Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Simon Mak, an international strategist and multiple award-winning professor, has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of India’s first artificial intelligence university, Universal AI University (UAIU). Mak, who holds academic credentials from institutions like MIT and SMU Cox School of Business, is the first non-Indian to serve as the founding vice-chancellor of an Indian institution. His appointment aims to elevate UAIU’s academic stature globally, focusing on an innovative AI-driven curriculum and upholding the highest ethical standards in education, ensuring the university’s role in producing future global leaders and entrepreneurs in AI technology and business.