West Bengal appoints VC in Bengal varsity ignoring Governor's choice
The Hindu
Education Department appoints Prof. Soma Bandyopadhyay as the VC of Diamond Harbour Women's University
The West Bengal government on Friday, January 14, 2022, engaged a new Vice-Chancellor for Diamond Harbour Women's University (DHWU) hours after Chancellor and state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar appointed for the post another person who expressed "unwillingness" to accept it on personal grounds.
The Education Department appointed Prof. Soma Bandyopadhyay as the VC of DHWU after the resignation of Prof Anuradha Mukhopadhyay from the post.
Bandyopadhyay was the acting VC of Sanskrit College and University and full-time VC of West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration (WBUTTEPA).
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