SAU is regional collaboration and shared identity: Prof. Aggarwal

Prof. K. K. Aggarwal has been serving as President of South Asian University (SAU) since December 2023. He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and later Chancellor of K R Mangalam University. Prof. Aggarwal has held key positions including Chairman of the National Board of Accreditation, and President of both the Computer Society of India and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. He holds a PhD in reliability engineering and has authored notable works in his field. Modnath Dhakal of The Rising Nepal talked to Prof. Agrawal during the latter’s recent visit to Nepal about various issues of the SAU and regional academic integration. Excerpts: