Rajesh Chandra

He served as Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of the South Pacific (USP) ending his term in December 2018.

After his retirement, he was appointed the Chancellor of Fiji National University, holding office from April 2019 until January 2020 when he stepped down for medical reasons.

In early June 2013, USP's council cleared Chandra of allegations (based on a petition circulated by a group called USP-devoted IE for Justice) of corruption and abuse of authority.

[5][6] This included the promotion and overpayment of favoured managers and the systematic abuse of allowances and privileges, amounting to millions of dollars.

[7][8][9][10] The matter was investigated by New Zealand accounting firm BDO, which substantiated many of the allegations[11] but the report was suppressed by the USP Council.