PNS | DEHRADUN
Following the approval by the President of India in his capacity as visitor the Union ministry of education has appointed Manmohan Singh Rauthan as officiating Vice Chancellor of HNB Garhwal University. He would hold the office of the VC till the appointment of a new VC. The post of VC of the university is vacant after the superannuation of Annpurna Nautiyal. Rauthan is the head of the computer sciences department of the university.
He has an impressive career spanning over three decades, marked by numerous academic and professional accomplishments. Rauthan completed his M S. in Physics from IIT New Delhi in 1985, followed by an M Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Roorkee University in 1987. He is a PhD from Kumaon University, Nainital,.
He began his career as a programmer at the Government Computer Centre in Bhopal in August 1987 and in 1988, he joined the National Informatics Centre (NIC) in Delhi as a Senior Systems Analyst, where he served until 1995. In 1995, Rauthan joined G B Pant Engineering College, Pauri, as a Reader. He became a Professor in Computer Science and Engineering in 2001.
