{
  "id": 14460768,
  "title": "Prof Deen Dayal Bedia Appointed Vice Chancellor Of Bhopal's Barkatullah University",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/prof-deen-dayal-bedia-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-bhopals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T13:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/prof-deen-dayal-bedia-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-bhopals-barkatullah-university"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) has seen the appointment of Professor Deen Dayal Bedia as the new Vice-Chancellor of Barkatullah University, with a term lasting four years or until he reaches 70 years of age, whichever comes first. Governor and University Chancellor Mangubhai Patel made the appointment through an order issued on Wednesday. Bedia, currently a professor of Business Management at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management, Samrat Vikramaditya University in Ujjain, replaces Anupam Rajan, who had been holding additional charge as Vice-Chancellor during an interim administrative arrangement. This marks the second change in leadership for the university since June, following the resignation of Professor S K Jain, who had held the position until June 19.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Professor Deen Dayal Bedia has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Barkatullah University (BU), Bhopal, for a term of four years or until he attains the age of 70, whichever is earlier. According to an order issued by Lok Bhavan on Wednesday, Governor and University Chancellor Mangubhai Patel appointed Bedia. Bedia is a professor of Business Management at the Pandit…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}