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Allahabad: Prof Sangita Srivastava took over as the new regular vice chancellor of Allahabad University (AU) on Monday.
She is the first woman to get appointed to the top post of the 133-year-old university that attained central status in 2005.
She also becomes the first faculty member of AU itself who would head the varsity as a regular VC in its central varsity avatar.
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Allahabad: Prof Sangita Srivastava took over as the new regular vice chancellor of Allahabad University (AU) on Monday.
She is the first woman to get appointed to the top post of the 133-year-old university that attained central status in 2005.
She also becomes the first faculty member of AU itself who would head the varsity as a regular VC in its central varsity avatar.
The post of AU VC was being managed by officiating vice-chancellors ever since the last regular incumbent prof RL Hangloo tendered his resignation on December 31, 2019.
Talking to media persons after taking charge, she said, “All efforts would be made to restore the lost glory of the institution by bettering its NIRF ranking and improving the academic environment and promote quality research in the university as well as in its constituent colleges.” “To make that happen, filling vacant posts of teachers and non-teaching staff would be a priority,” she added.
However, she said this will take another year-and-a-half to finish the task.
The new VC further said steps will also be taken to meet the needs of the departments and labs to help them function in a better way.
Prof Srivastava said with an aim of effectively implementing provisions of the New Education Policy, she would like to have a number of brainstorming sessions so that the transformation as envisaged in the policy can be attained, especially making under graduate courses of four-year duration instead of the existing three years besides paving way for students to opt for both science and arts subjects.