BHU Prof Sanjay Srivastava appointed VC of MGCU

Professor Srivastava has been teaching international relations and his research interests include India's foreign policy, conflict resolution and peace, and Indian politics at BHU.

BHU Congratulates Prof. Sanjay Srivastava on his appointment as the VC of MGCU

Banaras Hindu University has extended its wishes to Professor Sanjay Srivastava, Department of Political Sciences, BHU on his appointment as the Vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University. Professor Srivastava has been teaching international relations and his research interests include India's foreign policy, conflict resolution and peace, and Indian politics at BHU.

BHU in a tweet, said, "#Congratulations to Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, #BHU, on his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University (@MGCUBihar), Motihari, Bihar. #BanarasHinduUniversity @rashtrapatibhvn"

He has been a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the School of Communication, American University, Washington D.C (during 2016-17). In 2018, the President of India had also nominated Professor Srivastava as his nominee on the Executive Council of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

He is also on the Finance Committee of the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2022-25). He has been associated with the accreditation work of the NAAC and served in many important committees of the UGC. He is advisor at ICSSR and Member of the Academic Council of (HRDC)JNU (2019-21). Recently, Prof. Srivastava has been appointed Vice Chairman of the BHU School Board (2019-22).

Prof. Srivastava also worked as Chairman of the BHU Information Cell with the responsibility to liaison with the media and university branding. Prof. Srivastava was also ICCR Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies at Yerevan State University, Armenia (2013-14), where he was involved in public diplomacy (PD) activities of the Indian embassy and delivered lectures on various issues including India’s foreign policy and PD programs and the prestigious ICCR Lecture. 

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