Professor Dibyesh Anand

Interim Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Westminster

Professor Dibyesh Anand is Interim Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Westminster, having previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement and Employability). He has been a member of the Westminster community since 2007 and has held a range of senior academic and leadership roles, including Head of the School of Social Sciences, Head of Department, and Research Director for Politics and International Relations. He has also been a member of University Alliance’s Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Provosts Network.

A Professor of International Relations, Dibyesh combines extensive leadership experience with an ongoing commitment to teaching, research and doctoral supervision. Since joining the University Executive Board in 2023, he has led Westminster’s global engagement, employability and business engagement activities, championed its equality, diversity and inclusion agenda, and coordinated institutional work on sustainable development.

Beyond Westminster, Dibyesh co-chairs the Universities UK and Advance HE Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Network and London Higher’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network, and serves on Research England’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group.

Originally coming to the UK as a Chevening Scholar, Dibyesh completed his PhD at the University of Bristol following master’s study at the University of Hull and undergraduate study at the University of Delhi. His academic work has focused on international relations, democracy, equality and inclusion, nationalism, and the politics of identity and representation. He is the author of several books and a recognised public commentator on global affairs and higher education.