Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 7: Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit will be the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, following her appointment by the Ministry of Education (MoE) on Monday.
She is the Vice Chancellor of Maharashtra’s Savitribai Phule University. 59 years old, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit is a JNU alumna who earned her MPhil and PhD in International Relations.
“President Ram Nath Kovind, who is Visitor to the University, has approved the appointment of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as JNU Vice Chancellor. Her appointment is for a period of five years,” said a senior MoE official.
Santishree began her teaching career in 1988 at Goa University before moving to Pune University in 1993. She has worked as an administrator in a number of academic institutions. She’s also served on the University Grants Commission, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), and as a Visitor’s nominee to central universities.
She has supervised 29 PhDs during the course of her career.
Notably, M Jagadesh Kumar, who was acting vice chancellor at JNU after his five-year term ended last year, was named chairperson of the UGC last week.
