Sanjay Kaushik appointed vice chancellor of Gurugram University
Press Trust of India | June 17, 2025 | 10:52 PM IST | 1 min read
Sanjay Kaushik plans to speed up academic and infrastructure development projects. He has 35 years of academic and administrative experience.
Gurugram: Senior professor Sanjay Kaushik will take charge of the Gurugram University as the vice-chancellor, according to a notification issued by the Haryana Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh, governor and chancellor of the university, Bandaru Dattatreya. According to an official statement, Professor Kaushik received the Bharat Ratna Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Shiksha Samman Award by Genius Brain and HRD Mission, Delhi for his work in the field of education.
He is the third vice-chancellor of the university, succeeding Sushil Kumar Tomar, who was looking after as additional charge vice chancellor from January after the tenure of Dinesh Kumar ended. Sanjay Kaushik said that his main objective would be to bring global recognition to the university, prepare it for NAAC accreditation, and speed up the ongoing academic and infrastructure development projects.
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The newly appointed vice chancellor Sanjay Kaushik was teaching in Business School, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has 35 years of academic and administrative experience. He was the director of North Western Region, ICSSR for 7 years.
GU vice chancellor Sanjay Kaushik has been awarded Him Ratna-2023 Award by Pratibha Spandan Society, Shimla for his outstanding contribution to the field of management, education, research and social work; Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Best Teacher and Research Award-2020 by Association of Research and Advanced Studies, Punjab; PCMA Young Researcher Award-2015 by PCMA, Punjab; Outstanding Research Award-2012 by Economic Development and Research Organization, Punjab.
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