Lucknow, Aug 19 (PTI) Prof. Bihari Lal Sharma has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya in Varanasi, according to an official statement on Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh Governor and Chancellor Anandiben Patel has approved the appointment of Sharma for a period of three years from the date of assuming office.

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Sharma is currently a professor at National Sanskrit University, New Delhi.

The governor also extended the term of Prof. Krishna Pal Singh as the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly in the form of reappointment.

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Singh will now remain the VC of the university for the next three years, Sudhir Mahadev Bobde, additional chief secretary to the governor, said in the statement.

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