{"id":34032,"date":"2025-09-20T23:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/34032\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T23:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:58:06","slug":"book-on-dus-leadership-and-growth-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/34032\/","title":{"rendered":"Book on DU\u2019s \u2018leadership and growth\u2019 launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published on: Sept 21, 2025 04:46 am IST <\/p>\n<p>    The author spoke about the motivation behind writing the book and the challenges of assembling and interpreting archival material.     <\/p>\n<p>Despite historical constraints, DU has steadily expanded its scope and impact, said Delhi University (DU) vice chancellor Yogesh Singh on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/-Photo-for-representation-_1758394073985.jpg\" alt=\" (Photo for representation)\" title=\" (Photo for representation)\"\/>   (Photo for representation)    <\/p>\n<p>Singh was speaking at the formal launch of the book, \u201cThe University of Delhi- A Comprehensive Account of Its Reliance, Knowledge, Leadership and Growth\u201d authored by Manisha Chaudhary of the Department of History.<\/p>\n<p>Choudhary spoke about the motivation behind writing the book and the challenges of assembling and interpreting archival material.<\/p>\n<p>Choudhary shared how she traced the University\u2019s journey from its first Vice-Chancellor, Hari Singh Gour (1922\u20131926), to its present Vice-Chancellor, Yogesh Singh, underscoring how successive leaderships navigated constraints and opportunities. She also gave insights into the foundational ideas, processes, and struggles that led to the establishment of the University, its constituent colleges, and other institutions such as the School of Open Learning and the Non-Collegiate Women\u2019s Education Board.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, the VC also noted that the annual government grant to the University, which was only \u20b925,000 in 1922, has grown to more than \u20b91,000 crore in the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis symbolises the University\u2019s growth and the faith the nation places in it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Cities_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/cities\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Cities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cities<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/delhi-news\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Delhi_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/cities\/delhi-news\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Delhi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delhi<\/a> \/ Book on DU\u2019s \u2018leadership and growth\u2019 launched   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Sept 21, 2025 04:46 am IST The author spoke about the motivation behind writing the book&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[31964,489,31960,156,31962,111,139,69,31963,31961],"class_list":{"0":"post-34032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-archival-material","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-delhi-university","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-manisha-chaudhary","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-university-growth","17":"tag-vice-chancellor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}