Dr Viral Pandya is the Deputy Dean (Higher Education) and Acting Dean at Lyons College, providing academic leadership across program delivery, quality assurance, governance, and regulatory compliance. He holds a PhD in Management, multiple MBA qualifications, and is a CPA (Australia), with over two decades of academic and leadership experience, including more than ten years in Australian higher education.

Dr Pandya brings extensive expertise in TEQSA accreditation and reaccreditation, academic risk management, assessment integrity, curriculum design aligned to AQF and HESF (2021), and academic governance. He has held senior roles, and has served on Academic Boards, Boards of Examiners, and Learning and Teaching Committees across multiple institutions.

His scholarly interests include management education, academic integrity, and applied finance, with published research in peerreviewed international journals. Dr Pandya is committed to sustaining high academic standards and continuous improvement in student outcomes.