Magadh Mahila College gets its 1st male principal, science college 1st woman head
The name of Verma as one of the 115 principals was recommended recently by Bihar State University Service Commission in response to an all-India advertisement and his posting in a women's college was finalised by the PU through a draw of lots.
Verma, who was a teacher of history in Jai Prakash University, Chhapra, took over the charge from outgoing in charge Namita Kumari.
Senior teachers pointed out that this is for the first time in the history of the 79-year-old institution that a man took over the charge as its principal.
Only a few days back, the students of the college, led by Patna University Students' Union president, had protested the appointment.
Similarly Patna Science College, a 98-year-old institution, will also have a woman principal for the first time since its inception in 1927.
Alka, who was a teacher at a women's college in Hajipur (under Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University) joined Patna Science College as its principal, succeeding Atul Aditya Pandey, on Wednesday.
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From its first principal, V H Jackson (1927) to Pandey (2025), there was no women principal between them, as per the succession list, displayed in the principal's chamber.
Yogendra Kumar Varma has already joined as the principal of Patna Law College as he was the lone incumbent for the post. Of two other newly appointed principals in PU colleges, home science department head Suheli Mehta has been asked to join Vanijya Mahavidyalay, an exclusive institution for commerce teaching, and Anil Kumar, a chemistry teacher from UP, has been asked to join the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar, 162-year-old Patna College, as its principal.
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