A bill raising upper age limit of PDPU President passed in assembly

File photo:Present President of PDPU Mukesh Ambani(55) with PDPU students

Gandhinagar, 28 February, 2012

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU) (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed today in Gujarat assembly budget session with majority.

As per the new amendment, the State government has increased the upper age limit for President of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University from 65 to 70.

Under the original law, there was a provision that only a person not have attained the age of Sixty-five years on the date of
nomination or re-nomination can become a President of the University.

The amendment bill was opposed by opposition Congress party which is in minority in the house.

As per the 2007 act the President of the University is appointed by the society for a period of three years.

Presently India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is President of the university. He is 55.