Dr. B R Ambedkar University, Agra Professor of Chemistry Prof. Rajesh Dhakrey has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur. Prof. Rajesh Dhakrey is expected to take charge of the University this week.

With a view to providing better facilities of higher education in the State, to fulfill the long-standing demand of the people for the establishment of the university at Bharatpur and to comply with the announcement made by the Rajasthan Chief Minister in the budget session 2012-13, Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur was established at Bharatpur.

The Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur Ordinance, 2012 (Ordinance No. 6 of 2012), was promulgated on 23rd August 2012, which was published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV (B), Extraordinary, dated 24th August 2012. On 10 October 2012 the Maharaja Surajmal Brij University bill, 2012 was introduced in the Rajasthan Assembly which was discussed and passed by the Assembly on 11 October 2012 and received the assent of the Governor on 14 October 2012.

Looking at the historical background of Maharaja Surajmal, the erstwhile ruler of Bharatpur State and to keep his memory immortal, the name of the Brij University, Bharatpur was changed to Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur vide  Brij University, Bharatpur (Change of Name) Act, 2014.

Talking to Vijayupadhyay.com about his appointment at the University, Prof. Rajesh Dhakrey said that the appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University comes as a piece of welcome news for him and he will try his best to live up to the expectations of the students.

Prof. Dhakrey started his career at the Dr. B R Ambedkar University as a chemistry lecturer at Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra and later assumed the charge of Professor of Chemistry at the University.