Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Professor Nageshwar Rao has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Before being appointed as the Vice Chancellor of IGNOU he was the Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University (UOU).

Following this, the official website is also updated with this latest news. “Prof Nageshwar Rao will become new vice chancellor of IGNOU after three years,” this news first appeared publicly on July 21, 2018, when the previous governor of Bihar and 14th and current President of India, in office since 25 July 2017 approved professor Rao as a new VC. Reports suggest, focusing more and more on quality, this action was mandatory.
Rao has held various key positions in past including the charge of Vice-Chancellor of Kumanyu University Nainital during 1st Nov 2016 to 1st April 2017 and as Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad between August 2008 to August 2011. From October 1990 to December 2013, he served as Professor in Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management (Pt. JNIBM) Vikram University, Ujjain where he acted as the Director of the Institute for more than 13 years.

His prior assignments also include Dean, Faculty of Management Studies for five terms; Dean, Faculty of Information Technology for one term and Chairman, Board of Studies in Management for four terms at Vikram University Ujjain. He was also Reader in Faculty of Management Studies at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi between February 1985 and October 1990 and Lecturer in Department of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Allahabad, and Allahabad between July 1978 to February 1985.

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