Keshar Jung Baral appointed Tribhuvan University’s vice-chancellor

Kathmandu / Feb. 22: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also chancellor of the Tribhuvan University, on Thursday appointed Professor Keshar Jung Baral as the vice-chancellor of the university.

The former Pokhara University vice-chancellor will serve in the position for four years.

Baral holds a PhD in Capital Structure and Cost of Capital from Delhi University. He is a professor of finance at the Tribhuvan University.

He is the 20th person to assume the office since the university’s establishment in 1959.

The varsity’s search committee had called for applications from aspirants to lead the country’s largest university last month.

From a total of 43 applicants, the committee had short-listed 14 and made their names public earlier this month.

Professor Baral was one of the three candidates—including Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki and Tankanath Dhamala— recommended by the search committee headed by Minister for Education Ashok Kumar Rai.

Finally, the prime minister picked Baral for the key post.