Non-Resident Indian (NRI) industrialist P. Mohamed Ali has been designated the Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology, Sultanate of Oman. The National University is the first multi-campus and accredited university in the Sultanate of Oman, according to Mubarak Pasha, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Financial Affairs at the university. Hailing from Kerala, Mr. Mohamed Ali earned a name in the Middle East as a builder and industrialist.