Professor Yogesh Singh, ex-Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Technological University (DTU), was on Wednesday appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University (DU).
At present, Professor Pooran Chand Joshi is the interim Vice-Chancellor. He was appointed to the post following then V-C Professor Yogesh Kumar Tyagi's suspension. The Union Education Ministry said that Yogesh Singh has been appointed as the V-C of Delhi University. “The Hon'ble Visitor appoints Vice-Chancellors of two Central Universities: University of Delhi (Prof Yogesh Singh); Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (Prof Neelima Gupta)," the Ministry said in a tweet.
Professor Singh joined the DTU in 2017. He served as the Director of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology from 2014-2017, The V-C of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda between 2011 and 14, and as Dean of Information Technology at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, or IP University from 2001 to 2006. He received his M.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) degrees from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana. He has supervised 23 Ph.Ds in the area of Software Engineering.
He has more than 250 publications in International and National Journals/Conferences.