Indian American Renu Khator is head of Houston varsity
Washington: As she formally took the helm of a major US research institution, Renu Khator, the first India-born president of the University of Houston (UH), has outlined a bold new vision declaring student success as its first priority. Khator, who began her tenure in January, was formally endowed with the powers and responsibilities of the office at an inspiring investiture ceremony on Friday at Cullen Performance Hall of the university in Houston, according to a university release. The event, attended by an estimated 1,500 members of the university community and a host of international, federal, state and local dignitaries, marked her entrance onto the academic stage of national and global leadership as the UH System's eighth chancellor and UH's 13th president. She is the university's second female president, and the third person to hold the dual title of UH System chancellor and UH president. "I'm impressed by her intellect, contagious enthusiasm, creativity an...