LUCKNOW, May 31 -- Anitya Gaurav of Ancient Indian history department was elected as the new president in the Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) elections held on Saturday, said Prof Dinesh Kumar, the returning officer for the polls. Ram Milan of the commerce department was elected the new LUTA general secretary, he added.

Gaurav, who was the LUTA general secretary when the teachers' body polls were last held in 2023, defeated Vineet Kumar Verma by 22 votes. Verma, a mathematics department faculty member, is also a former LUTA president and general secretary.

Anitya Gaurav polled 197 votes while Verma managed 175. The new LUTA general secretary Ram Milan got 196 votes, defeating philosophy department's Rajendra Kumar Verma ...