LU V-C set to quit,join university

Lucknow University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ajaib Singh Brar,who took charge in January 2008,is set to leave mid-term to join Guru Nanak Dev University in Punjab as its new Vice-Chancellor.

Ending his one-and-a-half-year term at LU on a sad note,Brar said “financial crunch,indiscipline and unnecessary pressures from all ends” made it difficult for him to implement many of his innovative plans for the University. “I will be joining a university,which is well quipped,disciplined,does not suffer financial crunch and is orderly. It does not suffer any problems caused either by students’ or employees’ union. I will get a better chance to put my plans at work there,” said Brar,who had earlier served in Guru Nanak Dev University as a lecturer for six years. He said a letter from GND University reached him around 6 pm on Thursday and he is likely to join the

University within the next two weeks.

“I tried my level best to get funds from the state government. I tried to explain to them the need to have better infrastructure and better laboratories,but to no avail,” said the former professor of IIT-Delhi about his LU stint.

“Be it students,employees or teachers,I have faced resistance while bringing change,” said Brar,adding that he would be handing over his resignation letter within a day or two.