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Yogesh Singh starts second 5-year DU term
NDTV··19h ago
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh began a second five-year term on October 8, 2026, after reappointment by the President as Visitor under Statute 11-F. A note called him the first Indian in 77 post-Independence years to get a full second term. His first term as 23rd Vice-Chancellor ended on October 7, 2026. The new term can run to October 2031.
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What It Means For You
- The Ministry of Education conveyed the reappointment in a July 2, 2026 letter from the Department of Higher Education.
- Statute 11-F(4) was amended in October 2023 to allow an incumbent Vice-Chancellor a further five-year term.
- Singh's case is the first use of that amended reappointment route.
What's Happening
- The notification states the second term took effect from the afternoon of October 8, 2026.
- Singh earlier served as Delhi Technological University's third Vice-Chancellor from July 14, 2016, and received a second DTU term into October 7, 2021.
- He was also the fifth Director of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi, from December 31, 2014, to July 11, 2016.
Precedents At The Office
- Maurice Gwyer, a British administrator, served as DU Vice-Chancellor from 1938 to 1950, about 12 years, PTI noted.
- University messaging framed Singh as the first Indian to hold two consecutive full DU VC terms after Independence.
- The Visitor power used for the order sits with the President of India under the Delhi University Act.
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