SNDT
Women's University gets new vice chancellor
Tuesday May 10, 2011 07:58:14 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Vasudha Kamat
was Tuesday appointed the vice chancellor of the SNDT Women's
University here, a statement said.
She was appointed by Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan in
his capacity as the chancellor of the universities in the state,
the statement from the Raj Bhavan said.
Kamat was the joint director of the Central Institute of
Educational Technology (CIET), National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. She succeeds Chandra
Krishnamurthi, whose term ended March 1.
Kamat has been appointed for a five-year term.
An alumnus of the same varsity, Kamat obtained her Masters in
Sociology degree in 1976 and her Ph.D. in Education in 1981.
She started her career as a lecturer in Gokhale Education
Society's College of Education, Sangamner (in Maharashtra's
Ahmednagar district) and later joined the SNDT Women's University
in 1983 in a similar capacity.
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