Vilas Sapkal is the Vice Chancellor of MGM University, a position he has held since April 2021. He previously served as Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University and as Vice Chancellor of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University from December 2010 to March 2014. His academic experience includes serving as Professor and Head of Department at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. Before entering academia, he held corporate positions at Sartorius and its associate company, SF & ST Pvt Ltd, focusing on business development and industrial projects. He also worked as Product Manager at Sartorius and Chemical Engineer at Ion Exchange India Ltd. Sapkal holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a B.Tech. from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology.