Pondicherry University's new VC assumes office

Professor Gurmeet Singh today assumed office as the Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University, a central institution here.

Singh is the seventh Vice-Chancellor of the university, a press release said.

He was with the Department of Chemistry in Delhi University prior to this appointment.

The university did not have a full-fledged Vice-Chancellor for nearly two years and Anisa Basheer Khan, a senior faculty was the acting VC.

Union HRD Ministry last week issued a notification appointing Singh as the new VC.