Anurag Behar appointed V-C of Azim Premji University

Azim Premji University, India’s first private university set up by Wipro’s billionaire chairman to cater exclusively to the education and development sectors, has appointed Anurag Behar as its vice-chancellor.

The university, set up under the aegis of the Azim Premji Foundation which has an outreach of over 22,000 schools and over 2.5 million children in the country, has already announced three courses which will begin from July.

Behar is currently co-CEO of the Foundation. He also leads the sustainability initiatives of Wipro, including its social initiatives and ecological sustainability initiative. He would continue to hold these positions.

Behar has an MBA in marketing and finance from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has a degree in electrical engineering from REC, Trichy, now NIT Trichy. He was also recognised by the World Economic Forum as a ‘Young Global Leader’.

The university will start functioning from a rented premises near Electronic City on the outskirts of Bangalore. Its own campus, being built near Sarjapur Road, is expected to be ready in the next 18 months.