Nagi Ganapathy Naganathan is the current president of the

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and the former dean of the College of Engineering at the

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Education

Naganathan received his bachelor's degree in

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from

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( now known as

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), master's degree from

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and his doctorate of philosophy degree from

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Career

Born in Madras, India; he was named interim president of the University of Toledo serving since July 1, 2014. In November 2016, Naganathan was selected as president of the

awarded him the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2007. In 2021, faculty at Oregon Institute of Technology held a

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in Naganathan, citing a disregard of university policy, shared governance, and fiscal management. The vote passed with approval from roughly 92% of faculty.

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