Dr Archana Mantri, Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab is a thought leader, enabler and spearheads several initiatives related to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

She has over 30 years of experience in Academia and other Research Organizations. She has worked extensively in curriculum development – specifically for making engineering curriculum project, skill and apprenticeship  based. She has also worked and copyrighted several blended learning models to support modern pedagogical practices.

Recently, Dr Mantri had been on the nine member committee constituted by MoE to draft implementation document for NEP.

She is a Senior IEEE member and is on the advisory board of Indo Universal Collaboration of Engineering Education (IUCEE) along with 35 other international experts from USA, Australia and Europe.

She has conducted numerous workshops at national and international platforms for educators’ training, specifically in project and problem-based learning. She has travelled extensively to bring a truly global perspective to education.