Saket Kushwaha

Saket Kushwaha is an Indian educationist and agricultural economist. He is the vice chancellor (VC) of Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh and former VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar. He is a professor of agricultural economics at the Banaras Hindu University,[1] on lien.[2]

Saket Kushwaha
Kushwaha as the vice chancellor
Born (1963-08-28) 28 August 1963
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materBanaras Hindu University

Early life and education

Kushwaha was born on 28 August 1963 in Bhimsen, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] His father, Surendra Singh Kushwaha, was professor in the physics department of Banaras Hindu University[3] and also served as VC of Ranchi University, Jharkhand[4] and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Uttar Pradesh.[5] Saket Kushwaha has B.Sc in Agriculture (1983) and an M.Sc. (1986) and Ph.D. (1992) in Agricultural Economics from Banaras Hindu University.[6]

Career

Kushwaha has served as the dean of the School of Management at Federal University of Technology Bauchi, Nigeria from 1993 to 2006.[7][2] In 2006 he joined as professor at Banaras Hindu University.[7] In 2014 he was appointed VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University[8] where he served until 2017.[9] From 2017 to 2018 he served as professor-in-charge for Rajiv Gandhi South Campus Banaras Hindu University.[10][6] In 2018 he was appointed VC of Rajiv Gandhi University.[11]

References
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  2. "Curriculum Vitae of Saket Kushwaha" (PDF). Banaras Hindu University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. "Vice Chancellor". www.rgu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. "List of Vice-Chancellors". www.ranchiuniversity.ac.in. Ranchi University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. "Former vice chancellors MGKVP". Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. "Prof. Saket Kushwaha at Banaras Hindu University". new.bhu.ac.in. Banaras Hindu University. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  7. "Faculties: Agricultural Economics". www.bhu.ac.in. Banaras Hindu University. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  8. Mishra, B. K. (12 November 2014). "VCs of LNMU, JP univ likely to be removed". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  9. Kumar, Arun (31 January 2017). "Acting VCs for eight Bihar universities". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. Singh, Binay (13 September 2017). "South Campus of BHU will have new facilities". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. "Prof Saket Kushwaha appointed new VC of RGU". Business Standard India. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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