The office bearers of the Manipur University Teachers' Association (MUTA) on Sunday expressed heartfelt congratulation to professor GP Prasain, the dean of the School of Social Sciences, Manipur University for his appointment as vice-chancellor of Tripura University, Agartala. 

A release signed by the general secretary of MUTA professor L Shanjukumar Singh said that Prasain is the third faculty member of Manipur University appointed as vice-chancellor of a university outside the state. The august body wishes him great success in his new assignment, it added.