Punjabi university its first regular VC
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Punjabi university Patiala gets its regular VC, after Prof BS Ghuman resigned , last year. As per the orders Prof Arvind is the new VC.
Prof. Arvind is a well-known theoretical Quantum Physicist with a keen interest in Science Education, Science Communication and Developing Science Pedagogy in Punjabi. Presently he is a professor of Physical sciences at IISER, Mohali.
He did his Masters in Physics in 1990 from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Ph.D. from the Department of Physics and the Centre for Theoretical Studies at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 1997. Then joined the Physics department of Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar as a faculty member. During 2002-2004, he was at the Physics Department of Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh as a special faculty. Later he joined as a faculty member in the physics department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras in 2005 and then moved to IISER Mohali in August 2007.
In August 2007 he moved to IISER Mohali as one of the founding faculty members and helped in setting up the institute. . He has over 70 publications in international journals and has supervised around 7 PhD students and over 40 MS Theses.
According to a spokesperson of the chief minister’s office, 64 applications were received for the post and while 10 were found ineligible , as per UGC guidelines. 14 were shortlisted for interviews.
A 4-member committee headed by Chief Secretary, Vini Mahajan, interviewed the shortlisted candidates and sent a panel of three names to the Chief Minister for selection.
Finally, he got selected for the coveted post of vice chancellor, Punjabi University Patiala.
April 20,2021
