LONDON, Nov 24 (Agencies): Former Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan is all set to begin a new innings when he is installed as Chancellor of the University of Bradford in a ceremony on December 7.
University sources said that Khan would succeed Baroness Betty Lockwood in the post.
He will be the university's fifth chancellor since its foundation in 1966.
The chancellor's post has a figurehead role, but appointing Khan to the high profile post is significant given that Bradford has a large population of Pakistan origin.
Khan's first duties will be to confer degrees on Bradford graduates and to lay the foundation stone for the University's new Institute of Cancer Therapeutics on December 6.
Chris Taylor, the University's Vice-Chancellor, said: "Through his achievements and endeavours, Imran Khan embodies the interest and style of the university and continues a Bradford tradition of distinguished chancellors.
"Imran will be a role model for young people in the University and the city, strengthen our links with South Asia and he will be a valuable bridge between east and west." During the ceremony to install Khan as chancellor, Baroness Valerie Amos will be awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of her distinguished contributions to public life, particularly in the fields of equal opportunities and international development.
The first three chancellors of the University were Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (1966-1985), Sir John Harvey-Jones (1986-1991) and Sir Trevor Holdsworth (1992-1997).
Baroness Lockwood has been Chancellor since 1997.
A chancellor not only acts as a figurehead for the university's activities but is also chosen as an individual who will appeal to, and provide a role model for, the various constituencies the university serves, including its students and its local, national and international stakeholders.
Formally, the chancellor's role under the university's charter and statutes is to confer degrees of the university at congregations held twice a year.
Born in 1952, Imran Khan has had a close relationship with Britain - first as a student of economics and politics at Keble College, Oxford, playing cricket in England counties and then marrying Jemima Goldsmith, now his ex-wife.
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