M. Jagadesh Kumar

M. Jagadesh Kumar
M. Jagadesh Kumar
Chairman of the University Grants Commission
	In office; 4 February 2022 –7 April 2025

Last updated May 07, 2025

↑ "M Jagadesh Kumar bids farewell to UGC: A look at his legacy and contributions". The Times of India. 8 April 2025. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 6 May 2025.
↑ "JNU V-C M Jagadesh Kumar is new UGC Chairman". Hindustan Times. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
1 2 3 4 "Profile Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar" (PDF). Institute of Cost Accountants of India . Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "IIT Professor Jagadeesh Kumar Takes Over As JNU Vice Chancellor". NDTV. PTI. 27 January 206. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "RSS Linked IIT-D Professor Set to Be Next JNU VC ?". The Citizen. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Professor from IIT Delhi, a Karate Expert, Chosen as JNU Vice-chancellor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science . Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "A detailed report on the IEEE International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communication and Information Technology Applications (CSCITA 2014)" (PDF). St. Francis Institute of Technology (SFIT). p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Professor M Jagadesh Kumar appointed JNU Vice Chancellor". CFO India. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
1 2 "JNU VC Jagadesh Kumar and his many controversies: Now, student union wants him out". The Week. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020. His detractors say the vice chancellor, who took charge in January 2016, is implementing the agenda of the RSS and has been brought in by the Union government specifically for this purpose. However, he has repeatedly disavowed associations with any organisation.
↑ Bal, Hartosh Singh (1 April 2019). "How the RSS is infiltrating India's intellectual spaces". The Caravan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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[1] "M Jagadesh Kumar bids farewell to UGC: A look at his legacy and contributions". The Times of India. 8 April 2025. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 6 May 2025.

[2] "JNU V-C M Jagadesh Kumar is new UGC Chairman". Hindustan Times. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 4 "Profile Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar" (PDF). Institute of Cost Accountants of India . Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[4] "IIT Professor Jagadeesh Kumar Takes Over As JNU Vice Chancellor". NDTV. PTI. 27 January 206. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[5] "RSS Linked IIT-D Professor Set to Be Next JNU VC ?". The Citizen. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[6] "Professor from IIT Delhi, a Karate Expert, Chosen as JNU Vice-chancellor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[7] "Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science . Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[8] "A detailed report on the IEEE International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communication and Information Technology Applications (CSCITA 2014)" (PDF). St. Francis Institute of Technology (SFIT). p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[9] "Professor M Jagadesh Kumar appointed JNU Vice Chancellor". CFO India. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[:1-10] 1 2 "JNU VC Jagadesh Kumar and his many controversies: Now, student union wants him out". The Week. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020. His detractors say the vice chancellor, who took charge in January 2016, is implementing the agenda of the RSS and has been brought in by the Union government specifically for this purpose. However, he has repeatedly disavowed associations with any organisation.

[11] Bal, Hartosh Singh (1 April 2019). "How the RSS is infiltrating India's intellectual spaces". The Caravan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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M. Jagadesh Kumar


Chairman of the University Grants Commission
In office 4 February 2022 –7 April 2025