Prof. Abhishek Ranjan is an accomplished Education Management Professional with over 16 years of experience in the field of Educational Policy Development and Reform, Project Management, Education Quality Assurance, Academic Accreditation, Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, Teaching, Training, and Faculty Management. He holds a PhD, M. Tech, and B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Information technology respectively. In his current position as Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Botho University, West Africa and Blended and Distance Learning Campus, he is responsible for establishing, managing, and growing Botho University’s physical presence in West Africa and growing the University’s Blended and Distance Learning (BDL) Campus.
Prior to his current role, Prof. Ranjan served as the Dean and Head of the Institution at the Lesotho Campus. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Manager of the Internal Quality Assurance Department, Module Leader, and Senior Lecturer at Botho University Botswana Campus. As a Manager for Internal Quality Assurance, he led a team to set up Botho University Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001:2008 and attain the certification of ISO 9001:2008 from the Botswana Bureau of Standards. Prof. Ranjan has also served in various national-level committees for quality assurance in higher education such as the Higher Education Quality Assurance Committee of the Council on Higher Education Lesotho and the National Alignment Committee of the Ministry of Education and Training Lesotho.
Prof. Ranjan has a solid knowledge of Educational Quality Assurance Systems and has participated in the planning and implementation of several education reform initiatives at the policy reform and field implementation levels. He is a seasoned researcher, having presented at various international conferences and published in national and international peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. His experience spans teaching, research, training, quality assurance, faculty management, education management, financial management, and campus management roles.