new delhi yogesh tyagi of the south asian university took charge as delhi universitys 22nd vicechancellor on thursday in the presence of about half a dozen former and present vcs i believe in shankhnaad but also reaffirm my faith to all religions i pray that i dont commit any wrong mistakes will be made but no dishonesty will be done he said he also emphasised repeatedly that he intends to take everyone along and move ahead embracing that spirit he invited the office bearers of du teachers association as well his predecessor had a particularly bitter relationship with duta tyagi also met representatives from the students union and karamchari union tyagi attending his first day in office with his family and mother along with former du vcs deepak pental and upendra baxi vicechancellors of jamia and dr ram manohar lohiya national law university lucknow talat ahmad and gurdip singh bahri respectively there are two as necessary for a university autonomy and accountability said baxi who was vc from 1990 to 1994 you cant have accountability without autonomy he also advised tyagi to continue with his teaching and research and hold regular convocations there have been very few vcs who have subtracted from the traditions of the university he said several members of the vcs welcome group remarked on appointments one pointed out that if du is to get anywhere the 4000 vacancies will have to be filled and speedily the seniors have retired and the younger generation has spent years as ad hocs youll have to be very sensitive to the issue of filling posts and fast he said but as pental said tyagi shouldnt expect the best of dus academics to run after the administration either dont be offended if they dont come and see you also only good academics should be part of administration he explained ahmad extended his support from a sister organisation bahri was concerned about the state of the faculty of law and insisted tyagi himself is a teacher of law does something about it the infrastructure needs to be improved drastically theres no space for even taking classes he said tyagis new set of colleagues had some suggestions too umesh rai director south campus observed that du now has to compete also with private universities and foreign ones that may soon be allowed to establish campuses in india