31.12.2021: Dr Karbhari Kale to be new Vice Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (BATU)

Dr Karbhari Kale to be new Vice Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (BATU)

The Governor of Maharashtra and Chancellor of Universities in the State Bhagat Singh Koshyari has appointed Dr Karbhari Vishwanath Kale as the new Vice Chancellor of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (BATU), Lonere.

Dr Karbhari Kale who is a Senior Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of BATU for a term of 5 years.

Dr Karbhari Kale succeeds Dr Vedala Rama Sastry who had resigned as vice chancellor of the university on personal grounds. Prof. Aniruddha B. Pandit, Vice Chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai was holding the additional charge of the post of Vice Chancellor BATU.

The Governor had constituted a Search Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman, Defence, Research & Development (DRDO) New Delhi to recommend to him a panel of names suitable for appointment of Vice Chancellor of the University. Prof. Pramod M Padole, Director, Vishvesaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur and Om Prakash Gupta, Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra were other members of the search committee.