Sunaina Singh is new V-C of Nalanda

Rajgir (Bihar), March 30: The Nalanda International University on Thursday rusticated a student who was suspended on the charge of sexually harassing fellow students, while Sunaina Singh was appointed as the university’s new vice-chancellor.

Ms Singh, currently V-C of the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, was appointed as new V-C of Nalanda University, the university’s communication director Smita Polite said.

She said that the new V-C was expected to take charge sometime in April.

Interim vice-chancellor of the Nalanda University Pankaj Mohan resigned on Wednesday night taking “moral responsibility of the problems that the university experienced in the last three days”.

Though he did not mention the sexual harassment issue, but his sudden resignation was apparently in that context.

Some employees of the university met Mr Mohan and expressed resentment over his resignation following the alleged incident of sexual harassment.

Chanchal Kumar, principal secretary to the chief minister, also visited the university in the wake of the controversy and talked to students as well as the authorities, Mr Polite said.

The principal secretary is also a member of governing board of the university. She said normal academic activities was conducted on Thursday in the university.

Based on the vision of former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Nalanda International University came into existence on November 25, 2010 here in Bihar's Nalanda district. The first academic session of the university started on September 1, 2014. — PTI