NEW DELHI: Delhi University will soon get a new vice-chancellor as the process for the selection has been completed.
The names of more than a dozen candidates have been discussed. Among them, the most prominent names include Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) VC M Jagadesh Kumar, Delhi Technological University VC Yogesh Singh, ADN Bajpai and Sangeeta Mishra, etc.
Apart from DU, vice-chancellors of JNU, Banaras Hindu University, Central University in Assam and Rajasthan, and both central Sanskrit universities, including the VCs of about a dozen universities, are to be appointed.
The Union education ministry has completed the selection process for the VC appointments in many universities across the country. The names of the new VCs will be announced after the President’s assent to the proposal of the education ministry.
Earlier, in July, on the recommendation of the education ministry, the VCs of 12 different central universities were appointed. These universities, for which President Ram Nath Kovind had approved the appointments, included the universities of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad.
Apart from these, President Kovind has also approved the appointment of new VCs in the Central University of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur University, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Northeastern Hill University, Guru Ghasidas University and Bilaspur University. ians
