Shantanu Bose, Ph.D., is the provost and chief academic officer for DeVry University. He is responsible for driving the academic vision and providing leadership for achieving the highest academic quality. He oversees all academic affairs, including the areas of curriculum and instruction, faculty and academic operations, accreditation and academic policies, academic programs, course and instructional design, the Registrar, and other educational processes.
Bose’s leadership encompasses the University’s five colleges, which together deliver programs and courses at the undergraduate certificate, and associate and bachelor’s degree levels, as well graduate certificate and master’s degree programs offered through DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management. He also chairs the University’s Program Enhancement Committee and co-chairs its Persistence and Retention Committee and the Academic Technology Steering Committee to achieve the highest standards in program development, teaching and student success.
Bose joined DeVry in 2013 and served as general manager of strategy and program development prior to becoming Provost.
Previously, Bose held various leadership roles in education and other sectors. He was group vice president at School Specialty, Inc., a K-12 education products and services company, and worked for American Greetings at their Cleveland headquarters and in Asia as the director of its Far East division in Hong Kong. While at McKinsey & Company, he was an engagement manager and worked on strategic growth projects in the U.S. and overseas.
Bose is a member of the Higher Learning Commission’s Peer Corps (HLC, www.hlccommission.org), which includes selected faculty and administrators from institutions accredited by HLC. The Peer Corps is responsible for assuring an educational institution is complying with accreditation criteria, as well as for helping an institution advance within the context of its own mission.
Bose received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology. While earning his master’s degree in chemical engineering and a doctorate in supply chain management from Purdue University, he was a recipient of the university’s Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching.
