New associate dean named at OSUM
 | (Chronicle note: Dr, Bishum Pandey graduated in 1980 from the Applied Mathematics department of Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Professor Rishi Ram Sharma. Email: pandey.1@osu.edu)
MARION - The Ohio State University at Marion is pleased to announce that Bishun Pandey will serve as the campus?226-130?s new associate dean beginning winter quarter 2008. Pandey, who has taught mathematics courses at The Ohio State University at Marion since 1986, fills the position of Chris Friesen, who will return to teaching mathematics full time on campus. The position of associate dean acts as a primary liaison to campus faculty. In his new role, Pandey will also be tasked with a multitude of duties, including but not limited to: supervising auxiliary faculty and select administrative professional and classified civil service staff positions; faculty evaluations; organizing faculty searches; engaging in facility issues, to include construction related to academic space; working with students/parents, faculty, staff, and others to resolve issues or complaints; assisting with faculty travel budgets; communicating faculty course loads to the assistant dean; managing academic misconduct cases; and chairing the academic standards committee. |
According to Ohio State Marion Dean/Director, Gregory S. Rose, Pandey has served Ohio State Marion in many roles over the years, which will give him a strong background for his new responsibilities.
"He has been an ombudsperson, where many have benefited from his caring and calming manner," Rose said. "His students regard his teaching highly, and his record of scholarship brought him promotion to full professor."
Pandey was educated at Allahabad University, India, where he earned both his bachelor?226-130?s and master?226-130?s degrees. He later earned a Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University Institute of Technology, India.
Locally, Pandey was a member of the performance-based education study committee and the science curriculum committee for Marion City Schools. He served on an advisory board and the board of directors for Sun Home Health, Inc. He also was part of the interfaith organization on the Marion campus and continues to serve on the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio. He served on the board of trustees for the Private Industry Council, Marion, Ohio. He has also participated as a judge for the North Central Ohio District Science Fair since 1987.
A current resident of Lewis Center, Ohio, and former Marion, Ohio, resident for 18 years, Pandey and his wife Kamla have three grown children who were educated locally. Their son, Aditya, is now a neurosurgeon residing in Philadelphia. Daughter Anajana is in management at Robin Hood Foundation, New York, and daughter Richa is a computer engineer working for Price Waterhouse, New York.