ACET

Dr. Rajiv Malkan

Dr. Rajiv Malkan has over 30 years of leadership contributions in higher education within multiple settings. He has engaged in leadership roles including Founding Dean, Division Chair in transforming education. His involvement in driving key initiatives spans in education delivery, thought leadership, grant writing, global partnerships & engagements on emerging trends. He holds proven expertise in college accreditation & state compliance including Dual Credit/Pathways initiatives for academic & workforce programs.

He has led strategic planning & leadership development along with C-suite & committees. He has been a pioneer in developing alternative instructional delivery systems-open entry/exit courses, competency-based education(CBE), online learning & working with corporate clients for custom courses. He has also led curriculum development, effective facilities management, and innovative course schedule for 6,000+ students organization that offered guarantee with no class cancellation policy & supervised more than 80 faculty and staff where individual accountability & performance-based outcomes are key measures of effectiveness.

On the global front, he initiated unique immersion language program and has conducted an in-depth qualitative skills gap research in India & visited Vietnam & Kosovo to teach Entrepreneurship/Technology seminars.

Rajiv has been instrumental in soliciting funding through grants from DoL, DoE, DoD, USAID, NSF & TWC. Currently, he is awarded a grant to incorporate Drones, Robots, VR in the curriculum & he is Co-PI of NSF funded grant (2023-2027, $7.5 M) for National IT & Innovation Center (NITIC).

Dr. Malkan is active with various professional organizations and is continuing his drive in cyber security & incorporating data driven decision making in higher education organization by presenting at various conferences on data analytics, while executing on awarded grants & serving in community colleges, corporate education & correctional institution program.