Lt Col Kailash Bansal to be new controller of exams at Allahabad University

PRAYAGRAJ: The Executive Council of the Allahabad University (AU) has endorsed the name of a serving officer of Indian Army’s Corps of Signals, Lt Col Kailash Bansal, for the post of Controller of Examination.
Presently, Lt Col Bansal is on deputation as director in All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). He will be taking the charge as CoE from the present CoE, Prof Ramendra Kumar Singh.
The post was without a regular appointment since 2018 when Prof HS Upadhyay had stepped down from the post. To ensure that the work did not get affected, the varsity had appointed Prof Ramendra Kumar Singh as acting CoE and he had been shouldering this responsibility till now.
In June 2021, AU began efforts to appoint a regular CoE and on the instructions of vice-chancellor Prof Sangita Srivastava. AU registrar Prof NK Shukla issued a formal advertisement for appointment of a CoE for a period of five years.
Apart from approving the name of new CoE, the Executive Council also approved promotion of seven teachers of AU under the career advancement scheme (CAS). The teachers whose promotions have been approved from the post of associate professor to professor are Asheel Кumar and Raj Kumar Anand of physics department, Renu Johri of music department, Ashish Khare and Tanveer J Siddiqui of JK Institute of Applied Physics. Promotions of Priyamvada Singh of earth planetary science department and Jaya Kapoor of english department too have been approved from the posts of assistant professor to associate professor.