New Delhi, March 28 Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, who is the Chancellor of Panjab University in Chandigarh, has approved an extension for Vice Chancellor Renu Vig, while also establishing a three-member search-cum-selection committee to identify her successor, according to officials.
The extension will be effective from March 29, a day after her three-year tenure ends.
"The all-woman committee will be chaired by retired Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar, Vice Chancellor of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in Nashik; with Shashikala Wanjari, Vice Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in New Delhi, and Vibha Tandon, Director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, as members," an education ministry official said.
The panel has been directed to submit a list of three to five names to the Chancellor as soon as possible.
Vig, who had taken over as acting Vice Chancellor on January 16, 2023, following the resignation of then Vice Chancellor Raj Kumar amid allegations of corruption, was formally appointed as the university's 14th and first female Vice Chancellor in 2023.