Punjabi University gets caretaker VC

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Punjabi University gets caretaker VC

Kanwar Inder singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ February 21,2025

Punjab Govt has given the charge of vice chancellor Punjabi University to GNDU, VC Prof Karamjit Singh.

The post of regular VC is lying vacant since April 2024 after the term of Prof Arvind ended and the university remained headless since the around 4 months.

Punjabi University gets caretaker VC. Prof. Karamjeet Singh, an alumnus of GNDU, is a M.Com., Ph.D. in Finance (First Division through-out, holder of Punjab Govt. Merit Scholarship) was appointed VC, GNDU on December 9,2024. He has an experience of 38 years of Teaching & Research

An academician of repute Prof. Karamjeet Singh was appointed as founder Vice Chancellor of JGNDPSOU in September 2020 by Punjab Government for a three-year term. He got extension for six months in September 2023 and again on March 2024 and retired as the founder vice chancellor of Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University (JGNDPSOU), Patiala .

Before appointed as VC, JGNDPSOU,on September 3,2020 Prof Karamjit singh remained Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 30th September, 2018 to 2nd September, 2020. He remained Professor (Finance & Strategic Management), University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He also remained Director, University Grants Commission-Human Resource Development Centre; earlier Academic Staff College, Panjab University, Chandigarh for five years from 2013-18. He was Chief Coordinator for First On-Line B.Com. Centralized Admission conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2010 for admitting students in B.Com. at colleges situated in Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur and
Ludhiana. He remained Peer Team Member of NAAC, Bangalore to assess and accredit higher educational institutions and assessed many Colleges and Universities. He was appointed Coordinator by UGC, to allocate Orientation and Refresher Courses to all 66 UGC-Academic Staff College in India for the session 2015- 16.