Dr. Kumble R. Subbaswamy is new Chancellor of UMass Amherst. Dr. Kumble R. Subbaswamy, a physicist who is Provost at the University of Kentucky, was unanimously appointed Chancellor of UMass Amherst by the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, capping a six-month nationwide search. Dr. Subbaswamy assumes the Amherst chancellorship as the campus prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2013.