In a series of various appointments for the post of vice chancellors in Rajasthan and Bihar, various universities have got new heads.

Hon'ble Governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh, has appointed vice-chancellors of three universities across the state. He appointed VCs only after holding consultations with the state government. The new VCs will hold office for three years or till the attainment of 70 years of age.

The following universities got new vice-chancellors: -

1. Prof. Ashwini Kumar has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Surajmal Braj University, Bharatpur.
2. Prof. Bhanwarlal Sharma has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor for Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shekhawati University.
3. Prof. Bhagirath Singh has been appointed as VC of Maharaja Ganga Singh University.

On the other hand, Hon'ble Governor of Bihar , Ram Nath Kovind as well as Chancellor of state universities have appointed acting VCs for 7 universities across the state and nalanda university gets a permanaent VC as Dr. Bhatkar

Acting VCs have been appointed for the following varsities: -

1. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Singh has been appointed as acting VC of Maulana Mazahrul Haque Arabic and Persian University located in Patna.
2. Prof. Vidhyadhar Mishra is the new acting VC of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University.
3. Prof. Kshemendra Kumar Singh has been appointed as acting VC of Tilak Manjhi Bhagalpur University.
4. Prof. Raj Kishore Jha is the new acting VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University.
5. Prof. Kusum Kumari has been appointed as acting VC of Magadh University located in Bodhgaya.
6. Prof. Sudheer Kumar Srivastav is the acting VC of Patna University.
7. Prof. Ravindra Kumar Verma has been appointed as acting VC of B.R Ambedkar Bihar University.

 The point to be noted here is that In the set up of Indian universities, the President of India is the ex-officio Visitor of all the Central Universities. The functions of the Visitor include the appointment of the Vice-Chancellors; appointment or nomination of persons on the university, court, academic council, executive council. selection committees for teachers; approval of statutes and the visitation rights to cause an inspection. The Governor of the State is a Chancellor of the State Universities.

While the Chancellor is described as " the Head of the University ",the Vice- Chancellor is the " Principal Academic and Executive Officer of the University". As the academic and executive head of the University, the Vice-Chancellor has to play the most significant role as the leader of the university system both in the executive and academic wings. He functions as a " bridge" between the executive and the academic wings of the university and as he is the head of both these wings, he is both a "teacher and an " administrator".