Prof A K Singh new VC of Allahabad Central University

Updated on: Friday, January 21, 2011

Prof A K Singh of IIT Bombay has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad Central University.
   
His name has received the presidential assent, said a source in the Human Resource Development Ministry.
   
President Pratibha Patil is the chancellor of the central university.
   
Prof Singh was among three professors shortlisted for the VC's post by a search committee headed by former Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research R A Mashelkar.

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