Prof Raj Singh is VC of Rayat Bahra varsity

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, March 28

Eminent scholar Dr Raj Singh became the Vice-Chancellor of the Rayat Bahra University here today. A renowned educationist of the country, Prof Raj took charge during a ceremony held at the Chandigarh Press Club in Sector 27.

Chairman of Rayat Bahra Group of Institutes (RBGI), Gurvinder Singh Bahra introduced Prof Singh to mediapersons.

Talking on the declining education standards, Dr Singh stressed on the need of inter-disciplinary facilities, research promotion and international exposure to students apart from scientific and technological advancements to improve the quality of education. 

Dr Singh has earlier served as the first VC of GD Goenka University, Gurgaon; Ansal University, Gurgaon; and Amity University, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). He also has been the VC at Amity University, Jaipur, and pro-VC at Amity University, Noida (Uttar Pradesh). He was also the chief operating officer (education) at Ansal API, New Delhi; director general of the Amity Business School, Noida, and director of ICFAI Business School (IBS), New Delhi, since its inception in 1995. 

Dr Singh served the Indian Air Force for about 14 years prior to entering the field of education in 1994.

A postgraduate in economics and doctorate in strategic cost management, he was a topper of the coveted chartered financial analyst (CFA) programme from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) and has had an exemplary career spanning 35 years. 

Dr Singh has also been a visiting professor at IIT, Delhi, and the Delhi School of Economics.