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.
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.
Pandit is currently a Political Science professor at Maharashtra’s Savitribai Phule University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration.
Pandit, who is 59 years old, earned her MPhil and PhD in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University. “The appointment of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as JNU Vice-Chancellor has been authorised by President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also a Visitor to the University. Her appointment is for a five-year term “a top official from the Ministry of Education announced
In 1988, Pandit began her teaching career at Goa University, and in 1993, she transferred to Pune University. 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.
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.
“Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit of Savitribai Phule Pune University has been named the new Vice-Chancellor of JNU, which gives me great joy. She is the university’s first female Vice-Chancellor. I want to express my heartfelt congrats to her. I’m handing over the reins to her today, and I wish her well in her new position “In a statement, Kumar said.
