Prof. Sanjay Jasola is the present Vice Chancellor of Graphic Era Hill University. He
was the founding Vice Chancellor of the University, the position which he held from
November 2011 to November 2021. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Director
General of Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University contributing to its growth and
success during his short stint from Nov 2021 to May 2023. Prior to joining Graphic Era,
Prof. Jasola was Dean (Academics), Dean (School of ICT) in Gautam Buddha
University, Greater NOIDA. He has 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 UK, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
and India. Prof. Jasola has provided consultancy to 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 a PG Diploma and Masters of Arts in Distance Education from
IGNOU, New Delhi.
Under the leadership of Prof. Jasola, Graphic Era Hill University has taken a few digital
initiatives and is pioneer in integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) in
curriculum for all courses offered at university since 2014, for which he was appreciated
in 2018 by then Union Education Minister
