Shailendra Raj Mehta

Shailendra Raj Mehta (born 9 July 1959) is an Indian economist who is specialized in Microeconomics theory, institution design, industrial organization, Information economics, Experimental economics, strategic management and Entrepreneurship.^[1] He was chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University.^[2] In 2017, he became the President and Director of MICA (institute), Ahmedabad.^[3][4][5]

Shailendra Raj Mehta
Born	(1959-07-09)9 July 1959 Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Education	PhD Doctor of Philosophy
Alma mater	University of Oxford Harvard University
Occupation(s)	President and Director of MICA
Known for	Economist
Board member of	Ex. Chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University
Spouse	Neena Mehta
Children	1
Awards	Rector's Prize Delhi University INLAKS scholarship Oxford University

In December 2020, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, appointed him as a member of the Mission High-Level Committee (MHLC) of the Indian Knowledge System.^[6]

Early life

Mehta was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He studied Bachelor of Arts from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He did his Master of Arts from Delhi School of Economics followed by M. Phil from Balliol College, Oxford and PhD from Harvard University.^[7]

Career

From 1990 to 2006, he taught at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, first in Economics and later in Strategy. During this period, he also served as the Director of the Krannert School of Management's Entrepreneurship Initiative and of also of the SEAS Simulation Lab. He taught a wide range of courses to undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. students, including. He has been awarded one of Purdue University's highest awards, the Class of 1922 Award for Teaching, Innovation, and Helping Students Learn. While at Purdue, he co‐founded Simulex Inc., a high technology company in the Purdue Research Park. He continues to actively mentor and support startups. After a 16-year stint at Purdue University, he returned to India in 2006–2007 to head the collaboration between Duke University's Corporate Education Arm, Duke CE, and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as its head for India, West Asia and the Middle East and simultaneously as visiting professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad ^[8] In 2012, Mehta published a comprehensive paper studying what made US institutions so markedly better than others in the world which was then featured worldwide. In 2014, he was appointed as the Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University where he also served as Acting Vice-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Strategy.

Over the years, Mehta has consulted with and taught senior executives worldwide including executives from North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia (including CEOs in Pakistan). The companies that he has worked with at the CEO, CXO, or board-level include the Bajaj Group, Bharat Petroleum, Black Management Forum of South Africa, Eli Lilly, Genpact, Honeywell, IBM, Infosys, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, Microsoft, P&G, Price Waterhouse Coopers, State Bank of India and the Tata Group, and many agencies of the Indian and US governments, among others. He has done numerous programs for civil servants, including senior IRS, IFS, and IAS officers (of which one was for all secretaries to the Government of India). He has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics, and Experimental Economics. His research was the subject of a full‐length review by the Economist. His work on creating world-class universities has been discussed around the world and profiled in over ten languages including Chinese, Russian, French, German, and Arabic among others. ^[9]

In 2017, he became the President & Director of MICA (institute)^[10] and was also appointed as the Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Ministry of Education has appointed him as the vice-chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) ^[11]

President and director of MICA

Making MICA an ideas-driven institution by getting the best research, teaching, and outreach on board, he has exemplified the pedagogical change, by introducing project-based and simulation-based learning for the students. As president, Mehta partnered the institute with management schools in the United States including Emory University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, University of Southern California^{[citation needed]} and with Chinese varsities.^[12]

He has also introduced project-based and simulation-based learning for the students.^[13]

References

1. Schultz, Kai; Raj, Suhasini (18 July 2018). "'An Entire Community Got Together to Rape a Child': India Recoils at Girl's Assault". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
2. Ahmedabad Mirror (23 March 2017). "Former AU VC is MICA prez". ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
3. "Reflections on Mehta's xTalk on Academic Freedom in India & the West | Open Learning". openlearning.mit.edu. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
4. Ahmedabad Mirror (28 January 2020). "Brunching with the best". ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. BLoC, Team (June 2020). "Shailendra Raj Mehta gets second term as MICA President". BLoC. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
6. BLOC Team (11 December 2020). "MICA director appointed as a member of Indian Knowledge System". bloncampus.thehindubusinessline.com.
7. "The secret of Harvard's success: alumni". Retrieved 17 May 2020.
8. "Faculty".
9. "Why are US universities so good? | CGHE Events". CGHE.
10. Niyati Rana (12 October 2019). "Ahmedabad: MICA faculty engages with Chinese industry, varsities to promote cooperation". ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
11. "MICA president Mehta appointed IIAS governing body vice-chairman". The Indian Express. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
12. "MICA faculty engages with Chinese industry, varsities to promote cooperation". Ahmedabad Mirror.
13. Niyati Rana. "New MICA course gives students an entrepreneurs edge". ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

External links

• "Opinion on governance, institutions". indianexpress.com. 25 December 2020.
• "Faculty Profile - IIMA". Iimahd.ernet.in. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
• "Analytics for US Patent No. 6,931,365, Industry simulation environment". Patentbuddy.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
• "Microsoft Word - SEAS White paper.doc" (PDF). Krannert.purdue.edu. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
• "Dr. Shailendra Mehta". Aurouniversity.edu.in. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
• "Dr. Shailendra Mehta". mica.ac.in. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
• "Alumni-led boards key to US universities strength". Retrieved 2 March 2021.