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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vice-Chancellor in Banaras Hindu University (1991-1993)}}<br />
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| office = Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University<br />
| order = 18th<br />
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| appointer = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br />
| predecessor = [[R.P. Rastogi]]<br />
| successor = [[D.N. Mishra]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Patna University]]<br> [[Bristol University]]<br />
| term_start = 1 May 1991<br />
| term_end = 14 June 1993<br />
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'''C.S. Jha''' (born 1934) was an Indian [[engineer]], professor, and [[academic administrator]]. He served as the 18th [[Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University]] from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Indian Engineering Congress |title=Prof C S JhaMemorial Lecture |url=https://www.ieindia.org/webui/ajax/Downloads/WebUI_PDF/Publication/Prof_CS_Jha_Memorial_Lecture.pdf?v.20210204.1 |website=ieindia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-22 |title=‘BHU has nurtured communal harmony for over 100 years’ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhu-has-nurtured-communal-harmony-for-over-100-years/story-f7il6fYWxxI17LLTGo81TP.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Jha obtained B.Sc. in physics from [[Patna University]], and PhD in Electrical Engineering from [[Bristol University]].<ref name=":1"/><br />
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Jha later went on to serve [[IIT Delhi]] as an assistant professor in 1962, from where he retired in 1994. In that period C. S. Jha went on to become Dean of Engineering at IIT Delhi(1966–69), Director of [[IIT Kharagpur]](1974–78), education (technical) advisor to the [[Government of India]] (1979–84), and [[Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University|Vice Chancellor of]] [[Banaras Hindu University]] (1991–93).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, [BHU], Varanasi-221005, U.P., India. - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/Site/Page/53_3251_4739_Office-of-the-Vice-Chancellor-List-of-Vice-Chancellors |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3rd Convocation of the National Institute of Technology Rourkela |url=https://nitrkl.ac.in/Convocation/docs/IIIConvocation/3rdConvocation.pdf |website=[[National Institute of Technology, Rourkela]]}}</ref><br />
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Upon retirement in 1994, Jha was appointed as the chairman of the Recruitment & Assessment Centre of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]].<ref name=":1"/><br />
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