Chauhan has been nominated to the post with effect from January 13, 2016 for a period of three years.
He has been nominated by President of India in his capacity as the visitor of NITs, an official order by the Ministry of Human Resource Development said.
Chauhan is a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PGDM from IIM Calcutta.
National Institute of Technology Manipur, a centrally funded institution, started its first session in August 2010.