1. INDERDEEPCHATRATH,Ph.D.
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
inderdeep.chatrath@duke.edu
Inderdeep Chatrath is the director of Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Programs in the
Office for Institutional Equity, Duke University and Duke University Health System. In this role,
she is responsible for designing studies, compiling and reporting institutional data pursuant to
federal regulations, and coordinating research and evaluation studies to identify progress and
trends. During her tenure at Duke, Dr. Chatrath has been responsible for institutional research
functions, managed programs for harassment prevention, diversity, and disability management.
Dr. Chatrath has more than 20 years of senior administrative experience in higher education
with a focus on solution-oriented strategic and systemic interventions to affect change. She
provides active leadership at the regional and national level in contributing to the knowledge
and practice of equal opportunity, equity and diversity. She has extensive experience in
qualitative and quantitative analyses, program design, assessment, compliance audits and
survey methodology.
Dr. Chatrath is an active member of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity
(AAAED) and is actively involved in evaluating, developing and teaching courses for the AAAED
Professional Development and Training Institute. Dr. Chatrath also holds leadership roles in a
Consortium of Ivy League and Select Universities, the North Carolina Diversity and Inclusion
Partners, and United Way of the Greater Triangle-Education Council.
Currently, Dr. Chatrath is in the forefront of an initiative in engaging Department of Labor’s
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs officials in considering regulations as they
apply to institutions of higher education, in an effort to uphold legal obligations but also to
build equity and inclusion at our institutions.
In the human resource sphere, Dr. Chatrath works closely with HR professionals in supporting
analytics, employment screening, testing and compensation analyses.