By TwoCirles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Prof. Abdul Jaleel Khan M. Pathan, current Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, would be the VC of the central university to be set up in Karnataka.
The central government last week got nod of President Pratibha Patil for vice-chancellors for 15 new central universities. The government will convert Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University and Goa University into Central Universities. It will establish 12 other central universities each in twelve states: Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
Mool Chand Sharma, currently vice-chairperson, UGC, will be the VC of the central university in Haryana. Surbhi Banerjee, who is the official biographer of Jyoti Basu, will be the VC of the central university in Orissa. Likewise, Cell biologist RC Sobti, currently VC of Panjab University, will head the central university in Himachal Pradesh. RK Kale of the department of life sciences in JNU will be VC of the central university in Gujarat while renowned psychologist Janak Pandey, will head Bihar’s first central university.
Prof. Abdul Jaleel Khan M. Pathan would be the VC of the central university in Karnataka. Current Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University since March 2004, Pathan has worked as a Registrar of Bangalore University. He has also discharged the duties as an Acting Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University during 1993-94. He has rendered his service as an Officer on Special Duty to establish Karnataka State Open University.
Pathan was awarded Wrangler Dr. D.C. Pavate Award twice for securing highest marks in B.Sc. and M.Sc. respectively.
As a Researcher, he was awarded ‘Best Research Paper Award’, in Geology by Bangalore University in 1980. He has published a number of articles, research papers in standard and reputed journals both at National & International level.
Prof. Pathan is a member on the board of Directors of United States Educational Foundation in India (HRD). He was a member of the Standing Committee for Competitive Examinations for weaker sections (UGC). He is a member on the Visiting Committee of the Association of Indian Universities.