Pondicherry University Vice-Chancellor assumes additional charge of institute in Tamil Nadu

PUDUCHERRY: Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University professor Gurmeet Singh on Wednesday assumed additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of the Gandhigram Rural Institute in Dindigul in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

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"Our esteemed Vice-Chancellor Prof GurmeetSinghVC assumed additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed to be University today (13.07.2022) morning. After assumption of charge, he addressed all the Deans, HoDs, Faculty, Officers & Staff of GRI," Pondicherry University said in a tweet.

Our esteemed Vice-Chancellor Prof.@GurmeetSinghVC assumed additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed to be University today (13.07.2022) morning. After assumption of charge, he addressed all the Deans, HoDs, Faculty, Officers & Staff of GRI. pic.twitter.com/HM98risZEn

— PondicherryUniversityVC (@PondiUniVC) July 13, 2022

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Singh has been Vice-Chancellor of the university since November 2017 and assigned the additional charge by the Union Education Ministry, said a release from the Assistant Registrar of Pondicherry University K Mahesh.

(with inputs from PTI)