The direction came on a complaint by the governor, who is the chancellor of universities.Trouble for the vice-chancellors started when a Congress MLA raised the issue in the Assembly session and Higher Education Minister Dr R. Bindu revealed that Rs 1.13 crore was paid from the state fund by...
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday described as a “triumph of democracy” the Supreme Court order that said a search committee set up by the court to appoint university chancellors would send names of candidates to the prime minister and not to the governor.Earlier in the day, a...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit to head a search and selection committee to oversee the appointments of chancellors of state universities in West Bengal.The ruling TMC dispensation has a dispute with West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda...
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Tripura University has announced that the National Cadet Corps (NCC) will be included as a subject in the colleges under its jurisdiction.The announcement was made by Professor Ganga Prasad Prasen, Vice-Chancellor, Tripura University, who received the Honorary...
Officials holding key positions in the government were appointed as the current vice-chancellors stepped down on Tuesday.As per the orders issued by the government, the in-charge Vice Chancellors will hold these posts till the appointment of regular Vice Chancellors or till June 15, whichever...
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Vice Chancellor of Tripura University, Ganga Prasad Prasen rejected Rahul Gandhi's alleged claims on the appointment of Vice Chancellors, calling them "very wrong". What Rahul Gandhi has expressed about Vice Chancellors is very wrong. We all strongly oppose this. We...
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], After the Vice Chancellors of some universities protested against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments on the selection process of Vice Chancellors, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaurav Vallabh on Monday said that it is the tradition of the Congress to make...