Thursday, October 7, 2010

First woman vice chancellor in Delhi University

Meenakshi Gopinath, principal of Lady Shri Ram College, may be the first woman vice chancellor of Delhi University. But the veteran educationist, who is also an India-Pakistan peacenik, said on Thursday that she was not aware of the development.

Deepak Pental's five-year term as vice chancellor has ended, a senior university official said. "From what we know, Meenakshi Gopinath will take over this month. It's not official yet.

"It will be the first time ever the university will have a woman vice chancellor," the official told the sources. Pental succeeded Deepak Nayyar September 1, 2005.

Speaking to the sources, Gopinath said she not aware that she had been picked as the next vice chancellor. "I came to know about the news through media reports. I have no information. It is all in air," she said.
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