Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit becomes first woman VC of JNU

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit becomes first woman VC of JNU

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 09 2022

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Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit from Savitribai Phule Pune University has become the first woman vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Shantisree Dhulipudi will succeed M Jagadish Kumar. M Jagadesh Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
She is a member of several prestigious organisations, such as the American Studies Research Institute, Hyderabad, the Indian Association of American Studies, the All India Political Science Association, the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, the Indian Secular Society, etc.
She has also authored books like ‘Parliament and Foreign Policy in India’ (1990) and ‘Restructuring Environmental governance in Asia-Ethics and Policy’ 2003.

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