The State government has appointed a new registrar for Kuvempu University, withdrawing the previous order issued two days ago.
In the latest order issued on Friday, February 2, Vijay Kumar H.B., a KAS officer, has been appointed registrar of the university. Earlier, he was the special land acquisition officer of NHAI at Yadgir.
In the previous order issued on January 31, KAS officer P. Shivaraj was appointed the registrar of the university. There has been no regular registrar for the university since August 2023, when Shivamogga Zilla Panchayat CEO Snehal Sudhakar Lokhande was given additional charge of the post.