 joe singh is new ug prochancellor joe singh is new ug prochancellor joe singh is new ug prochancellor webmaster mon 3122018 1443 major general ret d joe singh was elected prochancellor of the university of guyana ug by the university s council on thursday singh replaced bibi shadick who had served in the position for a number of years ug chancellor professor nigel harris made the announcement during a press briefing on thursday a prochancellor is an officer of some universities in commonwealth countries the prochancellor also acts as a deputy to the chancellor and is practically the chairman of the university council singh said he is ready to work in the best interest of the team of managers and the university during his tenure i intend to do my utmost in the interest of the university by being a team player it was indeed an honour to have been elected as prochancellor said singh singh in 1956 won a government county scholarship to queen s college where he completed his secondary education and after a short stint in the civil service was among the first batch of guyanese selected by the british army in 1965 to attend an officer cadet training in the uk in preparation for the establishment of the guyana defence force gdf of independent guyana he is a graduate of mons officer cadet school aldershot 1966 the school of infantry warminster 1970 the army school of education beaconsfield 1970 the army free fall parachute school netheravon 1970 the army staff college camberley 1977 and the royal college of defence studies belgrave square uk 1995 his service as a commissioned officer spanned 34 years commencing as a second lieutenant on june 4 1966 lieutenant 1968 captain 1970 major 1972 lieutenant colonel 1975 colonel 1979 brigadier 1986 and major general 1999 he is also a graduate of the university of guyana public administration the uk royal college of defence studies post graduate international relations and strategic studies and of the school of earth and environmental sciences greenwich university uk msc in tourism and protected landscape management article adapted from  http guyanachroniclecom 20180309 joesinghisnewugprochancellor ug council joe singh 