Chandigarh, Aug. 7 -- Professor SL Goel, former member of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and UGC Emeritus Professor at Panjab University, died in Chandigarh on Wednesday. He was 90. His cremation was held the same day.

Prof Goel was regarded as a leading academic in the field of public administration. During his career, he served in several academic and policy-making roles, including as a former adviser to the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, a member of the executive committee of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and a director on the State Bank of India's northern region board.

An author of more than three dozen books on public administration, Prof Goel also guided the research of more than ...