IIT Kanpur professor Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. Prof Chaturvedi has served as Director of IIT Roorkee (2017-2022), Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (Jan 2017-August 2018), and Director of IIT Mandi (July 2020- Jan 2022). He has previously headed the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, and has also held the posts of Dean of Research and Development and Deputy Director at the institute.
BHU’s Rector Prof Sanjay Kumar had taken charge as acting Vice Chancellor in January this year after Professor Sudhir K Jain completed his tenure.
In a communication on Thursday, the Ministry of Education conveyed to the BHU Registrar that the President of India in her capacity as the Visitor of BHU “is pleased to appoint Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur as the Vice Chancellor of the University for a term of three years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier.”
For Central Universities, which are under the Ministry of Education, the President, as Visitor, appoints Vice-Chancellors from names recommended by selection committees.
Prof Chaturvedi completed his BTech, MTech and PhD in electrical engineering at IIT Kanpur. The focus of his research is on communication systems and wireless communication. He was also a member of a Department of Telecommunications committee, which recommended criteria for spectrum allocation to telecom operators in 2008.
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