Saket Kushwaha Explained
Saket Kushwaha (born 28 August 1963) is an Indian educationist and Agricultural economist. He is the vice chancellor (VC) of Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh and former VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar. He is a professor of agricultural economics at the Banaras Hindu University,[1] on lien.[2]
Early life and education
Kushwaha was born on 28 August 1963 in Bhimsen, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] His father, Surendra Singh Kushwaha, was professor in the physics department of Banaras Hindu University[3] and also served as VC of Ranchi University, Jharkhand[4] and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Uttar Pradesh.[5] and his sister Nirmala S Maurya is a first women Vice Chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh who served the office from August 2020 till August 2023.Saket Kushwaha has B.Sc in Agriculture (1983) and an M.Sc. (1986) and Ph.D. (1992) in Agricultural Economics from Banaras Hindu University.[6]
Career
Kushwaha has served as the dean of the School of Management at Federal University of Technology Bauchi, Nigeria from 1993 to 2006.[7] In, 2006 he joined as professor at Banaras Hindu University.[7] In, 2014 he was appointed VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University[8] where he served until 2017.[9] From 2017 to 2018 he served as professor-in-charge for Rajiv Gandhi South Campus Banaras Hindu University.[10] [6] In, 2018 he was appointed VC of Rajiv Gandhi University where he served until 2024.[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Faculty Profile - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. . 2022-05-09 . bhu.ac.in . 16 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025309/http://bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_9?FA000572 . live .
- Curriculum Vitae of Saket Kushwaha . Banaras Hindu University . 9 May 2022 . 9 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220509231837/https://bhu.ac.in/Content/FacultyCV/saket.kushwaha@bhu.ac.in.pdf . live .
- Web site: Vice Chancellor . www.rgu.ac.in . 12 September 2020 . 11 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111103525/https://www.rgu.ac.in/About/AdministrationDetails/5 . dead .
- Web site: List of Vice-Chancellors. www.ranchiuniversity.ac.in. 12 September 2020. Ranchi University. 3 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191203165455/http://ranchiuniversity.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151&Itemid=405. live.
- Web site: Former vice chancellors MGKVP. 12 September 2020. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith. 9 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209071953/http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/mgkvpweb/formervc.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Prof. Saket Kushwaha at Banaras Hindu University. bhu.ac.in. 12 September 2020. Banaras Hindu University. 16 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025224/http://bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_9?FA000572. live.
- Web site: Faculties: Agricultural Economics . www.bhu.ac.in . 12 September 2020 . . 16 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201116190637/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ias/department_agriculture_economics/faculty.php . dead .
- News: Mishra . B. K. . VCs of LNMU, JP univ likely to be removed . 12 September 2020 . . 12 November 2014 . en . 16 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025222/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/VCs-of-LNMU-JP-univ-likely-to-be-removed/articleshow/45127821.cms . live .
- News: Kumar . Arun . Acting VCs for eight Bihar universities . 12 September 2020 . . 31 January 2017 . en . 16 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216042936/https://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/acting-vcs-for-eight-bihar-universities/story-6jffrO5JwqOwiBQXS346yO.html . live .
- News: Singh . Binay . South Campus of BHU will have new facilities . 12 September 2020 . The Times of India . 13 September 2017 . en . 22 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190122022047/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/south-campus-of-bhu-will-have-new-facilities/articleshow/60498804.cms . live .
- News: Prof Saket Kushwaha appointed new VC of RGU . 12 September 2020 . . 2 October 2018 . en . 4 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200604212114/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/prof-saket-kushwaha-appointed-new-vc-of-rgu-118100200532_1.html . live .