12 Central University V-Cs appointed

President Ramnath Kovind appointed vice-chancellors (V-Cs) to 12 central universities on Friday. The announcement got here towards the backdrop of a number of centrally-run greater schooling establishments remaining headless for months and, in some circumstances, even years.
The universities which lastly obtained a V-C embody central universities in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad. Central college of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur college, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) and Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur are additionally among the many 12.
Former V-C Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Professor Tankeshwar Kumar is the brand new V-C of Central University of Haryana, the incumbent V-C of Himachal Pradesh Technical University, SP Bansal, has turn out to be the pinnacle Himachal Central University. Sanjeev Jain, V-C of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, goes to move Central University of Jammu. Rajarshi Tandon Open University V-C KN Singh has been appointed to Central University of South Bihar.
While former pro-vice-chancellor of IGNOU Kshiti Bhushan Das is the brand new V-C of Central University of Jharkhand and former professor of Osmania University Battu Satyanarayana will head Central University of Karnataka. Madurai Kamaraj University’s V-C Muthukalingan Krishnan is appointed as V-C of Central University of Tamil Nadu, Basuthkar J Rao of ISSER Tirupati to Hyderabad Central University and Prabha Shankar Shukla of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology to North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).

Alok Kumar Chakrawal from Saurashtra University has turn out to be the V-C of Guru Ghasidas University, Syed Ainul Hasan, a Persian scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University will head Maulana Azad National Urdu University and N Lokender Singh from Manipur University will now be it’s V-C.

Despite the slew of appointments introduced Friday, one other 10 central universities nonetheless do not need full-time heads and these embody Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.