Dr. Nitin Gangane assumed as Vice-Chancellor of the KLE Deemed University, Belagavi

Dr. Nitin Gangane assumed as Vice-Chancellor of the
KLE Deemed University, Belagavi

Dr. Nitin Gangane, _{MD, DNB, PGDHHM, PhD, FUICC, FICP, FAMS} assumed charge as  Vice-Chancellor of the KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research, (KAHER)  Deemed-to-be-University, Belagavi on 16^th January 2023. Dr. N.S.Mahantashetti,   Officiating Vice-Chancellor handed over the charge to Dr. Nitin Gangane.

Dr. Nitin Gangane was earlier the Dean of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sevagram, Maharashtra.

He has been awarded Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant by UICC to work at International agency for research on cancer (WHO), Lyon, France and NIDCR/NIH, Bethesda, USA. He has also received Fellowship from Association of Nordic cancer society’s and the Indian Council of Medical research. He has more than 180 national and international publications to his credit. He was the Principal Investigator in seven research projects and co-investigator in 12 projects. The projects were funded by international bodies like IARC (WHO), UICC, NIH, University of Umea and national funding agencies like ICMR, UGC, and DST.

He was the Member of Governing Body of Indian Council of Medical Research.  He was also the Member of Management and Academic Council of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. He has earlier worked on Senate of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra. He was the President of Maharashtra chapter of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists from 2006 to 2009.

Prof. Dr. V.A.Kothiwale
Registrar