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Chancellor Renu Khator

Renu Khator holds the dual titles of Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston.  The UH System’s first woman Chancellor and the first Indian immigrant to head a comprehensive research university in the United States, she assumed her post in January 2008.

As Chancellor of the UH System, Khator oversees an organization that serves more than 65,000 students, has a budget that exceeds $1.3 billion, and has a $3 billion-plus economic impact on the Greater Houston area each year.  The UH System includes the University of Houston, UH-Downtown, UH-Clear Lake and UH-Victoria, teaching centers in Cinco Ranch, Northwest Houston, Pearland and Sugar Land, and KUHT, the nation’s first educational television station, and KUHF, Houston's National Public Radio station.