Guru Ghosh

Vice President Guru Ghosh provides strategic leadership and oversight on statewide and global engagement initiatives. He earned his Ph.D. from the College of William & Mary in educational policy, planning, and leadership. His research focuses on education in the colonial world and on British secret-service operations in South Asia during World War II.

He is responsible for:

• Taking the lead in carrying out the university’s efforts to be fully engaged with society, here and around the world.
• Facilitating the exchange of knowledge that benefits both the university and society.
• Helping faculty disseminate research results and assisting communities, businesses, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, and governments in working with faculty to solve real-world societal, natural resource, and other problems through research.
• Working with communities to address local and global economic development needs.
• Tailoring regional and online graduate and lifelong learning educational opportunities to the people served.
• Arranging opportunities for students to serve community organizations and communities while learning.
• Exploring new ways the university can leverage its resources to create a more effective international agenda.
• Managing U.S. government-funded projects around the world that aim to improve food security and natural resources management.
• Tracking Virginia Tech’s international agreements with institutions abroad.
• Providing assistance with visas for international visitors to the university.
• Overseeing the university’s international centers.
• Spearheading implementation of the university's International Strategic Plan.