Subhash Chaudhari is new NU vice-chancellor

Nagpur: Chancellor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday selected officiating pro-VC Subhash Chaudhari as the new vice-chancellor of Nagpur University. Chaudhari was among the five candidates recommended by the justice Dilip Bhosale search panel on Friday.
Chaudhari is the principal of JD College of Engineering and Management. Koshyari appointed Chaudhari as the vice-chancellor for a term of 5 years. Chaudhari has been serving as NU officiating pro-VC for over one month.
Chaudhari succeeds SP Kane, whose term ended on April 7. Amaravati vice-chancellor Murlidhar Chandekar was holding the additional charge of NU VC post.
The governor had constituted the search committee under the chairmanship of justice Dilip Bhosle, retired chief justice of the Allahabad high court, to recommend to him a panel of names suitable for appointment of vice-chancellor of the university.
IIT Kanpur director Abhay Karandikar and principal secretary Sanjay Chahande were the other members. Deputy registrar Waseem Ahmed was the liasoning officer of the panel.
Former pro-VC Vinayak Deshpande, who served as dean and registrar during Kane’s tenure, was the other candidate from Nagpur in the fray.