<P> In Pakistan, chancellor is normally the figurehead of the university, who is normally the provincial governor where that university exists . Day - to - day business of the university is run by the vice chancellor . </P> <P> Chancellor is a titular position in Bangladesh always held by the incumbent President of Bangladesh under the Private Universities Act 1992 . The position in public universities is not fixed for the president under any acts or laws (since the erection of a state university in Bangladesh requires an act to be passed in itself), but it has been the custom so far to name the incumbent president of the country as chancellor of all state universities thus established . The day - to - day business of the university is run by the vice chancellor . He has a deputy called the pro-vice - chancellor . </P> <P> In Nepal, universities have a chancellor as ceremonial head . The de facto head of the university is the vice-chancellor . The chancellor is primarily responsible for attending the convocation programmes and accepting the resignation and appointment letter of a new vice-chancellor . Generally, the prime minister is considered the chancellor, and in his absence, the minister of education acts as the chancellor . </P> <P> In the United States, heads of colleges and universities are typically called "president ." A multi-campus university system may be headed by a chancellor who serves as system - wide chief, with presidents governing individual institutions: for example, the City University of New York . There are also some university systems, such as the North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and California university systems, in which those two titles are reversed . At Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which is a single unified university with three campuses, the chief officers of the two smaller campuses at Camden and Newark are called chancellors, a renaming from "provost ." Rutgers University itself has a president as the chief officer . </P>

Who acts as the chancellor of state universities