V Santhanam

V Santhanam is the Regional Director of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), NIOS Regional Centre – Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is an alumnus of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, IGNOU, New Delhi, and Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. NIOS operates through a network of 23 Regional Centres, 2 Sub-Regional Centres, 2 NIOS Cells, and five Departments at NIOS Headquarters, Noida and having more than 7400 Study Centres (AIs/AVIs) spread all over the country and abroad. First, he had joined in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and then had joined in Ministry of Labour and then had joined Higher Education Department under Ministry of Education, Govt of India and then he had joined in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Ministry of Education, Govt of India and currently working in National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) as Regional Director, NIOS Regional Centre Chennai.