Vandana has five years of work experience in the HR domain, specifically in the areas of Compensation and Benefits and HR operations. She has previously worked as a Process Specialist at Infosys BPM Limited and as an HR Service Delivery Associate with Accenture Limited. At NLSIU, she manages processes across the recruitment life cycle across teaching, non-teaching, and research roles.
She holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Human Resource Management from Vidhya Vardhaka College of Engineering. She completed her B. Com Degree from Basudev Somani College, Mysore.
Outside of work, Vandana enjoys semi-classical dance forms and loves travelling.
Vidya has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Bangalore University and a Master’s Degree in Commerce from Kuvempu University. She holds a Diploma in Modern Office Practice. Prior to joining the University, she worked in the skills and talent development corporation NIIT, Davangere as a Front Office Counsellor.
She joined the University in 2000. During her 22-year journey at NLS, she has worked in the Examination department (now AAD), Distance Education Department (now PACE), the Finance Department, and the Registrar’s Office. Since 2020, she has been managing the Vice-Chancellor’s office at NLSIU.
Vidya Shree M G, joined NLSIU in December 2023 as an Academic Accreditation Consultant. She has previously worked with educational institutions, and taught subjects such as Data Structures, Digital fluency, Theory of Computation, and Computer Architecture during her tenure as an Assistant Professor at St. Claret College.
Vidya Shree graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Applications degree in 2013. Her passion for technology and data science led her to pursue an M.Sc. in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science from Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru.
She also holds a certification in Graphic and Web Designing and has worked as a Graphic and Web Designer at Ekfrazo Technologies. Outside of her professional pursuits, Vidya Shree also likes to draw intricate Rangolis and designing e-invites.
Vikas has nearly three decades of experience across higher education, management consulting and line roles in consumer products.
In his previous role at IIM Ahmedabad, Vikas was the COO for their Executive Education programmes and the Director for the Dubai centre. In all the years of Vikas’s tenure, IIMA executive education led positions in FT rankings.
Vikas has also worked at Gallup, where he held key roles such as senior practice leader in Asia. His role involved strategic planning and organic growth consulting and advising blue-chip client management teams across the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East. At Gallup, Vikas worked with leadership teams across 120 firms worldwide.
He regularly represented IIMA and Gallup at key forums and is a published author for Gallup. He has also been published in The Economic Times and HT Mint.
Vikas has a Bachelor’s degree in History from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, a Master’s Degree in Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics & Political Science, and an MBA from Pittsburg State University, USA.
Vikas enjoys long drives, reading, and is a lifelong fan of the Chelsea football club.
Vinayashree joined NLSIU in 2020 to set up the Communications Office at the University. She has over 12 years of work experience including writing, reporting, editing, content creation, and communications. Vinaya began her career as a journalist with the The Hindu (Kasturi and Sons) and later worked as a Senior Correspondent with The Times of India (Bennett Coleman and Co.). Her reporting roles covered different beats, predominantly focusing on crime reporting, education, as well as human interest stories. She briefly worked with a content & design studio as a Brand Storyteller before switching to a full-time communications role at NLS.
At NLSIU, Vinayashree has handled internal and external communications for four years now. This includes creating, editing and monitoring of content for various channels of communication including the University’s websites, social media platforms, brochures, annual reports, and press statements. She coordinates with several internal and external stakeholders of the University on various initiatives, projects, and marketing/brand campaigns among others.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, English, and Psychology from NMKRV (RV Group), Bangalore University, following which she completed her postgraduation in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai with a specialisation in the broadcast stream.
Vinaya is also passionate about theatre. She has briefly worked with a theatre production company and has performed in English, Kannada and Tamil plays.
Some of her publications are available here and here.
