30/2023-2024

Aizawl, the 1st May 2023: Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka officially joined his office as the new Vice Chancellor of Mizoram University on 1st May, 2023. The charge was handed over by the acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Pravakar Rath at the Vice Chancellor’s office chamber.

To mark the occasion, a welcome programme was organized at MZU Auditorium. The programme was presided by the Finance Officer and Registrar in-charge, Prof. Vanlalchhawna who gave a brief bio-data of the new vice chancellor.

The outgoing acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Pravakar Rath welcomed the new vice chancellor on behalf of all the staff and faculty of Mizoram University. He remarked that his 5 and a half months as Vice Chancellor of Mizoram University was one of the best learning experiences he has had and hope that Prof. Deka’s 5 year tenure will bring a change in the right direction.

Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka, the fifth Vice Chancellor of Mizoram University in his address thanked all the MZU teaching and non-teaching staff for the welcome. He conveyed that with cooperation and the drive to always look forward and develop, the university will surely reach new heights. He also mentioned that the first short term plan for Mizoram University is to achieve A++ grade in the upcoming NAAC assessment. “Mizoram University despite its young age is one of the fastest developing universities in the country and the sky’s the only limit”, he added.

The programme concluded with a self introduction from the participants including deans, head of departments, teaching and non-teaching staff and students’ council representatives.

PROF. DIBAKAR CHANDRA DEKA

Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka attained his B.Sc (Hons) Degree from Cotton College, M.Sc from Gauhati Univeristy, M.Tech & Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur, Post- Doctoral Diploma (DTTT) from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan under UNESCO Research Fellow (1989-1990) and D.Sc from Gauhati University. He is credited to be the first D.Sc in Chemistry from Gauhati University.

He was a Commonwealth Visiting Fellow in the University of Manchester, UK for one year during October 1997 to September 1998. He is also a member of The Research Board of Advisors, the American Biographical Institute, USA. He was elected President of All India Association of Chemistry Teachers for 3 years from January 2017 to December 2019.

Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka is the senior most professor in the Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University and served the department as its Head from 2011-2014. In recognition of his services towards chemistry, he has been awarded FRSC by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 2016.

Prof.Deka completed and associated with several research projects funded by DST, DBT, UGC, CSIR, etc. he is credited with nearly 70 research papers published in reputed international journals. Prof. Deka has successfully supervised 32 Ph.D Scholars. He has been credited with 3 patents for his works in the field of biodiesel, banana plants, etc. his research interest include natural products, biodiesel and synthetic organic chemistry, etc.