Professor Yogesh Tyagi takes charge as DU Vice-Chancellor

Tribune News Service 

New Delhi, March 10

Prof Yogesh Tyagi, former Dean of Legal Studies at South Asian University here, today assumed charge as 22nd Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, succeeding Prof Dinesh Singh whose controversial term ended in October. 

The new VC was welcomed by university officials, led by pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Sudhish Pachauri, who had been the acting VC since October last year, besides the representatives from the Delhi University Teachers’

Association and Delhi University and College Karmachari Union, DU SC/ST Employees Welfare Association, among others. 

“There could be mistakes as a Vice-Chancellor, but I will always work with honesty. I will try to work for the university by taking all stakeholders on board,” said Prof Tyagi in his address. 

Several present and former Vice-Chancellors of various universities, including Jamia VC Talat Ahmed, former DU VCs Upendra Baxi and Deepak Pental, Gujarat Central University VC H C Patel and Lucknow Law University VC Gurdip Singh, were among those present at the function on North Campus. Amitabh Mattoo, adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, was also present while Prof Dinesh Singh, whose tenure 

was marred by massive 

row over Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) which was eventually rolled back after intervention by the HRD ministry and the University Grants Commission. 

The HRD had communicated Prof Tyagi about the appointment nearly a month ago but he had sought for some time before joining DU. 

The new VC’s immediate concern would be to clear the confusion over the grading mechanism under Choice-based Credit System (CBCS). As the post remained vacant for more than four months various issues, including promotion and appointment of teachers, decision on the reservation policy besides CBCS have taken a backseat. 

“As decided by the Executive, DUTA has sought the first appointment with the Vice-Chancellor to discuss the pension issue. It expresses confidence that the urgent issues facing the teachers will soon be resolved so that the much-needed relief is provided to all sections of teachers,” said DUTA president Nandita Narain.