{{Short description|26th Vice-chancellor of BHU (2014-2017)}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Girish Chandra Tripathi.jpg | caption = Tripathi as the VC of BHU | order = Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Council of Higher Education | appointer = Government of Uttar Pradesh | term_start = 25 January 2020 | office1 = Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University | order1 = 26th | term_end1 = 26 November 2017 | term_start1 = 27 November 2014 | appointer1 = Pranab Mukherjee | predecessor1 = Lalji Singh | succeeded1 = Rakesh Bhatnagar }}
'''Girish Chandra Tripathi''' (G.C. Tripathi) is the chairman of the Higher Education Council Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=प्रो. गिरीश चंद्र त्रिपाठी बने उच्च शिक्षा परिषद के अध्यक्ष Lucknow News|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-professor-girish-chandra-tripathi-named-as-chairman-of-state-higher-education-council-19970942.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=बीएचयू के पूर्व कुलपति गिरीश चंद्र त्रिपाठी बने उत्तर प्रदेश उच्च शिक्षा परिषद के अध्यक्ष|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/administration/ex-vc-of-bhu-girish-chandra-tripathi-becomes-chairman-of-up-higher-education-council/articleshow/73617660.cms|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref> Previously, he was the 26th vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (27 November 2014 to 26 November 2017) and professor of Economics at the University of Allahabad.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-01|title=GC Tripathi retires as BHU V-C, but continues to serve as IIT-BHU chairman|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ex-bhu-vice-chancellor-girish-chandra-tripathi-holds-iit-board-meeting-in-violation-of-act-4962430/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* List of vice-chancellors of Banaras Hindu University * Banaras Hindu University women's rights protest
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