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John Varghese to be St. Stephen’s College’s new principal

New Delhi: John Varghese, professor at Hyderabad’s English and Foreign Languages University will be the new principal of St. Stephen’s College in Delhi after Valson Thampu retires from the post later this month. Varghese, who was a professor at St. Stephen’s English department before joining EFLU, will take charge as 13th principal of the college on 1 March. Outgoing principal Thampu, who had a rocking tenure full of controversies with repeated demands for his removal, said he was looking forward to enjoy the “festival of retirement” and extended his wishes to his successor. Thampu who studied at St. Stephen’s and later served the college as a lecturer and officiating principal, took over as the college principal in 2008 and will retire from the post on 29 February.

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