List of vice-chancellors of Banaras Hindu University

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The Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (VC-BHU) is the chief administrator, and a full-time salaried officer of the university(BHU). The Vice-Chancellor derives his powers from section 7(B) of the BHU Act and from the statues of the university.[1][2]

The VC-BHU is appointed by the President of India on the recommendations of Ministry of Education which, in turn, is based on an open application process.[3][4] As per the Banaras Hindu University Act, Vice-Chancellors of the university have an office tenure of three years from the date which they assume office. They are, however, eligible for a second term of fresh appointment upon expiration of the first term.[5]

There have been 28 Vice-Chancellors since the establishment of the university.

On 7 January 2022, Prof. Sudhir K. Jain took office as the incumbent and 28th Vice-chancellor of BHU.[6][7]

Chronological list[]

The vice-chancellors of Banaras Hindu University, in the chronological order, are as follows:[8]

No. Image Name Period of office Appointed by

(President of India)

asterisk (*) denotes Governor-General of India

Remarks
British India Appointments
1 Sir Sunder Lal VC-BHU.jpg Rai Bahadur

Sir Sunder Lal

CIE

1 April 1916 13 April 1918 The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst*
2 Sir P.S. Sivaswami Iyer

KCSI CIE

13 April 1918 8 May 1919 The Lord Chelmsford*
  • Presided as VC on the university's first convocation[9]
3
Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya Portrait.jpg
 Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

Bharat Ratna

29 November 1919 6 September 1938 The Lord Chelmsford*
  • Founder of the university.
4
Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg
 Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Bharat Ratna

17 September 1939 16 January 1948 The Earl of Willingdon*
Dominion of India Appointments
5 Amarnath Jha VC-BHU.jpg Amarnath Jha

Padma Bhusan

27 February 1948 5 December 1948 Lord Mountbatten*
6 Pandit Govind Malaviya.jpg Pandit Govind Malaviya 6 December 1948 21 November 1951 C. Rajagopalachari*
Independent India Appointments
7 Narendra Deva 1971 stamp of India.jpg Acharya Narendra Dev 6 December 1951 31 May 1954 Rajendra Prasad
8 CPRamaswami Aiyar 1939.jpg Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer

KCSI KCIE

1 July 1954 2 July 1956
9 Veni Shankar Jha VC-BHU.jpg Veni Shankar Jha

Padma Bhusan

3 July 1956 16 April 1960
10 N.H. BHagwati VC-BHU.jpg N. H. Bhagwati 16 April 1960 15 April 1966
11 Triguna Sen 2010 stamp of India.jpg Triguna Sen 9 October 1966 15 March 1967 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
12 1 September 1967 31 July 1969 Zakir Husain
13 Kl shrimali.jpg Kalu Lal Shrimali

Padma Vibhushan

1 November 1969 31 January 1977 V. V. Giri
14 Moti Lal Dhar.jpg Moti Lal Dhar 2 February 1977 15 December 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
15 Professor Hari Narain.jpg

Padma Shri

15 May 1978 14 May 1981 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy [11]
16 19 October 1981 29 April 1985
17 30 April 1985 29 April 1991 Zail Singh
18 1 May 1991 14 June 1993 Ramaswamy Venkataraman
19 8 February 1994 27 June 1995 Shankar Dayal Sharma
20 Hari Gautam VC-BHU.jpg 2 August 1995 25 August 1998
21 Prof. Y.C. Simhadri VC-BHU.png Y.C. Simhadri 31 August 1998 20 February 2002 K. R. Narayanan
22 Patcha Ramachandra Rao.jpg Patcha Ramachandra Rao 20 February 2002 19 February 2005 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23 Dr. Panjab Singh.jpg 3 May 2005 7 May 2008
24 Prof. D.P. Singh Director NAAC Vice Chancellor Banaras Hindu University.jpg D.P. Singh 8 May 2008 21 August 2011 Pratibha Patil
25 Lalji Singh Bkm.jpg Lalji Singh

Padma Shri, FNA, FASc

22 August 2011 21 August 2014
26 Girish Chandra Tripathi.jpg 27 November 2014 26 November 2017 Pranab Mukherjee
27 Rakesh Bhatnagar 27th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.png Rakesh Bhatnagar 28 March 2018 28 March 2021 Ram Nath Kovind
28 Sudhir K Jain Potrait.png Sudhir K. Jain

Padma Shri

7 January 2022 Incumbent [12]

Timeline[]

Vice-Chancellors of Banaras Hindu University
Sudhir K. JainRakesh BhatnagarLalji SinghD. P. Singh (naturalist)Patcha Ramachandra RaoY.C. SimhadriMoti Lal DharKalu Lal ShrimaliTriguna SenNatwarlal H. BhagwatiVeni Shankar JhaSir C.P. Ramaswami IyerAcharya Narendra DevPandit Govind MalaviyaAmarnath JhaSir Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanPandit Madan Mohan MalaviyaSir P.S. Sivaswami IyerSir Sunder Lal

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915|Legislative Department | Ministry of Law and Justice | GoI". legislative.gov.in. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ "BHU ACT CHAPTER II". bhu.ac.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)" (PDF). Ministry of Education (India). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "IIT Gandhinagar director Sudhir Jain appointed new vice-chancellor of BHU". ThePrint. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "BHU ACT CHAPTER I". bhu.ac.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Will Elevate Banaras Hindu University To World's Great Varsities: VC Sudhir Jain". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ^ Nov 15, TNN / Updated; 2021; Ist, 06:28. "iit: IIT Gandhinagar director Sudhir K Jain appointed BHU vice-chancellor | Varanasi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "List of Vice-Chancellors". Banaras Hindu University. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  9. ^ Dar, S.L.; Somaskandan, S. (1966). History Of The Banaras Hindu University. Banaras Hindu University Press. p. 432. ISBN 8185305226.
  10. ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ "INSA :: Deceased Fellow Detail". www.insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. ^ "We will elevate BHU to world's great universities: BHU VC Prof Jain". Hindustan Times. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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