Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
The vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (VC-BHU) is the chief administrator, and a full-time salaried officer of the Banaras Hindu University. The vice-chancellor derives his powers from sections 7(B) and 7(C) of the Banaras Hindu University Act (BHU Act) and from the statutes of the said act.[7][8]
Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University | |
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Hindi: Kashi Hindu Vishvavidyaalay ke Kulpati | |
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Style | The Hon'ble Vice Chancellor[1] [2] |
Type | Vice-chancellor |
Status | Chief Executive of the Banaras Hindu University |
Abbreviation | VC-BHU[3][4] |
Member of | Executive Council, Academic Council, and Finance Committee of the Banaras Hindu University |
Reports to | Executive Council, University Court, and President of India |
Residence | Cochin House, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India[5] |
Seat | Central Office, Banaras Hindu University |
Nominator | Ministry of Education |
Appointer | President of India (Visitor of the university) |
Term length | 3 years Second term of fresh appointment possible. |
Constituting instrument | Banaras Hindu University Act of 1915 |
Precursor | Chancellor of BHU |
Formation | 01 April 1916 |
First holder | Sir Sunder Lal |
Deputy | The Rector of the Banaras Hindu University |
Salary | ₹210,000 (US$2,600) monthly. Excluding other allowances[6] |
Website | Official website |
Although the chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, preceding the vice-chancellor, is the "head of the university" under the BHU Act, it is only a titular position.[9] The vice-chancellor is the principal executive and academic officer of the university. She or he is the ex-officio chairperson of the Executive Council, the Academic Council, and the Finance Committee of the university.[10]
Applications for the appointment of vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University are invited openly by the Ministry of Education, which recommends the candidate to the president of India. Upon their satisfaction, the president appoints the vice-chancellor.[6][11] Per the BHU Act, vice-chancellors of the university have a three-year tenure in the office. They are, however, eligible for a second term of appointment upon expiration of the first term.[12] The maximum age for holding the office is 65 years.[13] When a vice-chancellor leaves office by the means of retirement, resignation, death, or ill-health, the rector assumes the office as officiating vice-chancellor to avoid interregnum.[14]
There have been 28 vice-chancellors since the establishment of the university.[15][3]
On 7 January 2022, Prof. Sudhir K. Jain took office as the current and 28th vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.[16][17]
Chronological list
The vice-chancellors of Banaras Hindu University, in the chronological order, are as follows:[15]
No. | Image | Name | Period of office[15] | Appointed by
asterisk (*) denotes Governor-General of India |
Remarks | |
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British India Appointments | ||||||
1 | ![]() |
Rai Bahadur | 1 April 1916 | 13 April 1918 | The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst* |
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2 | ![]() |
Sir P.S. Sivaswami Iyer | 13 April 1918 | 8 May 1919 | The Lord Chelmsford* |
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3 | ![]() |
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | 29 November 1919 | 6 September 1938 | The Lord Chelmsford* |
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4 | ![]() |
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 17 September 1939 | 16 January 1948 | The Earl of Willingdon* |
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Dominion of India Appointments | ||||||
5 | ![]() |
Amarnath Jha | 27 February 1948 | 5 December 1948 | Lord Mountbatten* | |
6 | ![]() |
Pandit Govind Malaviya | 6 December 1948 | 21 November 1951 | C. Rajagopalachari* |
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Independent India Appointments | ||||||
7 | ![]() |
Acharya Narendra Dev | 6 December 1951 | 31 May 1954 | Rajendra Prasad | |
8 | ![]() |
Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer | 1 July 1954 | 2 July 1956 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Veni Shankar Jha | 3 July 1956 | 16 April 1960 | ||
10 | ![]() |
N. H. Bhagwati | 16 April 1960 | 15 April 1966 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Triguna Sen | 9 October 1966 | 15 March 1967 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
12 | ![]() |
A.C. Joshi | 1 September 1967 | 31 July 1969 | Zakir Husain | |
13 | ![]() |
Kalu Lal Shrimali | 1 November 1969 | 31 January 1977 | V. V. Giri |
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14 | ![]() |
Moti Lal Dhar | 2 February 1977 | 15 December 1977 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
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15 | ![]() |
Hari Narain | 15 May 1978 | 14 May 1981 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | [21] |
16 | ![]() |
Iqbal Narain | 19 October 1981 | 29 April 1985 | ||
17 | ![]() |
R.P. Rastogi | 30 April 1985 | 29 April 1991 | Zail Singh | |
18 | ![]() |
C.S. Jha | 1 May 1991 | 14 June 1993 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
19 | ![]() |
D.N. Mishra | 8 February 1994 | 27 June 1995 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
20 | ![]() |
Hari Gautam | 2 August 1995 | 25 August 1998 | ||
21 | ![]() |
Y.C. Simhadri | 31 August 1998 | 20 February 2002 | K. R. Narayanan | |
22 | ![]() |
Patcha Ramachandra Rao | 20 February 2002 | 19 February 2005 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
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23 | ![]() |
Panjab Singh | 3 May 2005 | 7 May 2008 | ||
24 | ![]() |
D.P. Singh | 8 May 2008 | 21 August 2011 | Pratibha Patil |
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25 | ![]() |
Lalji Singh | 22 August 2011 | 21 August 2014 |
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26 | ![]() |
Girish Chandra Tripathi | 27 November 2014 | 26 November 2017 | Pranab Mukherjee |
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27 | ![]() |
Rakesh Bhatnagar | 28 March 2018 | 28 March 2021 | Ram Nath Kovind | |
28 | ![]() |
Sudhir K. Jain | 7 January 2022 | Incumbent[27] |
Timeline
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