Prof. Jagat Bhushan Nadda, who has taken over the charge of the post of Director, CEC – a Central University Vice Chancellor level post - is an accomplished Academician, Administrator and a Scholar who has the distinction of being appointed Professor in Management at the young age of thirty-seven and has since worked as a faculty in eight different reputed Universities and Institutes of high standing across the country. He has vast and varied experience - spanning over thirty-two years - in the areas of Management by virtue of which he has been nominated on the Board of Governors of IIMs Udaipur and Kashipur and on the Executive Council of many Central and State Universities. He is also a Member of All India Board of Management Studies, AICTE; Planning Board, Jamia Millia Islamia University. Prior to joining CEC Prof Nadda was with Institute of Management Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

He has also been Dean, Planning and Development, Himachal Pradesh University; Coordinator, UGC Cell of H.P. University; Registrar, Himachal Pradesh University; Director, Institute of Management Studies, Himachal Pradesh University; Director, School of Business Management, Shoolini University, Solan.

An alumnus of Patna and Ranchi University, he has not only been a recipient of University’s Best Teacher Awards but has been awarded gold medals several times in his academic career. As a management student he has also been consultant to many organizations.

As a Regulator and administrator he was the first academician to be appointed as a full time Member, Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission.

Dr. Nadda, has keen interest in the area of “Organization Behavior” and “Organization Development”. He has authored many seminal articles and is a Training Expert who has conducted scores of Faculty and Executive Development Programs for premier organizations across the country. He was instrumental in designing new MBA programs in Business Process Outsourcing in collaboration with Genpact, MBA – Biotechnology and Masters in International Business. He has widely traveled in pursuit of academic excellence and has been instrumental in finalizing many collaborations with foreign Universities which concretized in signing of MOUs. His illustrious career as a dedicated teacher and a professional has been exemplary.​