Ashok K. Chauhan

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Ph.D. was born in 1942 Askaripur a village in Bijnor the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India. After completing his MSc in Chemistry in 1963, Dr Ashok K Chauhan worked at one of the largest industrial groups in India, then in 1966 won scholarship to research chemical engineering and plastic technology in West Germany. Dr Ashok K Chauhan then became Head of Research and Development at Daetwyler Europe.

In 1973 Dr Ashok K Chauhan started his own business based in Frankfurt, which rapidly grew and diversified as the AKC Group of Companies, an international industrial and trading empire with a turnover of over US$1.6 billion and businesses including petrochemicals, manufacturing, high-technology and healthcare, among others, shortly before fleeing the country on fraud charges followed by a red corner notice by interpol.

Dr. Chauhan was the subject of an article in the December 21, 2007 issue of the International Herald Tribune "One man dreams of an empire, built on wreckage of India's chaotic public universities".

Dr Ashok K Chauhan set up the Amity International School in New Delhi in 1991, managed by Dr Ashok K Chauhan 's non-profit Ritnand Balved Education Foundation. In 1995, the Amity group expanded into higher education and within a few years has grown to serve more than 40,000 full-time students across 22 campuses, offering more than 130 courses at graduate and postgraduate level.

The Amity Institutions have attracted a wealth of academic talent^{citation needed}, and are acclaimed for quality, with the Amity Business School ranked among top private Business School for the last three years^{citation needed}, and Amity University ranked number one private university in India^{citation needed}. Amity is now aiming to be the biggest education provider in India by 2015 and is also setting up campuses in several countries^{citation needed}.

Over the years, Dr Ashok K Chauhan has won numerous honours and awards in Europe and India, and continues to serve on government committees. Dr Ashok K Chauhan has founded and leads a multitude of educational and philanthropic institutions, including the Europa India Foundation, Amity Humanity Foundation, Amity Research Foundation and Ritnand Balved Medical Foundation. Dr Ashok K Chauhan is a prolific writer, teacher and public speaker. He has been happily married since 1972 to Dr Amita Chauhan, a Sanskrit scholar.