Nageshwar Rao

{{Short description|Indian professor}} {{Infobox academic | name = Nageshwar Rao | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957}} | occupation = Professor, Academic administrator | known_for = Vice Chancellor of IGNOU | discipline = Commerce, Business Management }}

'''Nageshwar Rao''' (born 1957) is a retired Indian professor who served as Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chaudhari |first=Abhishek |date=2018-07-27 |title=IGNOU: Prof Nageshwar Rao takes charge as VC |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/ignou-prof-nageshwar-rao-takes-charge-as-vc/articleshow/65157661.cms |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-26 |title=IGNOU appoints Nageshwar Rao as new VC |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/ignou-appoints-nageshwar-rao-as-new-vc-5277955/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> the largest open university in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-31 |title=Professor Rao is new vice chancellor of IGNOU |url=https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/540221 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Saudi Gazette |language=English}}</ref> and former Director of the Central Hindi Directorate,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Director Introduction |url=http://chd.mhrd.gov.in/en/director-introduction |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Central Hindi Directorate}}</ref> and served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study,<ref>{{Cite news |title=IGNOU VC gets IIAS director's charge |language=en |work=The Tribune India |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/ignou-vc-gets-iias-directors-charge-397508 |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref> Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nageshwar Rao is new VC of Uttarakhand Open University |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2016/state-editions/nageshwar-rao-is-new-vc-of-uttarakhand-open-university.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Daily Pioneer |language=en}}</ref> and Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-07-29 |title=Nagershwar Rao appointed Rajarshi Tandan Open University VC |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nagershwar-rao-appointed-rajarshi-tandan-open-university-vc/articleshow/3303184.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> and is an Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COL announces new Honorary Fellows |url=https://www.col.org/news/col-announces-new-honorary-fellows/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Commonwealth of Learning |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Academic career == Rao served as Professor from October 1990 to December 2013 at the Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management (Pt. JNIBM), Vikram University, Ujjain. He was also a Reader in the Faculty of Management Studies at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, between February 1985 and October 1990, and a Lecturer in the Department of Commerce & Business Administration at the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, between July 1978 and February 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Nageshwar Rao {{!}} Uttarakhand Open University |url=https://uou.ac.in/vc/prof-nageshwar-rao |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=uou.ac.in}}</ref>

== Administrative roles == Rao held several key academic administrative roles: *Chairman EC-NAAC * Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chaudhari |first=Abhishek |date=2018-07-27 |title=IGNOU: Prof Nageshwar Rao takes charge as VC |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/ignou-prof-nageshwar-rao-takes-charge-as-vc/articleshow/65157661.cms |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open University<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nageshwar Rao is new VC of Uttarakhand Open University |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2016/state-editions/nageshwar-rao-is-new-vc-of-uttarakhand-open-university.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Daily Pioneer |language=en}}</ref> * Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-07-29 |title=Nagershwar Rao appointed Rajarshi Tandan Open University VC |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nagershwar-rao-appointed-rajarshi-tandan-open-university-vc/articleshow/3303184.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> * Director, Central Hindi Directorate<ref>{{Cite web |title=Director Introduction |url=http://chd.mhrd.gov.in/en/director-introduction |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Central Hindi Directorate}}</ref> * Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study<ref>{{Cite news |title=IGNOU VC gets IIAS director's charge |language=en |work=The Tribune India |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/ignou-vc-gets-iias-directors-charge-397508 |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref>

== Honours == * Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning<ref>{{Cite web |title=COL announces new Honorary Fellows |url=https://www.col.org/news/col-announces-new-honorary-fellows/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Commonwealth of Learning |language=en-US}}</ref>

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