Chandigarh, May 24 -- Amid its own ongoing search for a vice-chancellor (V-C), Panjab University (PU) has added another name to its long list of faculty members who have gone on to lead universities across the country.

With the appointment of Anupama Sharma as V-C of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, this week, 20 PU professors have become V-Cs in the last five years alone, taking the overall tally to nearly 50 in the university's history.

Speaking on PU's proud contribution, a faculty member said, "Now we have more than 350 private universities, plus central universities, deemed universities, technical and medical education institutions. They are bringing more opportunities for our colleagues, and...