Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru belongs to the Indian Administrative of the 1990 batch in the Haryana cadre and brings in an experience of 34 years of service to the nation.

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru is an Alumnus of University of Hyderabad; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the National Law School University of India, Bangalore. He was awarded fellowships GATE-JNU Fellowship; CSIR Junior Research Fellowship and UGC JRF-SRF during his research. He holds a Master’s in Life Sciences from University of Hyderabad and attended four-year M.Phil./Ph.D. Program in Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He holds a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law from the National Law School University of India, Bangalore

Dr. Vundru was selected to the Indian Forest Service in 1989; Indian Police Service in 1989 and Indian Administrative Service 1990. He joined IAS since 1990 and in Haryana worked in districts Mahendragarh, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad; Director, Information Technology, Special Secretary PWD Irrigation and PWD Buildings and Roads.

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru served in Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Joint Secretary in Department of Pharmaceuticals. He also served as Director, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He served as Deputy Director General, Regional Office Delhi & Chandigarh, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru at senior level in the position of Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary to Government in Haryana served as MD, HSIIDC, Haryana and in the Departments of Women and Child Department; Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare; Civil Aviation; Foreign cooperation, Cooperation and Labour.

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru is the author of Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel: The Making of India’s Electoral System, Bloomsbury (2017) now translated into Marathi, Hindi and Telugu. He has written extensively on Ambedkar, caste, untouchability, dalit history and literature in all major newspapers and national magazines. He has delivered several Ambedkar Memorial lectures and keynote addresses at various Indian and foreign universities and acclaimed institutes. He is a recipient of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Ratan Award 2016 from the Delhi Government. He received India International Excellence Award, 2019 in UAE and the Dr. Ambedkar Prabuddha Bharat Peace Prize in Nagpur in 2019. His most recent Lecture was at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University.

Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru is widely travelled and has led Indian official delegations to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UN bodies, and in multilateral and bi-lateral international conferences and meetings. He has travelled in the Africa (Tanzania and Mauritius); North Americas (USA, Canada); UK; Mainland Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy) CIS (Russian Federation, Ukraine), IOR (Bangladesh, Maldives, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong) and UAE.

He is currently Additional Chief Secretary in the Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Departments.

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