Dr SN Puri nominated President of AIU
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 23, 2011:
Dr SN Puri, Vice Chancellor of Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal has been nominated as President of Association of Indian Universities
(AIU)for the term of 2012-13. The nomination was made at the annual general body meeting of the Association held at Kochi on December 17, 2011.Dr Puri started his
career as Assistant Professor at the College of Agriculture, Parbhani in Maharashtra in 1973 and rose to the position of Professor of Entomology in 1979.He moved to
Delhi to take charge of Director of National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, ICAR, New Delhi in 1995 before joining as Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Phule Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra in May 1999.After working for two terms, Dr Puri joined CAU, Imphal in 2004 as Vice Chancellor.
Presently, he is working in CAU for
the second term.