- SantishreeDhulipudiPandit, a political science professor at SavitribaiPhule Pune University in Maharashtra, was appointed as the first woman Vice-Chancellor(VC) of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Delhi, for a period of 5 years.
- President Ram NathKovind, who is Visitor to JNU, has approved the appointment of SantishreeDhulipudiPandit as the 13th VC of JNU.
- She succeeds M Jagadesh Kumar