Deepak Pental
Deepak Pental | |
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| Vice Chancellor University of Delhi | |
| In office 1 September 2005 – 31 August 2010 | |
| Chancellor | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Preceded by | Prof. Deepak Nayyar |
| Succeeded by | Prof. Dinesh Singh (academic) |
| Director, South Campus University of Delhi | |
| In office 2000–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Prof. Abhai Mansingh |
| Succeeded by | Prof. Dinesh Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Alma mater | Punjab University, Chandigarh, Rutgers University, United States |
| Profession | Research, Academician |
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Deepak Pental (born 1951) is a Professor of Genetics and the Ex Vice Chancellor at the University of Delhi. He is a noted researcher whose current research interests lie in development of transgenics and marker-assisted breeding of crops. He took charge of the post of Vice-chancellor of the University succeeding Professor Deepak Nayyar on 1 September 2005. As the VC, Pental has outlined his agenda to update the library system, work on teachers’ recruitment, increase student accommodation facilities and bring researchers working abroad to India. A new frog species, Minervarya Pentali, discovered in Western Ghats by a team of Delhi University researchers; was named after Pental.