Allahabad University gets first woman Vice-Chancellor

Prayagraj: Professor Sangeeta Shrivastava has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Allahabad, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the postition in the institution.

She is the third permanent Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Srivastava joined the Home Science Department at the university in 1989 as a lecturer.

At that time, Home Science was a part of the Department of Biochemistry.

Due to her efforts, the Home Science Department got a new building in the year 2002 and she took over as its head.