Amit Chakma

Amit Chakma is the 10th President & Vice-Chancellor of Western University.
He is a graduate of the Algerian Petroleum Institute (Dip. Ing., 1982) and the University of British Columbia (Master of Applied Science, 1984 and PhD, chemical engineering, 1987). The author of more than 100 articles, Dr. Chakma is an expert in areas related to petroleum research and energy management.
In addition to his roles at Western, President Chakma serves as a member of the Science, Technology & Innovation Council of Canada, and as a council member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. He also served in 2012 as Chair of the Federal government’s Advisory Panel on Canada’s International Education Strategy which helped to inform the development and launch of Canada’s new international education strategy unveiled in January 2014 titled Harnessing our knowledge advantage to drive innovation and prosperity.