Professor Tankeshwar Kumar appointed new Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University
Vice-President and Panjab University Chancellor C.P. Radhakrishnan has appointed Professor Tankeshwar Kumar as the regular Vice-Chancellor of the university for three years.
Panjab University has got a regular Vice-Chancellor after a gap of 103 days. Vice-President of India and university Chancellor C.P. Radhakrishnan has appointed Central University of Haryana incumbent VC Professor Tankeshwar Kumar as the new Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University.
A notification in this regard has been issued by the Vice-President's Secretariat under Section 10 of the Panjab University Act 1947. According to the orders issued by Chancellor's Secretary Amit Khare, Professor Kumar's tenure will be for three years from the date of assuming charge.
This appointment has ended the long-running temporary arrangement in the university. Former Vice-Chancellor Professor Renu Vig's tenure was completed on July 28. After that, from July 29, Dean of University Instruction (DUI) Professor Meenakshi Goyal held the additional charge of Vice-Chancellor.
A search committee was formed under the chairmanship of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Lieutenant General (Retd) Madhuri Kanitkar to select the new Vice-Chancellor. Professor Shashikala Wanjari and Professor Vibha Tandon were also included in the committee, who interviewed 25 candidates in early July.
Professor Tankeshwar Kumar has earlier served as a professor in the Department of Physics at Panjab University. He remained the Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, from 2015 to 2021 and has been heading the Central University of Haryana since 2021.
The new Vice-Chancellor will assume office at a time when the university is passing through several administrative challenges. Despite the completion of elections on October 4, the formation of the new Senate is still pending, as the term of the previous Senate had expired on October 31, 2024.
Key developments
- Professor Tankeshwar Kumar becomes new regular VC of Panjab University
- Notification for three-year appointment issued by Chancellor C.P. Radhakrishnan
- Professor Meenakshi Goyal held additional charge after Professor Renu Vig retired on July 28
- New VC Professor Kumar has earlier served as physics professor at PU
