Mr Anban Naidoo is the Deputy Registrar: Student Academic Services at the University of the Free State, serving his third five-year term. He has extensive experience in academic administration and governance within the higher education sector, with responsibility across areas such as applications, admissions, registration, examinations, certification, academic structure, course catalogue management, graduations, systems renewal, and policy development. His current work focuses on digital transformation, automation, process improvement, and strengthening data-informed decision-making in academic administration. He is also involved in the University’s academic administration systems renewal project, with a particular focus on modernising business processes and supporting sustainable ERP/SIS implementation in a complex university environment.
