Chancellor (education)

===India===
In India, almost all universities have a chancellor as their titular head whose function is largely ceremonial. The governor of the state, appointed as the union's representative of state by the president, is the honorary chancellor of all State owned universities. The de facto head of any government university is the vice-chancellor. In private non-profit universities, normally the head of the foundation who has established the university is the chancellor of the university and is the head of the university.

For private university unlike the chancellor who heads the conventional Indian 'state university', the private university is headed by a president or chairman of private organization and have other posts like vice-chancellors, deans of faculties, registrar and controller of examinations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two more private universities approved for Pune|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Education/News/Two-more-private-universities-approved-for-Pune/articleshow/37660328.cms|access-date=3 July 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>