Vidya Yeravdekar

Who is Vidya Yeravdekar?

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar is the Principal Director of Symbiosis Society and Vice Chancellor of Symbiosis University, which encompasses the Symbiosis schools and institutions under the Symbiosis International University. A dream dreamt by her father Padma Bhushan Dr. S .B Mujumdar 43 years ago of creating a home away from home for international students, Symbiosis today has transformed itself into a multi-disciplinary, multinational, multi-cultural International University having students from all states of India and international students from 80 different countries. The University has institutes under 7 faculties namely Management, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health & Biomedical Sciences, IT, Engineering, Media Communication & Design.

Dr. Vidya holds a Post Graduate Degree in Medicine, a degree in Law and has earned PhD in Internationalization of Higher Education in India. To promote international understanding through quality education, she has brought in innovative approaches at Symbiosis International University through international collaborations with some of the top Universities in the world.