Kolkata: Vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University Suranjan Das was elected vice-president of Association of Indian Universities on Thursday. This will be for a one-year term, when Das will try to help universities adopt and adapt to the New Education Policy.
“There are some central and state university dichotomies that exist, which need to be ironed out,” he said, adding that he will try to showcase Bengal’s higher education achievements on the national platform. Recently, Das was reappointed as the vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University for a period of two years after his term got over on June 23.
