Dr Harivansh Chaturvedi is currently the Director General, IILM Lodhi Road, New Delhi. He has been Director at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, India for 25 years. He is the Executive President of Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), a nationwide network of Indian universities and colleges (privately owned). He has more than 48 years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration. He has been Director at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body under the Government of India during 1995-99.

Being a renowned management educationist, he has been deeply involved with national bodies like AIMA, NHRDN, AIMS, UNGCNI and the Indian Management Conclave (IMC). Dr Chaturvedi is on the Board of Governors of several prominent universities and higher education institutions in India viz. Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore and IIS University, Jaipur. Dr Chaturvedi is also the Trustee of Dr Pritam Singh Foundation, New Delhi, EPSI Trust and President of Ranganathan Society of Social Welfare and Library Development (RSSWLD) .

He has authored, edited and published several books on the themes of accreditation, ranking, quality assurance, higher education reforms and Indian Insurance Industry. His regular contributions on higher education in leading newspapers and magazines are read widely in India.