Renu Khator
Renu Khator | |
|---|---|
Khator in 2015 | |
| 8th Chancellor of the University of Houston System | |
| Assumed office January 15, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jay Gogue |
| 13th President of the University of Houston | |
| Assumed office January 15, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jay Gogue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Spouse |
Suresh Khator (m. 1974) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residences | |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Office of the President |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Environmental Policy in India: Symbolism in Issues and Policies (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frank L. Wilson |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | |
Renu Khator is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System (UH System) and the thirteenth president of the University of Houston. In 2008, she became the first female chancellor in the state of Texas and the first Indian immigrant to lead a comprehensive research university in the U.S.