President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed Vice Chancellors (V-Cs) of 12 central universities. The announcement got here towards the backdrop of a number of Centre-run increased training establishments going headless for months and in some instances even years.
Universities that finally obtained VCs embody the Central Universities of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad. Central University of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur University, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) and Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur are additionally among the many 12.
Former VC Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Professor Tankeshwar Kumar is the brand new VC of Haryana Central University, SP Bansal, the present VC of Himachal Pradesh Technical University, has develop into the top of Himachal Central University. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University VC Sanjeev Jain goes to develop into the top of Central University of Jammu. KN Singh, VC of Rajarshi Tandon Open University has been appointed to the Central University of South Bihar.
While former IGNOU vice-chancellor Kshiti Bhushan Das is the brand new vice-chancellor of Jharkhand Central University and former Osmania University professor Battu Satyanarayana will head the Central University of Karnataka. Muthukalingan Krishnan, VC of Madurai Kamaraj University, has been appointed as VC of Tamil Nadu Central University, Basuthakar J Rao of ISSER Tirupati has been appointed to Hyderabad Central University and Prabha Shankar Shukla of GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology has been appointed to North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
Alok Kumar Chakrawal of Saurashtra University has develop into the Vice-Chancellor of Guru Ghasidas University, Syed Ainul Hasan, a Persian scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University, will head the Maulana Azad National Urdu University and N Lokendra Singh of Manipur University will now be its Vice-Chancellor.
Despite a number of appointments introduced on Friday, the opposite 10 central universities nonetheless do not need full-time heads and these embody Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
