Who Are The New Directors of IITs? Which IITs Have Got New Director?
These are the first major set of appointments in higher education institutes approved by President Murmu after she took charge in July.
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HomeEducationPresident Droupadi Murmu nod to appointment of new directors at 8 IITs
President Droupadi Murmu nod to appointment of new directors at 8 IITs
These are the first major set of appointments in higher education institutes approved by President Murmu after she took charge in July.
By: Express News Service
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New Delhi | Updated: September 20, 2022 8:06:30 pm
President Droupadi Murmu.President Droupadi Murmu has approved the appointment of directors to eight Indian Institutes of Technology, the Ministry of Education announced on Monday. These are the first major set of appointments in higher education institutes approved by President Murmu after she took charge in July.
The IITs that are set to get new directors include the campuses in Palakkad, Tirupati, Dharwad, Bhilai, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar, Goa, and Jammu.
The new appointees are all serving directors or professors at IITs. For instance, Prof A Seshadri Sekhar, currently attached with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras, will be the new director of IIT Palakkad.
IIT Tirupati will be headed by Prof K N Satyanaryana, who is currently the director of IIT Tirupati. Prof Venkappayya R Desai of IIT Kharagpur’s Civil Engineering Department will head IIT Dharwad.
Among others, the current director of IIT Bhilai, Prof Rajat Moona, will next head IIT Gandhinagar. The previous director of IIT Gandhinagar has been appointed the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
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