Welcome to ADYPU’s distinguished doctoral programs, where academic excellence converges with innovation, research, and transformative learning experiences. Ajeenkya DY Patil University (ADYPU), an innovation university, offers Ph.D. programs through its Schools of Engineering, Law, Design, Management, Liberal Arts and Film & Media. Our doctoral programs are designed to cultivate scholars, thought leaders, and experts who will shape the future through rigorous research and scholarly contributions.
Quality Advisor for Research & Education Ajeenkya
Professor of Design Innovation
Professor Emerita Kingston University (London)
Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research & Knowledge Exchange) Middlesex University (London) Deputy Chair, Board of Trustees, The Design Council, UK
Anne Boddington is Professor Emerita of Design Innovation at Kingston University. Educated as an architect, urbanist and cultural geographer, she has over 35-years’ experience in higher education and over 20 in senior leadership positions, most recently as Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Business & Innovation.
She has previously taught architecture and research methods and worked as a Head of School and Dean of College for Arts &Humanities at the University of Brighton, prior to taking on a series of senior executive roles at Kingston University. Her experience includes strategic and organisational design, business planning/finance, quality assurance in teaching and research, career development and international partnerships.
She has worked with the UK Government’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and the Higher Education Academy, with museums including a range of cultural agencies and as a strategic research reviewer for UK Research & Innovation.
She is currently Chair of the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) programme advisory board and Chair of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 for Sub Panel 32 for Art & Design: History, Practice & Theory.
Anne has a wide range of international and governance experience. She is a longstanding member of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) and she has chaired and undertaken research and quality reviews for a number of international government bodies including in India, Estonia, Portugal, Israel.
She has been an independent Governor in Further and Higher Education, a trustee of a number of charities and of the Design Council since 2015. Anne is also a Design Council ‘expert’, an independent mentor, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a registered architect and an academic member of the RIBA.
