Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil
Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil, PhD, has served as president and CEO of Lawrence Technological University since July 1, 2012. He is overseeing a period of significant growth of LTU’s enrollment, fund raising, community outreach, and campus facility improvements, including purchase of 92,000 SF adjacent twin buildings, construction of a third student residence hall, LTU’s Detroit Center for Design and Technology in midtown Detroit, and the Taubman Complex and Marburger STEM Center to open in August 2016, which will also house advanced engineering, life sciences, and architecture programs.
President Moudgil’s education and professional training includes:
• The Harvard Institute for Educational Management, 2006
• Post-Doctoral – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Molecular Medicine), 1973-76
• PhD Zoology (Biochemistry) – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1972
His prior professional experiences include:
• Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Provost, and Interim Provost Oakland University, 2001-12
• Visiting Scientist, Boris Kidric Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Vinca, Belgrade, 1988
• Visiting Scientist, Lab Hormones, University of Paris Sud, Bicetre, France, 1983-84
• Consultant, United Nations Development Program (TOKTEN), Bombay, India, 1989
• Co-Chair, Steering Committee for Development of OUWB School of Medicine
President Moudgil’s board affiliations include the Vice President Michigan Education Trust; Board of Directors: Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce; Detroit Economic Club; Detroit Athletic Club; Detroit Zoological Society; Thomas Cooley Law School – Professional Advisory Committee; American Red Cross Southeast Michigan Region Executive Board; Skyline Club of Southfield; Honorary Chairperson, 2013 Multiple Sclerosis Campaign; Association of Independent College and Universities of Michigan; Chair, Association of Independent Technological Universities Inc. (AITU), 2017; member of the Executive Committee, Japan Center for Michigan Universities (2005-10), and the Michigan Campus Compact.
President Moudgil has a special interest in advancing cultural understanding and globalization. In 2013 he founded LTU’s Global Village Project promoting student awareness and cooperation.
He has led the hosting on LTU’s campus of such leaders as Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, and numerous government officials. He was a team member (or a leader) for arranging and hosting campus visits at Oakland University for current and former heads of state: Lech Walesa (Poland, 2001), George W. Bush (U.S.) and Aleksander Kwasniewski (Poland, 2002); Vicente Fox Quesada (Mexico, 2004) and Dr. Abdul Kalam (India, 2009).
He established academic partnerships between Oakland University and institutions in Israel, India, and China. He was a member of the 2002 Oakland County Trade Mission to China;
A member of the American Delegation in Adult Endocrinology to the People’s Republic of China, 1983; and has been chair or invited speaker at scientific sessions at international conferences/symposia in China, India, France, former Yugoslavia, Canada, former Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Israel.
His awards and honors include:
The Distinguished Alumnus Award, Banaras Hindu University, 2012;
Marian P. Wilson Award, Oakland University, 1986;
Oakland University Foundation Research Excellence Award, 1996;
Outstanding faculty, Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities, 1997; George Wibby Award: Athletic Department Hall of Honor, Oakland University, 2007;
Black and Gold Award, Center for Student Activities and Leadership Development, 2008; Academic Leadership Award, Michigan International Chamber of Commerce, 2009;
Academic Excellence Award, Michigan Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, 2011; and The DAPCEP (Detroit Area pre-College Engin. Prog.) 2016 Real McCoy Award for Science.
President Moudgil’s scientific work has appeared in some 250 publications, including nine books, 110 papers or reviews, and 112 abstracts. His research are steroid hormone action, and hormones and cancer was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health. He was a panel member of the National Institutes of Health Physiological Sciences Study Section 1987-94.