New Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University appointed

The new vice chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has been appointed by the Human Resource Development Ministry. BA Chopade has been appointed for the post but nothing has been declared officially yet.

Chopade is at present the vice chancellor of Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is the visitor to the university, approved Chopade's appointment this week.

He will take charge from BHU registrar Neeraj Tripathi, who had been holding the additional charge of the top post since October last year.

Chopade's predecessor, Girish Chandra Tripathi, had gone on leave two months before his tenure came to an end, following a ruckus on campus in September last year.