“Her appointment is for a period of five years,” a senior Ministry of Education official was quoted as saying by PTI.
The current Vice Chancellor of Savitribai Phule University, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has been appointed as the VC of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), according to Ministry of Education officials.
This is the first time a woman has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of JNU.
“Her appointment is for a period of five years,” a senior Ministry of Education official was quoted as saying by PTI.
As per PTI report, M Jagadesh Kumar, who was holding the charge of acting VC at JNU after his five-year term ended last year, was last week appointed as the chairman of the University Grants Commission.
Pandit holds a diploma in social work from California State University, Longbeach, USA, BA in History and Social Psychology and – M.A in Political Science from Presidency College, Madras. She was once a student at JNU as she has completed her MPhil in International Relations from the university and completed a PhD in international relations with thesis on ‘Parliament and Foreign Policy in India - The Nehru Years’.
Jagadeesh Kumar in an official statement said, “It gives me pleasure to inform you that Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Savitribai Phule Pune University has been appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of JNU. She is the first female vice-chancellor of JNU. My hearty congratulations to Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit. I am handing over the charge to her today and wish her success in her new role.”