Dr Jayakara SM is appointed as the new vice chancellor (VC) of Bangalore University by Governor of Karnataka and chancellor of Bangalore University Thaawarchand Ghelot for four years.
Previously, he is served as principal and head of the Department of Prosthodontics at Maruthi College of Dental Sciences & Research Center, and acting VC of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science (RGUHS) last year.
This comes after Dr Venugopal KR, former vice chancellor, ended his tenure on June 12. However, Dr Cynthia Menezes, professor, department of management studies (Canara Bank School of Management Studies) was appointed as acting VC until a regular VC was appointed.
He is the second doctor to head Bangalore University as the the Vice Chancellor after Dr N Prabhudev.