Pandit

Associate Professor, Psychology
Ahmedabad University, Gujrat

Board of Studies - 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

Board of Studies - 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

Industry Board of Advisors - School of Creativity

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

Hardesh Chawla

Essentia Environments
Vijay Kr. Verma

Vinay Kumar Verma

Chief HRD, ONGC
Mandira Malik

Mandira Malik

Buying Agents Association | Something Else

Industry Board of Advisors - School of Entrepreneurship

Shilpa Ajwani

unomantra

Aditi Olemann

Myelin Foundry

Amit Mishra

ID8 Ventures

Pankaj Dubey

DSPIN Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Biju Misra

Director, Corporate Business Services/Automation CoE,
Enbridge Inc.

Ajay Surana

Co-Founder iXcelrate Pte. Ltd.,
RU Member - Industry Board of Advisors

Sanjeev Chourasia

Portfolio Leader, North America, Quantiphi
Co-Founder & Mentor of Public Incubator Inc.