Present VC and 17 others in interview for Presidency post
Times of India | 22 October 2024
Kolkata: The selection process for vice-chancellors for state universities completed its fourth day on Monday. Among others, candidates for Presidency University VC’s post appeared for interview during the day.
In all, 91 candidates applied for Presidency University. Eighteen of them were shortlisted for the interview. Sources said the current officiating vice-chancellor, Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty, was among the shortlisted candidates.Among the other candidates, none was from Presidency, although there were some former VCs on the list. The current officiating vice-chancellor took charge in June.
Apart from Presidency, candidates were interviewed for West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences and Rani Rashmoni Green University.
Around 50 candidates have been asked to appear before the Supreme Court-appointed search committee, headed by former Chief Justice UU Lalit on Tuesday. The three universities for which the interviews will be conducted are Netaji Subhas Open University, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, and Murshidabad University.
Approximately 150 shortlisted candidates have been interviewed over the past four days, and this process will continue until next Monday.
The second phase will start on Nov 6 and continue till Nov 10. Among the universities for which interviews will be held include Jadavpur University and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.
Officers in the higher education department said if everything goes well, the state universities would have permanent VCs by year end. The stalemate has affected 33 universities for two years. The final shortlisted names will be sent to the govt and Raj Bhavan.