Prof. Sanjay Jasola is currently serving as Vice Chancellor, Graphic Era Hill University. Prof. Jasola was Dean (Academics), Dean (School of ICT) in Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA. He has more than three decades of experience in teaching, research and academic administration. He has also served as faculty member in Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia and as Deputy Director in IGNOU, New Delhi. He has conducted Open Educational Resources (OER) workshops in Britain, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India. Prof. Jasola has provided consultancy to International organizations like Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Canada, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), UNESCO, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and to several Government agencies in India.
He holds Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science and Engineering) from KNIT Sultanpur, Master of Technology (Computer Science and Technology) from IIT Roorkee, and Ph.D in Computer Science from School of Computer and System Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Prof. Jasola has published more than 80 papers in international/ national journals/ conferences and book chapters. He has guided a number of 21 M.Tech and 3 PhD students.
He has been awarded the Gold Medal for Innovation in Open & Distance Learning by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for implementing the EDUSAT Network in the country under the guidance of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (then President of India). He also holds Masters of Arts in Distance Education from IGNOU, New Delhi.
Under the leadership of Prof. Jasola, Graphic Era has taken a few digital initiatives and is pioneer in integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) in curriculum for all courses offered at University.
The application process at Graphic Era is strictly based on the Merit of the qualifying examination with the entire Admission Process available for completion online