IIT Guwahati Director appointed new AICTE chairman

TG Sitharam will serve as the head of the council for three years or before he turns 65 years old, whichever is earlier, read a government notification.

TG Sitharam, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, has been appointed chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). 

As per a government notification, Sitharam will serve as the head of the council for three years or before he turns 65 years old, whichever is earlier. The notification read, “In exercise of powers conferred under Section 3(a)(a) read with Section a(1) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act, 1987, the Central Government hereby appoints, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, as Chairman, AICTE in Level-l7 of the pay Matrix, on deputation basis, for a period of three years we.f. the date of assumption of charge, or till attaining the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is earliest.”  

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar has been holding interim charge of the AICTE chairman’s post since Anil Sahasrabuddhe relieved from his duties on September 1 last year. Sitharam was appointed as the Director of IIT Guwahati on July 1, 2019. Before that, he was a chair professor in the area of energy and mechanical sciences at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru. He also served as founder Chairman of Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at IISc, Bengaluru.  

He obtained PhD in civil engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1991. Further, he served as a research scientist (for his post-doctoral work) at Centre for Earth Sciences and Engineering in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, the United States, till 1994. 

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