Administrative Units

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Hon'ble GOVERNOR OF JHARKHAND

Prof. (Dr.) Chandra Bhushan Sharma

Email ID – vc@vbu.ac.in
Mobile No. – 8987791005

Professor Chandra Bhushan Sharma is presently the Vice Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand. He has been the Chairman of the National Institute of Open Schooling, Govt. of India, the Director of the School of Education, IGNOU, Chief Vigilance Officer, IGNOU, Director, Distance Education Programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, MHRD and also held many other academic-administrative positions.

He is a Linguist by training and specializes in language education. He has worked extensively on policy making in education sector – from initial years’ education to doctoral research and also teacher education and institution building. He has obtained M.Phil. from JNU and PhD from the University of Hull (Britain) where he went on a Commonwealth Scholarship. His book Shiksha Samaj Aur Rajniti highlights the issues in Education including the language issue, importance of student politics, corruption in education and so on.

He served as the Chairman of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) during April 2015 to April 2020. During his Chairmanship the NIOS experienced a complete turnaround with many landmark new initiatives including introduction of courses in Bhartiya Gyan Parampara (in Sanskrit medium) leading to the award of Secondary and Senior Secondary Certificate in Indian Knowledge Tradition. He has nearly four decades of teaching experience.

He was awarded the President’s Award for “Commendable Contribution to Digital Initiatives” during the National Convention on Digital Initiatives for Higher Education on 9th July 2017 (Vigyan Bhawan), New Delhi. He has also been named Paul Harris Fellow in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given “for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.”

Recognizing his talent and contributions, the Government of India had assigned the responsibility of training of more than twelve lakh untrained in-service teachers to the NIOS through the Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) Programme and the same was completed in a record time of 18 months. He has been on various national policy framing committees including the Committee constituted by the Govt. of India to review the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and the committee constituted by the Government of India to draft the Distance Education Council of India Bill. Both the committees looked at two very important areas namely the distance education and teacher education. He was also nominated to the Govt. of India Committee to review the Right to Education Act under the Chairpersonship of Minister of State for Education. He has been on various statutory bodies (Academic Council, Board of Management/Board of Governors etc. and also the Visitor's (President of India) nominee on selection committee) of various ODL as well as traditional institutions. He has been nominated by IGNOU as well as invited to national committees on various areas like 11th Plan, Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan (SSA), Rastriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyaan (RMSA), Samagra Shiksha, National Mission on Education - Information and Communication Technologies (NME-ICT), UGC Visiting Committees, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) teams, National Council for Teacher Education planning as well as visiting teams, DEC-UGC-AICTE inspection committees etc. He has written as well as taken part in many national as well as state level educational planning discussion and brainstorming. He has also been invited to be Visiting Professor at various universities, besides been invited by international agencies like the World Bank for research studies.

He was a member of the Indian delegation led by the Hon’ble Human Resource Minister of India to the Commonwealth Ministerial meet held at Bahamas in May 2015. Prof Sharma was invited by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to facilitate in establishment of an open school in Nigeria in July 2018.

Under his leadership, the National Institute of Open Schooling bagged the prestigious Commonwealth of Learning Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement in Distance Education in November 2016. The NIOS under his leadership has made major contribution towards the education of the differently-abled especially the hearing impaired. The initiatives for the deaf learners bagged the CoL Award of Excellence in Distance Education or Online Experience in 2019 through one of its deaf learners. His contributions towards revamping of the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and bringing the certificate at par with secondary and senior secondary was also highly appreciated.

He is a Trustee of the India Policy Foundation (IPF) and the Chief Trustee of the Shanti Upendra Foundation for Development Initiatives (SUFDI) which works in the area of education.

He can be contacted on -

Email - cbsharma01@gmail.com / cbsharma01@vbu.ac.in / vc@vbu.ac.in

Cell: 8987791005 (Official)

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. Vinodini Tarwey 22.09.1992 – 04.02.1996
02 Prof. (Dr.)Krishna Kumar Nag 05.02.1996 – 04.02.1999
03 Prof. Mahesh Lal Das 05.03.1999 – 03.04.1999
04 Dr. Nirmal Kumar Chatterjee 05.03.1999 – 04.03.2002
05 Dr. Mahendra Prasad Singh 05.03.2002 – 01.01.2003
06 Dr. Bahura Ekka 02.01.2003 – 01.01.2006
07 Dr. Mahendra Prasad Singh 02.01.2006 – 02.01.2009
08 Prof.(Dr.) Arvind Kumar 03.01.2009 – 14.04.2010
09 Dr. Jyoti Lal Oraon 20.04.2010 – 26.08.2010
10 Prof.(Dr.) Ravindra Nath Bhagat 27.08.2010 – 26.08.2013
11 Dr. Nitin Madan Kulkarni (I.A.S) 26.08.2013 – 22.10.2013
12 Sri. Surendra Singh Meena (I.A.S.) 22.10.2013 – 26.05.2014
13 Prof. (Dr.) Gurdeep Singh 26.05.2014 – 25.05.2017
14 Prof.(Dr.) Ramesh Sharan 26.05.2017 – 31.05.2020
15 Dr. Mukul Narayan Deo 01.06.2020 – 31.05.2023
16 Dr. Ajit Kumar Sinha 02.06.2023 – 12.07.2023
17 Smt. Suman Cathrine Kispotta, IAS 13.07.2023 – 01.10.2024
18 Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Kumar Poddar 10.10.2024 – 11.03.2025
19 Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Singh 12.03.2025 – 18.05.2025
20 Prof. (Dr.) Chandra Bhushan Sharma 19.05.2025 – Present

Email – pvc@vbu.ac.in

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Prof. Mahesh Lal Das 26-06-1993 to 26-06-2000
02 Dr. Mahendra Prasad Singh 27-06-2000 to 04-03-2002
03 Dr. Mahendra Prasad Singh 02-01-2003 to 26-06-2004
04 Dr. Prof. Salil Kumar Roy 26-06-2004 to 02-01-2
05 Dr. Jyoti Lal Oraon 03-01-2006 to 02-01-2009
06 Dr. Jyoti Lal Oraon 03-01-2009 to 19-04-2010
07 Dr. Anjani Kumar Srivastaw 17-09-2010 to 16-09-2013
08 Dr. Nitin Madan Kulkarni (I.A.S.) 17-09-2013 to 22-10-2013
09 Mr. Surendra Singh (I.A.S.) 22-10-2013 to 28-05-2014
10 Dr. Prof. Manoranjan Prasad Sinha 28-05-2014 to 09.05.2017
11 Dr.(Mrs.) Kunul Kandir 17-05-2017 to 16-05-2020
12 Dr. Ajit Kumar Sinha 29.05.2020 to 20.06.2022

Sri Akhilesh Sharma

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Sri J.N.Pathak IA & AS 16.02.1998
02 Sri Nath Sahay IA & AS 01.04.2011 – 28.01.2014
03 Sri M.A Ansari IA & AS 01.04.2014 – 16.03.2016
04 Sri Om Prakash IA & AS 16.11.2016 –
05 Sri Subimal Mukhopadhyay IA & AS
06 Sri Sunil Kumar Singh IRAS 01.07.2021 - 11.12.2024
07 Sri Akhilesh Sharma JFS 11.12.2024 - Present

Email – dsw@vbu.ac.in

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. Minhazrul Islam 10.05.1993 – 09.05.1993
02 Dr. Yamuna Prasad 10.05.1995 – 08.10.1996
03 Sri. Amlendu Shekhar Mishra 14.10.1996 – 13.10.1998
04 Prof. Shaileshwar Prasad Sinha 14.10.1998 – 13.10.2000
05 Prof. N.K. Rana 16.10.2000 – 08.04.2001
06 Dr. Arun Kumar 09.04.2001 – 08.04.2003
07 Dr.Manzula Sanga 09.04.2003 – 09.04.2005
08 Dr. M. Raziuddin 02.05.2005 – 29.08.2007
09 Dr. Enam Navi Siddiqui 30.08.2007 – 01.12.2008
10 Prof. N.K. Rana 02.12.2008 – 06.01.2009
11 Dr. M. Razuiddin 07.01.2009 -14.10.2009
12 Dr. Margret Lakra 03.03.2011 – 04.03.2013
13 Dr. Manjula Sanga 04.03.2013 -28.12.2015
14 Dr. Rajesh Kumar 28.12.2015 – 27.01.2018
15 Dr. B.P. Singh 27.01.2018 – 31.07.2019
16 Dr. Indrajit Kumar 01.08.2019 – 01.08.2021
17 Dr. Amber Khatoon 02.08.2021 – 01.08.2023
18 Prof. (Dr.) Mithilesh Kumar Singh 02.08.2023 – 10.01.2025
19 Dr. Vikash Kumar 10.01.2025 – 11.03.2025

Prof. (Dr.) Mithilesh Kumar Singh

Email – proctor@vbu.ac.in
Contact No. – 7488220675,7463041969

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. K.P. Kamal 01.05.1993 – 08.10.1996
02 Dr. Ramyatan Prassad 14.10.1996 – 14.10.2008
03 Dr. K.P. Sharma 15.10.2000 – 28.03.2001
04 Dr. Jatadhar Dubey 29.03.2001 – 01.05.2005
05 Dr. Chandreswar Prasad 02.05.2005 – 29.08.2007
06 Dr. Jatadhar Dubey 30.08.2007 – 30.08.2009
07 Dr. M. Razuiddin 31.08.2009 -14.10.2009
08 Dr. M. Razuiddin 15.10.2009 – 02.03.2011
09 Dr.S.K. Sinha 03.03.2011 – 03.03.2013
10 Dr. Chandreswar Prasad 04.03.2013 – 06.09.2014
11 Dr. Om Prakash Mahto 06.09.2014 – 08.02.2015
12 Dr. S. K. Sinha 09.02.2015 – 02.08.2015
13 Dr. Rajesh Kumar 03.08.2015 – 02.11.2015
14 Prof. R.Y Prasad 02.11.2015 -29.02.2016
15 Dr.P.Mahto 29.02.2016 -30.07.2016
16 Dr.K.K.Sinha 31.07.2016 -29.01.2018
17 Dr. S.K. Sinha 30.01.2018 – 05.09.2019
18 Dr.B.P.Rukhariyar – (In-Charge) 06.09.2019 – 04.11.2019
19 Dr. Prakash Chandra Deogharia 05.11.2019 – 04.11.2021
20 Dr. R. N. Sinha 05.11.2021 - 05.01.2022
21 Prof. (Dr.) Mithilesh Kumar Singh 06.01.2022 – Present

Email – ccdc@vbu.ac.in /
Contact No.– 3

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Prof. Mahesh Lal Das 29.04.1993 – 10.10.1996
02 Dr. M. Razzauddin 14.10.1996 – 13.10.2000
03 Dr. Indra Deo Narayan Prasad 14.10.2000 – 29.03.2001
04 Dr. Parmanand Mahto 30.03.2001 – 30.03.2006
05 Dr. Radheshyam Prasad 04.04.2006 – 03.04.2009
06 Dr. Devendra Kumar 25.07.2009 – 20.01.2011
07 Dr. Parmanand Mahto 21.01.2011 – 23.07.2014
08 Prof. (Dr.)Suresh Kumar Agrawal 24.07.2014 -29.07.2016
09 Dr. Ganga Nand Singh 30.07.2016 – 27.09.2018
10 Dr. Md. Noor Alam 28.09.2018 – 29.02.2020
11 Dr. R.N.Sinha 01.03.2020 – 30-04-2023
12 Dr. Chandra Shekhar Singh 09.05.2023 – 16-05-2023
13 Dr. K.K. Gupta 17.05.2023 – 11.03.2025
Dr.Sadique Razaque

Dr. Sadique Razaque

Email – registrar@vbu.ac.in
Contact No.– 8987791007

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. Kashi Nath Gope 01-12-1992 to 21-12-1994
02 Sri. Misir Oraon 21-12-1994 to 08-03-1999
03 Sri. Nirmal Kumar Mukerjee 08-03-1999 to 26-12-1999
04 Sri. Gopal Krishna 27-12-1999 to 25-02-2000
05 Dr. Ram Yatan Prasad 26-02-2000 to 27-04-2000
06 Sri. Awni Bhusan Pati 28-04-2000 to 12-06-2000
07 Dr. Ram Yatan Prasad 12-06-2000 to 15-08-2000
08 Dr. M. Raziuddin 16-08-2000 to 02-09-2000
09 Sri. Phulan Prasad Verma 02-09-2000 to 31-01-2003
10 Sri. Misir Oraon 01-02-2003 to 31-05-2003
11 Dr. Manjula Sanga 03-06-2003 to 03-09-2003
12 Dr. Parmanand Mahto 04-09-2003 to 07-09-2004
13 Dr. Satishwar Prasad Sinha 08-09-2004 to 07-09-2008
14 Dr. Rambadan Singh 08-09-2008 to 07-11-2008
15 Dr. Enam Navi Siddiqui 08-11-2008 to 07-11-2012
16 Dr. Satishwar Prasad Sinha 08-11-2012 to 31-05-2015
17 Dr. S. K. Sinha 01-06-2015 – 20.06.2017
18 Dr. Bansidhar Prasad Rukhaiyar 21.06.2017 – 20.06.2021
19 Prof. (Dr.) M.K. Singh 21.06.2021 – 08.02.2022
20 Dr. Birendra Kumar Gupta 08.02.2022 – 05-04-2023
21 Dr. Kumar Vikas 05-04-2023 – 29-04-2023
22 Dr. Kaushalendra Kumar 29-04-2023 – 30-10-2023
23 Dr. K K Gupta 31-10-2023 - 06-11-2023
24 Dr. Md. M. Alam 07-11-2023 – 04-12-2024
25 Dr. Sadique Razaque 04-12-2024 - Present

Sri Surendra Prasad Kushwaha

Email – fo@vbu.ac.in
Contact No. – 9430387878

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Sri N.S.Jha 26.11.1992 – 03.01.1995
02 Sri N.K.Mukherjee 04.01.1995 – 30.06.2002
03 Dr.Jatadhar Dubey (Acting) 01.07.2002 – 28.08.2003
04 Sri Jatadhar Mishra 29.08.2003 – 25.04.2005
05 Dr. Navin Kumar Sinha 25.04.2005 – 31.05.2010
06 Dr. M. Razzauddin (Acting) 18.06.2010 – 05.12.2010
07 Sri Ajay Kumar Ram 06.12.2010 – 14.08.2013
08 Dr. A.M.Siddiqui 16.08.2013 – 07.02.2015
09 Dr. Md. Mokhatar Alam 09.02.2015 – 19.05.2019
10 Dr. Amitava Samanta 20.05.2019 – 02.06.2022
11 Sri Surendra Prasad Kushwaha 02.06.2022 – Present

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Manjhi

Email – ce@vbu.ac.in
Contact No. – 8987791012

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. Rash Bihari Singh 08.03.1995 – 24.04.2005
02 Dr. Mantun Kumar Singh 25.04.2005 – 19.07.2009
03 Dr. Om Prakash Mahto 24.07.2009 – 14.06.2010
04 Dr. A.M. Siddiqui 14.06.2010 – 08.02.2015
05 Dr. Om Prakash Mahto 09.02.2015 – 12.03.2015
06 Dr. L.P. Mishra 13.03.2015 – 04.04.2016
07 Dr. Ajay Kumar Sharma 05.04.2016 -20.06.2017
08 Dr. Birendra Kumar Gupta 21.06.2017 – 28.06.2021
09 Dr. Gouri Shankar Tiwari 29.06.2021 – 10.01.2024
10 Dr. Sunil Kumar Dubey 11.01.2024 – 03.04.2025
11 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Manjhi 03.04.2025 – Present

Sri Anil Kumar Oraon

Email – ar1@vbu.ac.in
Contact No. – 9431531212

Dr.Kumar Vikas

Email – ar2@vbu.ac.in
Contact No. – 8340392633

SL. NO NAME DURATION
01 Dr. Vijay Kumar Sinha 12.01.2006 - 31.05.2017
02 Dr.Kumar Vikas 23.03.2018 - Present