PATNA: Governor-cum-chancellor Phagu Chauhan on Tuesday appointed Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU) vice-chancellor (VC) Surendra Pratap Singh as the acting VC of Patliputra University (PPU) after the resignation of Gulab Chand Ram Jaiswal.
According to a notification issued by the Raj Bhavan, Singh will act as the VC of PPU in addition to his own duties as the VC of LNMU.
Jaiswal had joined as the founder VC of PPU soon after its creation in 2018 along with those of Purnea and Munger universities. The VC of Purnea University had resigned some time ago on personal grounds.
Earlier, the newly appointed VC of Nalanda Open University (NOU), H N Prasad, had resigned from his post after about eight months of his joining. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University VC Hanuman Prasad Pandey was appointed the acting VC of NOU.
The posts of VCs of NOU and PPU are likely to be advertised by the chancellor’s secretariat soon. The office of Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU) VC also fell vacant on September 20 following the retirement of A K Agrawal. The post has already been advertised. In the meantime, AKU pro-VC S M Karim is serving as the acting VC.