Professor (Dr.) Anand Pawar, Registrar, RGNUL has been appointed as the officiating Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He assumed charge following an order by Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, Chief Justice, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh and Chancellor, RGNUL, Punjab on February 27, 2023.
His appointment as officiating Vice-Chancellor is followed by the selection of Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai as Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi.
Prof. Pawar has held a number of leadership positions at RGNUL which include Controller of Examination, Dean Student Welfare, Chief Warden, Coordinator of Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Coordinator of Student Exchange and Memorandum of Understanding and many more. He has served as officiating Vice-Chancellor at RGNUL from December 2020 to May 2021 and twice at HNLU, Raipur during 2010 to 2011. He has also served as officiating Registrar at HNLU, Raipur.