Ashok Chauhan

Ashok Chauhan is an Indian industrialist, and president of the Amity Education Group. He was 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 five sons, Atul, Aseem, Ajit, Abhay, and Amol. He also has a daughter, Sapna Chauhan. He lives in New Delhi. After Chauhan's graduation, he received a scholarship from the German government, after which he moved to München in Germany in the 1970s. According to his son, Atul, it was in the 1980s that Chauhan thought of entering into the education industry. In the mid-1990s, Chauhan founded Amity, and later in 2005, he founded Amity University.[5]

Awards and recognition
  • '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 Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 1 November 2012
  2. "Three-day Business Summit 'INBUSH 2011' starts at Amity". Business Standard. 24 February 2011.
  3. Ajmer Singh (11 June 2005). "Schooled in Deceit" (PDF). News report. 2 (23). tehelka.com. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  4. Clemens Jurgenmeyer (August 1992). "Hinduism in the Modern World" (PDF). Conference details. The Heidelberg-based document server archive. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. "Private university to follow quota norms". The Times of India. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  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. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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