Ludhiana, March 30, 2017: Senior IAS officer Anurag Verma has been given charge of Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar till the appointment of regular incumbents to the posts.
The order in this regard was issued by Punjab Governor and Chancellor VP Singh Badnore.
Verma is Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab.
The resignations of the VC's of both universities Dr Jaspal Singh and Dr Ajaib Singh Brar have been accepted.
Both had resigned immediately after the change of political guard in the state.
The Chancellor is also learnt to have given his approval to constitute a search-cum-screening panel to shorlist candidates for the new appointments of VCs.