Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla has over 3 decades of rich experience in Industry, Academia, Research and Administration. She has been one of the key team members spearheading the exponential growth of the Amity Group's engagement in higher education. Under her astute leadership, AUUP has been ranked among the top 3% universities globally by QS and THE (the world’s leading university ranking organisations) and achieved various prestigious Accreditations. Dr. Shukla is Strategist, an Institution Builder, an Inspirational Leader and Quality Networker. She is a social change maker and driven by innate passion, determination, perseverance and enormous compassion. Her keen areas of interests lie in promoting Entrepreneurship, CSR, Quality Assurance, Industry-Academia Collaborations etc., Dr. Shukla is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honours, such as Newsmaker’s Achievers Award 2014, 100 Most influential Directors of India Award 2016, Peacemakers Award 2017, Eminent Engineer Award 2017, Outstanding Contribution to Education Award 2017, WomeENABLER Award 2018, Phenomenal She Award 2019, Excellence in Entrepreneurship Development Award 2021, Academic leadership Award 2021 etc.