Santishree Pandit appointed first woman Vice Chancellor of JNU
New Delhi(PTI): Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit will be the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University with the Ministry of Education (MoE) appointing her to the top post on Monday.
Pandit is currently the Vice Chancellor of Savitribai Phule University in Maharashtra. The 59-year-old Pandit is also an alumna of JNU where she pursued her MPhil as well as PhD in International Relations.
"President Ram Nath Kovind, who is Visitor to the University, has approved the appointment of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as JNU Vice Chancellor. Her appointment is for a period of five years," a senior MoE official said.
Pandit began her teaching career from Goa University in 1988 and moved to Pune University in 1993. She has held administrative position in various academic bodies. She has also been a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Visitor's nominee to central universities.
In her career she has guided 29 PhDs.
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 UGC.
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Elephant brought for temple festival in Kerala gets agitated, damages several vehicles
Kochi, Mar 5 (PTI): An elephant brought for a temple festival here on Wednesday suddenly became agitated in the evening and damaged several vehicles, police said.
The incident occurred around 5 pm near the Edakochi Sreekrishna Temple, an officer from Palluruthy police station said.
The tusker had been brought for the festival at the Sreekrishna Temple, he added.
No one was injured in the incident, and the exact cause of the elephant’s agitation is yet to be determined, police said.
Visuals of the incident showed the elephant running around the temple premises, overturning and pushing aside parked cars, causing extensive damage.
The tusker was finally restrained more than two hours after it became agitated, police said.
