Meet Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, the first female vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, on Monday, was appointed as the first woman vice-chancellor...

...of Jawaharlal Nehru university (JNU), which is one of the most prestigious universities in India.

She succeeded M Jagadesh Kumar, whose tenure ended last year.

Kumar was made the chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC) last week.

She is currently the vice-chancellor of Savitribai Phule University in Maharashtra.

The 59-year old, Pandit, has been reportedly appointed for the...

...tenure of five years, as per a senior official of the Ministry of Education.

Pandit began her teaching career in 1988 at Goa University and later moved to Pune University in 1993.

She has also been an active member of the UGC and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

She is also the author of books like ‘Parliament and Foreign Policy in India’ (1990) and...

...‘Restructuring Environmental Governance in Asia – Ethics and Policy’ (2003).

Pandit did her graduation and post graduation from Presidency college in Chennai.

She is a political scientist who did M.Phil and PhD in international relations from JNU itself.