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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowNasser Paydar is scheduled to be installed as the fifth chancellor of IUPUI on Tuesday afternoon.
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie is scheduled to preside over the 2 p.m. ceremony in Room 450 of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels will speak, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is also scheduled to attend.
Paydar succeeds Charles Bantz, who stepped down after 12 years in the position. Before his appointment in June, Paydar had been IUPUI's executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer since 2012.
Robbie has praised Paydar as an able leader who has a deep understanding of IU's goals and mission.
He has been a faculty member for nearly 30 years and has held various administrative and executive leadership positions since joining IUPUI in 1985 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
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