M Aslam has been appointed as
vice chancellor of IGNOU for a period of five years.
Aslam, who was the officiating VC of the varsity from October 2011 to July 2012, pipped former director of IIT Kanpur S Dhande for the top job.
He has headed several departments of the varsity and served as visiting faculty to as many as 16 institutions in India and abroad.
He is fellow of the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington and has authored seven books and three book chapters.
His appointment by President Pranab Mukherjee has come in the backdrop of allegations that he violated norms of distance education council by granting approval to certain private universities.
An FIR has also been lodged against him in this regard, though Aslam has refuted the charges.
