Prof. Arvind Kumar, a renowned educationist and researcher has been appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of RLBCAU, Jhansi. Born on July 4, 1952 in Haridwar ,Prof. Kumar has an excellent academic record to his credit. He obtained M. Phil. (1971) and Ph. D. in Agronomy (1975) from Meerut University, Meerut, UP, India. Prior to this assignment Prof. Kumar worked as Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR, New Delhi from 2009–2014, held the additinal charge of Deputy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi about 5 months and was the Director of Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur from 2002 to 2009. Under his dynamic leadership, Education Division, ICAR took several initiatives and made policies for improvement of agriculture education in India.

Agriculture, Plant Studies