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A unanimous selection by the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees, Dr. Tanuja Singh will be installed as the university’s president, effective July 1.
A unanimous selection by the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees, Dr. Tanuja Singh will be installed as the university’s president, effective July 1.
Dr. Tanuja Singh becomes the University of Indianapolis’ 10th president, effective July 1, the first woman of color to lead the Southside university.
The university’s board of trustees announced her unanimous approval last week. She was introduced during a ceremony March 21 at the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.
Dr. Singh succeeds interim president Phil Terry, who followed president Robert Manuel, now at DePaul University in Chicago.
She currently serves as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University in New Orleans. She previously served as Dean of the Greeley School of Business at St. Mary’s (Texas) University and various roles at Northern Illinois University.
Her academic degrees are from Southern Illinois University, Millsaps College, and University of Allahabad in India.
“As higher education is rapidly changing, and with it the demands of our students and community partners, this makes her the right leader at the right time for UIndy,” stated board of trustees chair David Resnick in a press release.
Her strengths are in enrollment strategy, new program development, student and faculty development, fund-raising, industry and community partnerships, according to Stephen Fry, chair of the university’s presidential search committee.
“Helping our students discover their potential and supporting them in their endeavors is one of our most important goals,” Singh stated last week. ”I believe that education must be responsive to the needs of the community which it serves. At UIndy, we have strong programs that meet the emerging needs of many sectors in Indianapolis, regionally and nationally.”
She also is the primary benefactor and honorary chairperson for a rural school in India that focuses on educating and empowering disadvantaged and low-income boys and girls.
She also was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017.
The university’s board of trustees announced her unanimous approval last week. She was introduced during a ceremony March 21 at the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.
Dr. Singh succeeds interim president Phil Terry, who followed president Robert Manuel, now at DePaul University in Chicago.
She currently serves as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University in New Orleans. She previously served as Dean of the Greeley School of Business at St. Mary’s (Texas) University and various roles at Northern Illinois University.
Her academic degrees are from Southern Illinois University, Millsaps College, and University of Allahabad in India.
“As higher education is rapidly changing, and with it the demands of our students and community partners, this makes her the right leader at the right time for UIndy,” stated board of trustees chair David Resnick in a press release.
Her strengths are in enrollment strategy, new program development, student and faculty development, fund-raising, industry and community partnerships, according to Stephen Fry, chair of the university’s presidential search committee.
“Helping our students discover their potential and supporting them in their endeavors is one of our most important goals,” Singh stated last week. ”I believe that education must be responsive to the needs of the community which it serves. At UIndy, we have strong programs that meet the emerging needs of many sectors in Indianapolis, regionally and nationally.”
She also is the primary benefactor and honorary chairperson for a rural school in India that focuses on educating and empowering disadvantaged and low-income boys and girls.
She also was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017.
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