Bijender Kumar Punia

Bijender Kumar Punia is the former Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University.^[1] He was appointed in 2016.^[2][3] Previously he was working in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar as Professor in Department of Management. He has written many books^[quantify] and on Haryana the Scholars such as Muni Lal, Murli Chand Sharma, HA Phadke and Sukhdev Singh Chib believe that the name comes from a compound of the words Hari (Sanskrit Harit, "green") and Aranya (forest).^[4]

B. K. Punia
Vice-Chancellor Maharshi Dayanand University
In office 7 January 2016 – 7 January 2019
Preceded by	Har Sarup Chahal
Succeeded by	Rajbir Singh
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Children	2
Residence(s)	Village Didwari, Panipat,Haryana.
Alma mater	Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
Occupation	Professor, Vice-Chancellor
Profession	Teaching, Administration