Brendan Mccarthy is a Retired/Former Academic Director & Principal, Victoria University India, VU-GNU Centre of Excellence, Ahmedabad India 2017-18. Colleagues describe him as "I and Brendan have been working on a joint project of collaborative development within a University setup since 2011. Though the culture, policies and practices are different at my and Brendan's University, Brendan has always proved his skills in aligning and synchronising business operations to achieve mutually set goals. He has always stepped forward with a solution-centric-approach; be it an academic or administrative matter. He knows about the Critical Success Factors of the international collaboration very well, which is helping both the Universities in strengthening the partnership."