Gajendra Chauhan takes over as Vice-Chancellor of visual arts university

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, December 10

Veteran film and television actor Gajendra Chauhan took over as the Vice-Chancellor of Pt Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts (SUPVA) in the presence of faculty, students and staff members of the university here today.

The government had recently amended the university act and paved the way for professional artists to lead the institution.

“SUPVA is a cradle of creativity which offers a diverse range of professional programmes in different disciplines. My aim will be to develop and nurture an ecosystem where we can polish and channelise the creativity of young minds to render it profession-ready,” said Chauhan after assuming charge. Chauhan got fame after playing the role of ‘Yudhishthir’ in the popular television serial, ‘Mahabharata’. In an acting career spanning nearly 38 years, Chauhan has worked in around 300 films in different Indian languages, apart from more than 1,000 TV serials. He was appointed chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune in 2015. He also served as the president of the Cine and TV Artists Association from 2012 to 2014, and has been the chief adviser of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees for the past seven years.