Gokhale Institute Of Politics And Economics. (Photo: Official website)
Pune-based Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) Tuesday received a missive from economist Sanjeev Sanyal, 54, accepting the chancellorship of the institute.
Milind Deshmukh, Secretary of Servants of India Society that established GIPE, said, “The chancellor is nominated by a subordinate of the spot and a statement is reached for their appointment. We anticipation that Sanjeev Sanyal’s affluent acquisition successful the tract of Economics contributes to the maturation of the institute.”
According to guidelines laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC), immoderate Chancellor shall clasp bureau for a play of 5 years from the day of assuming bureau and shall beryllium eligible for re-appointment for 1 much word provided that the Chancellor successful the institutions deemed to beryllium universities shall beryllium appointed by the sponsoring body.
The past chancellor of GIPE was Bibek Debroy who served from July 2024 to September 2024 and resigned amid the ongoing contention implicit Ajit Ranade’s assignment arsenic the vice-chancellor of the institute. Before Debroy, Rajeev Kumar was appointed arsenic the archetypal chancellor of GIPE successful August 2014. At the time, UGC regulations had mandated each deemed and backstage universities to signifier a nonrecreational committee to negociate day-to-day affairs.
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