Hubli:

Professor D P Biradar took over as the new vice chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad on Monday .

Acting vice chancellor H S Vijakumar handed over the charge to the new VC. Professor Birdar is the eighth vice-chancellor of UAS, Dharwad. Professor Birdar was serving as registrar, UAS, Raichur before being appointed as VC of UAS, Dharwad.

According to sources, the state government issued the order appointing Biradar as the vice chancellor on Sunday. The post was vacant after vice chancellor R R Hanchinal moved to New Delhi a year ago.

Digambarappa Pandappa Biradar hails fromBhaganagar (Bijapur District). He did his Bsc (Agri) and Msc (Agronomy) from UAS, Dharwad and obtained a Ph D from Illinois (Urbana-Champane) University in the area of Plant Genetics.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubli / by Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN / February 03rd, 2014