Eminent academician and head of the department of history at Presidency College, Professor Rajat Kanta Ray, was appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati on Thursday.
He succeeds Sujit Kumar Basu, whose term expired just three days ago. The appointment was made by President A P J Abdul Kalam, who had earlier ordered that a high-level committee be set up to look into the revamping of Visva Bharati.
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