chandigarh prof rita jain on thursday took charge as officiating principal of dav college sector 10 chandigarh becoming the first woman to hold the charge jain served as head of the college mathematics department she said that her focus on taking charge would be on womens empowerment my aim would be to first wind up all the lagging work ill make sure no one has to suffer due to any ongoing controversies i will take this institution to new heights academically culturally and also sportswiseformer college principal prof pawan sharma and other faculty members congratulated jain whose selection as officiating principal comes days after proj renu vig became the first woman vicechancellor of panjab university other educational institutes in chandigarh headed by women include government college of art sector10 sri guru gobind singh college sector 26 mcm dav college for women sector 36 among others