Prayagraj: Professor Sangeeta Shrivastava has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Allahabad, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position in the institution.

She is the third permanent Vice Chancellor of university.

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Srivastava joined the Home Science Department at the university in 1989 as a lecturer.

At that time, Home Science was a part of the Department of Biochemistry.

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Due to her efforts, the Home Science Department got a new building in the year 2002 and she took over as its head.

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