KYC of Punjabi University’s 14th regular VC; Governor appoints new VC
Kanwar inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 19,2025
Punjab Governor has appointed Prof Jagdeep Singh as the new vice chancellor of Punjabi University Patiala.
Prof. Jagdeep Singh is Registrar of Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali. Prior to joining IISER Mohali, he served Department of Higher Education, Government of Punjab in various capacities as Director (o), Additional Director, Deputy Director and Chief Vigilance officer. He remained as Registrar of Central University of Punjab for four years, where he also served as Controller of Examinations and Finance Officer. When the project of IISER Mohali was announced by the Government of India, he was appointed Coordinator of the project by the Government of Punjab. Subsequently he was associated with IISER Mohali as Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty (2007-2012) Prof. Singh also served Pushpa Gujral Science City as Advisor, Biotechnology and was project leader in setting up Biotech Gallery, Evolution Gallery, Dinosaurs Park , AIDS Gallery and Red Ribbon project. Prof. Singh is a trained assessor of NAAC.
A Ph. D in Biological Sciences, Prof. Singh has post-doctoral training in Molecular Biology. His research interests are DNA methylation in cancer and epigenetics of ageing. He has published 20 research papers in Systematics and Epigenetics of Cancer. Recently he published a book,” Science and Spirituality: The journey within”.
List of regular VC’s
- Bhai Jodh Singh
- Sardar Kirpal Singh Narang
- Mrs. Inderjit Kaur Sandhu
- Dr. Amrik Singh
- Dr. S.S. Johl
- Dr. Bhagat Singh
- Dr. H.K. Manmohan Singh
- Dr. Joginder Singh Puar
- Dr. Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia
- Sh. Swaran Singh Boparai, Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri
- Dr. Jaspal Singh
- Dr. B.S. Ghuman
- Prof. Arvind
