Omkar Kakade, Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been appointed as acting Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women's University on Friday.
He took charge after the end of the four-year tenure of Sabiha, who was appointed as the fourth Vice-Chancellor of the university in June 2016.
Mr. Kakade will hold the post till the government appoints a new Vice-Chancellor, a release said.