Goshen College, a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, has appointed Raj Biyani the college’s first-ever chief innovation officer.
Biyani, who is a 1992 graduate of the Goshen, Ind.-based college, has been co-chair of Goshen’s AI Task Force since last November.
From 2011 to 2016, he was a managing director with Microsoft working in India.
“A former Microsoft executive with more than 30 years of experience in technology and artificial intelligence, Biyani returns to the Indiana liberal arts college where his journey began – this time to help define what responsible AI leadership looks like in higher education,” the college said on April 19 in announcing the appointment.
‘I’m honored to join GC as its first-ever Chief Innovation Officer, a role designed to harness the creativity and imagination that’s already here,” Biyani said in a social media post, adding, “I have long maintained that AI means Amplify Imagination.”
“At Goshen College, we are not limiting ourselves by just asking what AI can do, but rather what we should do with it and why,” Biyani said. “I am excited to contribute to this mission because those are questions worth dedicating the next chapter of my life to.”
