Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit becomes JNU's first woman vice-chancellor

New Delhi, Feb 7: In a major development, Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit from Savitribai Phule Pune University has become the first woman vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Savitribai Phule Pune University, SPPU's Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit will succeed former VC of JNU Professor M Jagadesh Kumar. 

 

 

As per reports, the Ministry of Education has said that Pandit has been appointed as the new VC for a 5-year tenure and would assume her duties soon. It should be noted that prior to this, Jawaharlal Nehru University, JNU has always had all male VC's and this is the first time when a woman will be presiding in the office of this prestigious University.

 

 

Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor M Jagdesh Kumar said, "It gives me pleasure to inform that Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit from the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Savitribai Phule Pune University, has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of JNU. She is the first woman vice-chancellor of JNU."

 

 

Born in St Petersberg, Russia (USSR), on July 15, 1962, Professor Pandit has been in the teaching field since 1988. She has been in the research field since 1985. She is a member of several prestigious organisations, such as the American Studies Research Institute, Hyderabad, the Indian Association of American Studies, the All India Political Science Association, the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, the Indian Secular Society, etc.

She has also authored books like ‘Parliament and Foreign Policy in India’ (1990) and ‘Restructuring Environmental governance in Asia-Ethics and Policy’ 2003.