Bengaluru: “The State Government on Monday March 20 issued orders appointing first-time Vice-Chancellors for the newly established Universities of Chamarajanagara, Bidar, Haveri, Hassan, Kodagu, Koppal and Bagalakote,” said Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwathnarayan.
Accordingly, Dr. B. K. Ravi of the Department of Journalism, Bangalore University has been appointed to Koppal University, Dr. Ashok Sangappa Alur of Horticulture University, Bagalakote to University of Kodagu, Dr. M. R. Gangadhara of Anthropology, University of Mysuru to Chamarajanagara University, Dr. Anand Sharad Deshpande, Principal, K. S. Gogate Engineering College Belagavi to Bagalakote University. Dr. B. S. Biradar of Kuvempu University, Bidar University, Dr. B. S. Biradar of Kuvempu University to Bidar University, Dr. Suresh H. Jangamashetty, Department of Electrical and Electronics, Basaveshwara College of Engineering, Bagalakote, to Haveri University. Dr. T C. Taranath, a Retired Professor of Karnataka University, Dharawad, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Hassan University.