Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, as Chancellor of Kerala Universities, has announced the formation of search committees for the selection of Vice-Chancellors in six prominent state universities.
The decision, aimed at ensuring a transparent and merit-based selection process, was disclosed in a notification issued by Kerala Raj Bhavan last night.
The universities involved in this process are Kerala University, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), Kerala Agricultural University (KAU ) and Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
ISRO Chairman S. Somanath will act as convener of the Kerala University Committee. He will be joined by Professor Battu Satyanarayana, vice-chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka, and a UGC candidate and chancellor, who is yet to be announced.
For Mahatma Gandhi University, the members of the search committee are Dr. K.R.S. Sambasiva Rao, former vice-chancellor of Mizoram University, and Anandharamakrishnan, director, Scientific and Industrial Research Council, National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies search committee includes Prof. (Dr) Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Dr. P.K. Abdul Azis, former vice chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology and Aligarh Muslim University, and Dr. J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Py Science), ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi.
The search committee of APJ Abdul Kalam University of Technology comprises Prof. Kshiti Bhushan Das, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jharkhand, Prof. (Dr) P. Rajendran, former Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, and Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
For Kerala Agricultural University, the committee members are Dr. C.V. Jayamani, former professor of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Prof. Alok Kumar Rai, vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, and Dr. Himanshu Pathak, secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and director general of the Indian Council of Agriculture. Investigation.
The search committee of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University includes Dr Jancy James, former vice-chancellor of the Central University of Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi University, and Professor Battu Satyanarayana, vice-chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka.
The posts of vice-chancellors in these universities remained vacant following the Supreme Court's annulment of the appointment of M S Rajasree as vice-chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam University of Technology.
The decision, aimed at ensuring a transparent and merit-based selection process, was disclosed in a notification issued by Kerala Raj Bhavan last night.
The universities involved in this process are Kerala University, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), Kerala Agricultural University (KAU ) and Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
ISRO Chairman S. Somanath will act as convener of the Kerala University Committee. He will be joined by Professor Battu Satyanarayana, vice-chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka, and a UGC candidate and chancellor, who is yet to be announced.
For Mahatma Gandhi University, the members of the search committee are Dr. K.R.S. Sambasiva Rao, former vice-chancellor of Mizoram University, and Anandharamakrishnan, director, Scientific and Industrial Research Council, National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies search committee includes Prof. (Dr) Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Dr. P.K. Abdul Azis, former vice chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology and Aligarh Muslim University, and Dr. J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Py Science), ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi.
The search committee of APJ Abdul Kalam University of Technology comprises Prof. Kshiti Bhushan Das, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jharkhand, Prof. (Dr) P. Rajendran, former Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, and Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
For Kerala Agricultural University, the committee members are Dr. C.V. Jayamani, former professor of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Prof. Alok Kumar Rai, vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, and Dr. Himanshu Pathak, secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and director general of the Indian Council of Agriculture. Investigation.
The search committee of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University includes Dr Jancy James, former vice-chancellor of the Central University of Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi University, and Professor Battu Satyanarayana, vice-chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka.
The posts of vice-chancellors in these universities remained vacant following the Supreme Court's annulment of the appointment of M S Rajasree as vice-chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam University of Technology.
