IIMA Professor Neharika Vohra Appointed As VC Of Delhi Skill And Entrepreneurship University

Delhi government's new Skill and Entrepreneurship University appoints its first Vice-Chancellor. Within a month of passing the order to set up the university, the state government has appointed Neharika Vohra, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at IIM Ahmedabad as its first Vice-Chancellor.

She has been a faculty at IIM Ahmedabad for last two decades. She was also the head of IIMA's 'Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship' (CIIE) that was set up in association with the Government of India and the Gujarat Government to fund and promote the start-up ecosystem in the country.

Speaking about her new position, Vohra asserted from her temporary office in Dwarka-based state university Netaji Subhas University of Technology, "I am excited about the new role because there is hope to impact the market and the youth of the country."

"We would like to congratulate Neharika ji on her appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University. She is uniquely qualified for this role not just because she has been a Professor at IIMA, India's premier management institution but also because she was also heading its innovation and entrepreneurship cell," said former advisor to Delhi's Education Minister Manish Sisodia, Atishi Marlena.