Suhas Pednekar’s tenure as Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University came to an end on September 10, following which Dr DT Shirke, Vice Chancellor of Shivaji University, assumed additional/interim control of the varsity. Shirke will continue to lead MU until a new full-time VC is appointed.

Pednekar, the departing VC of Mumbai University, stepped down on Saturday after reaching the legal retirement age of 65. Since April 2018, Pednekar has served as MU’s VC. With him, all those appointed by him—like pro-vice-chancellor, registrar and deans will step down from their posts too. Apart from them, director of exam head Vinod Patil, too, has stepped down after being appointed as the registrar of North Maharashtra University (NMU), Jalgaon.