Panjab University Vice Chancellor Renu Vig Gets Extension, Panel Formed To Look For Successor
Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan has extended Panjab University VC Renu Vig’s tenure from March 29, while setting up a three-member all-women search-cum-selection panel to identify her successor. The committee will submit 3–5 names. Vig became the varsity’s first woman VC in 2023 after initially serving as acting VC.
New Delhi: Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, who is the Chancellor of Panjab University in Chandigarh, has approved an extension to Vice Chancellor Renu Vig while also setting up a three-member search-cum-selection committee to identify her successor, according to officials.
The extension will be effective from March 29, a day after her three-year tenure concludes.
"The all-woman committee will be chaired by retired Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar, VC of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in Nashik; with Shashikala Wanjari, VC of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in New Delhi, and Vibha Tandon, director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, as members," an education ministry official said.
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The panel has been directed to submit a list of three to five names to the chancellor as soon as possible.
Vig, who had taken over as acting VC on January 16, 2023, following the resignation of then V-C Raj Kumar amid allegations of corruption, was formally appointed the university's 14th and first woman VC in 2023.
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