Retired IAS officer Hasmukh Adhia was on Friday appointed as the chancellor of Central University of Gujarat (CUG), Gandhinagar, by President Ramnath Kovind, who is also the visitor of the central university. The appointment will be for a tenure of five years.
Name of the retired Gujarat cadre IAS was proposed for the post by the human resources development ministry. Adhia, who retired at the end of November, was appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda by the central government last week.