Prof Ashok Mittal of the Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra.

Smt. Anandiben Patel, Governor, Uttar Pradesh appointed him the 46th Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra for the duration of three years.

On Wednesday, Prof. Ashok Mittal took over the charge from the University’s outgoing Vice-Chancellor Dr. Arvind Kumar Dikshit.

Extending congratulations, AMU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor said that the AMU community is proud and excited to learn about Prof Ashok Mittal’s appointment.

He added, “Teachers and students at AMU are sure that Prof Mittal will continue to impress with his vision. We wish him the best in this new term of office.”

Prof Ashok Mittal’s teaching experience extends over 46 years. He has also been a researcher for more than 36 years.

Prof Ashok Mittal has been a visiting Professor at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Change (I.S.E.C.), Bangalore.

Before joining AMU, Prof Mittal taught at the University of Allahabad, Banaras Hindu University, Dayal Bagh Educational Institute (Deemed University, Agra), M. D. University (Rohtak) and Rohilkhand University (Bareilly). He is the present vice-president of Uttar Pradesh – Uttarakhand Economic Association.

He has authored ‘Capital Inflows in India (A Macro-econometric Analysis)’, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2014 and ‘Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation,’ Indus Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1995.

Professor Mittal completed his Ph.D. in 1987 from Banaras Hindu University. His research and teaching areas of interest are Macroeconomics, Public Finance, and Econometrics. He did MA (Economics) and BSc (Mathematics and Statistics) from Agra University.

AMU has produced a galaxy of academicians and besides Prof Mittal, at present eight of its alumni have been working as vice-chancellors. They are Prof Najma Akhtar (Jamia Millia Islamia), Dr. Aslam Parvez (Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad), Prof Merajuddin Mir (Central University of Kashmir), Prof Faizan Mustafa (NALSAR, Hyderabad), Prof Neelima Gupta (Kanpur University), Prof Javed Musarrat (Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri), Prof Talat Ahmad (University of Kashmir) and Prof Mahrukh Mirza (Khawaja Moinuddin Arbi Farsi University, Lucknow).