Ashok Chauhan

Ashok Chauhan is the founder and president of the Amity group of institutions. He is also the founder of Ritnand Balved Education Foundation^[1][2][3][4]

Personal life and career

Chauhan was born in India, as one of the seven siblings. He is married to Amita Chauhan, and has two sons, Atul and Aseem. He lives in New Delhi. After Chauhan's graduation and receiving a scholarship from the German government, he moved to Germany in the 1970s. According to his son, Atul, it was in the 1980s that Chauhan thought of entering into the education space. In the mid 1990s, Chauhan founded Amity, and later in 2005, he founded Amity University, which became one of the well known private university in India.^[5]

Awards and recognitions

• 'Excellence in Education Award' from Ramakrishna-Vivekananda International Foundation^[6]
• 'Lifetime Achievement Award For Higher Education' by Franchise India in 2011^[7]

References

1. Self published site, retrieved on November 1 2012
2. "Three-day Business Summit 'INBUSH 2011' starts at Amity". Business Standard. 2011-02-24.
3. Ajmer Singh (June 11, 2005). "Schooled in Deceit" (PDF). News report. 2 (23). tehelka.com. p. 14. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
4. Clemens Jurgenmeyer (August 1992). "Hinduism in the Modern World" (PDF). Conference details. The Heidelberg-based document server archive. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
5. Private university to follow quota norms, The Times of India, NN Jan 7, 2005
6. "Amity Founder-President honoured at nation-building forum". BusinessStandard. 14 January 2011.
7. "Indian Education Awards 2011, the National Awards on Excellence in Education, announced". Education Diary. May 4, 2011.