| Order: | Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Council of Higher Education |
| Appointer: | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Termstart: | 25 January 2020 |
| Office1: | Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University |
| Order1: | 26th |
| Termend1: | 26 November 2017 |
| Termstart1: | 27 November 2014 |
| Appointer1: | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Predecessor1: | Lalji Singh |
| Succeeded1: | Rakesh Bhatnagar |
Girish Chandra Tripathi (G.C. Tripathi) is the chairman of the Higher Education Council Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2] Previously, he was the 26th vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (27 November 2014 to 26 November 2017) and professor of Economics at the University of Allahabad.[3]