JOIN USDean and professor of the faculty of legal studies at South Asian University Yogesh Tyagi has been appointment as the new vice chancellor of Delhi University.
“President Pranab Mukherjee has approved Tyagi’s appointment to the post,” a Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry official told Deccan Herald on Monday.
Tyagi, who had his LLM from Columbia University and PhD in legal studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), will serve as the vice chancellor of the Delhi University for a five-year term or until the age of 70 years, which ever is earlier, he added.
Mukherjee, who is the Visitor of the Delhi University, approved South Asian University professor’s appointment to the post from the list of four names drawn by the search-cum-selection committee.
JNU professor at School of Life Sciences Rameshwar Nath Kaul Bamezai, former faculty at Indian Institute of Technology and a member in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Hemchand Gupta and Delhi University’s professor in political science department Bidyuth Chakraborty were other contenders for the post.
The HRD Ministry had recently sent the four names shortlisted by the search-cum-selection committee recently..
The Delhi University’s academics for action and development welcomed Tyagi’s appointment as the new vice chancellor of the varsity, hoping that he will safeguard the autonomy of the university.
“We are also optimistic that New VC will look into the unresolved issues of the promotion and pension and speed up the process of permanent appointments for around 4000-vacancies in the university,” it said in a statement.