President approves appointment of 12 VCs, including universities in Haryana, Himachal

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, July 23

President of India, who is the Visitor to Central universities, has approved the appointment of vice-chancellors in 12 universities, according to Ministry of Education (MoE) officials.

The universities include 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 also among the universities for which new VCs have been appointed.

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan had on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that a total of 22 posts of vice-chancellors in central universities are vacant, out of which appointments to 12 posts have already been finalised.

Professor Tarkeshwar Kumar has been appointed the vice-chancellor of the central university of Haryana, Professor Sat Prakash Bansal of Himachal Pradesh University and Dr Sanjeev Jain of Jammu University.