C Rangarajan is new chancellor of University of Hyderabad

Eminent economist and former governor of Reserve Bank and the state of Andhra Pradesh Dr. C Rangarajan has been appointed as the chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.

This appointment is for a period of three years.
Former Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Dr. Rangarajan is the Chairman of the Madras School of Economics, President of the Indian Statistical Institute and the Founding Chairman of the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. He also served as the Governor of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh from November 1997 to January 2003. After demitting that office, he took charge as the Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission.
In 2002, the Government of India conferred upon him the Padma Vibhushan. While serving as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, he also received additional charges as Governor of Odisha (1998-99) and as Governor of Tamil Nadu (2001-02).