Prof Kamlesh Misra, Vice-Chancellor, Rishihood University, is a well-known strategist and innovative leader in conceiving, organizing and managing educational and research organizations. He possesses a combination of qualities of vision, building, organizing, motivating and leading teams to perform at their peak level. He is regarded as a thought leader and speaker on the formulation and implementation of corporate strategies, knowledge and innovation management. He has rich experience of creating and transforming institutions. He has a special interest in turnaround and Greenfield projects in the field of higher education.

Prof Misra completed his BCom and MA in Economics from Allahabad University. He later moved to the US in 1983 and completed his PhD in Economics from Northeastern University, Boston and taught there as a lecturer until 1990. From 1991 to 1994 he served as an economist at the University Center Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

In 1994, he joined the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi as a consultant and then as HDFC Associate Professor. As a member of the NIPFP team he provided technical advice and support to the 1st Punjab Finance Commission.

In 1996, Prof Misra moved into private-sector education, to begin his journey of establishing institutions of higher education in the private sector where he held positions of Dean and Director of several Business Schools until he took up the position of founding Vice-Chancellor of Auro University, Surat. He then went on to become the Vice-Chancellor of Ansal University, Gurgaon.