Professor Dhiru V Soni
Professor Dhiru V Soni is the Director for Research at REGENT Business School. Previously, he was the Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research at the erstwhile University of Durban Westville. He was also Executive Director for Outreach at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He holds a D Phil Degree and has researched and published extensively and has presented papers at many national and international conferences.
He is Urban Research Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) and Urban Scholar at Northwestern University (Chicago, USA) and visiting Professor at several universities in the USA, England and India. He has been the recipient of various Scholarships. He was also a Member of the Development Tribunal for KwaZulu Natal and a Board Member of the Educational Opportunities Council of South Africa. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the South African Geographical Journal. His current research interest is in the field of Sustainability, Food Security, Entrepreneurship, and the Digital Era. He writes regularly for National Newspapers and Journals.