ANU Vice-Chancellor V. BALAMOHANDAS.

V. BALAMOHANDAS, Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University, who became a professor at the age of 32, has a rich experience not only in teaching but also in guiding research programmes. He turns 60 on August 15.

Balamohandas believes in participative management. He has used his management background suitably to treat his “subordinate” and non-teaching staff as “supporting staff”. “It is the team effort that makes things click,” he says.

Gandhian principles are dear to him. Implementing innovative methods and strategies for improving the university administration and the quality of education is his passion. In order to make research socially relevant, he encourages collaborative projects so that the research outcome gets implemented in all walks of life directly.

Motivating students to earn while they learn, he engages them in library work or for data entry operations in the Centre for Distance Education.

Ramesh Susarla