Santishree Pandit appointed first woman VC of JNU

Santishree Pandit appointed first woman VC of JNU

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), with the Ministry of Education (MoE) appointing her to the top post on Monday. Pandit is currently a political science professor at Department of Politics and Public Administration, Savitribai Phule Pune University. The 59-year-old Pandit is also an alumna of JNU where she pursued her MPhil as well as PhD in International Relations. Ms. Pandit will be the first woman Vice Chancellor of JNU. Her appointment is for a period of five years.

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 (UGC).

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