By IANS,
New Delhi : M. Aslam Friday became the acting vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
He took over from V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, who completed his five-year tenure Thursday, according to a release.
Aslam was director of the School of Continuing Education (SOCE) at IGNOU and since 1992 professor of Rural Development at the university.
He was also director of the National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE) of the university for over three years.
Aslam, 64, has a master’s degree in Sociology. He got his M.Phil in 1975 and Ph.D. in 1978, the varsity said.
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