Professor Vinod Kumar Jain Appointed as New VC of Tezpur University
- Professor Vinod Kumar Jain has been appointed as VC of Tezpur University for a period of five years.
- He also served as Professor at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
President of Indiahas appointedProfessor Vinod Kumar Jainas the new Vice-Chancellor ofTezpur University. He will serve as VC for the period of five years or until the attainment of the age of 70 years.
Professor Vinod Kumar was a former professor atJawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).He was a B.Sc graduate from Agra University and M.Sc graduate from Aligarh Muslim University. Sussex University (UK) conferred D.Phil to Professor Vinod Kumar in 1982. He took UG Laboratory Teaching at Sussex University 1977 to 1981.
Before becoming a professor, Vinod Kumar Jain was a scientist atIIT DelhiDepartment of Physicsfrom 1983 to 1985.
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In 1985, Professor Vinod Kumar joined as Associate Professor at Department of Social Sciences, JNU. He taughtM.PhilandM.Scstudents for over 25 years.
Professor Vinod Kumar Jain was also a member of many academic and statutory bodies, such as: -
- Public Service Commission of Uttar Pradesh
- Public Service Commission of Himachal Pradesh
- Union Public Service Commission
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- University Grants Commission
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As a member of the panel of experts, Professor Vinod made valuable contributions for the enrichment of above academic and statutory bodies. He has a broad experience in academics, teaching, curriculum framing and decision-making. Tezpur University is expected to witness more focused research and development activities in the field of science with the appointment of new VC.
Tezpur University secured 30thspot in NIRF Rankings 2017.