Biography

As Deputy Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness, Nandita S. Mani, PhD serves as a member of the Chancellor’s Cabinet and collaborates with university stakeholders to execute strategic initiatives and plans so that UMass Amherst achieves organizational goals and objectives. In her role, she evaluates campus-level initiatives and programs to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment with the strategic plan. In addition, she consults on strategic planning, process improvement, organizational effectiveness, and the identification of metrics to demonstrate progress and impact.

With over twenty years of experience in higher education and healthcare systems, Deputy Chancellor Mani provides executive-level leadership and visioning to guide the Office for Institutional Effectiveness. Her prior leadership roles in complex organizations, such as the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Henry Ford Health System, and Wayne State University, have enabled her to establish cross-functional partnerships, projects, and new initiatives for the advancement of strategic goals and priorities for the benefit of these organizations. Her background includes expertise in data science, curriculum transformation, instructional design and technology, health informatics, and information science.

With a passion for problem-solving and a solutions-oriented mindset, Nandita enjoys collaborating on strategic plan development and implementation and finding ways to amplify the incredible work being done across campus. She holds a PhD in Instructional Technology and a Masters in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.