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| Invocation of Model Code of Conduct to 'fasten' selection of new V-C for University of Kashmir | | Final result by August 20 | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: The imposition of Model Code of Conduct in the state for the upcoming assembly elections is all set to fasten the process of selection of the new Vice-Chancellor for the University of Kashmir.
Sources told Early Times that if all goes according to the plan then the new Vice-Chancellor would take over the charge betweenAugust 18 and 20. The members of the search committee constituted for this process has already taken up their assignment and they have carried out deliberations in this regard.
"Model Code of Conduct is likely to be put in place in the state probably in the first week of September. As such the selection of the new Vice-Chancellor has to be done before that.
The search committee members have been asked by the state government to speed up the pace in this regard," said sources while sharing inputs with Early Times.
The eligibility for the candidates applying for the Vice-Chancellor's post is that they should be below the age of 62 years, with at least ten years of experience in the University system as Professor or in an equivalent position in a reputed research or academic organization can be nominated by present or former Vice Chancellors of State and Central Universities, Heads of reputed academic and research institutions, and eminent scholars.
Sources said the search committee led by Professor Goverdhan Mehta, National Research Professor at the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad along with two others including Professor A M Pathan former Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University MANUU and Professor M.M Solanki renowned professor of chemistry carried out deliberations with the staff and students so as to get their feedback with respect to the new Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir.
The search committee members held interactions with representatives of Kashmir University Teachers Association (teaching faculty), representatives of Kashmir University Ministerial Staff Association (non-teaching), representatives of Kashmir University Officers Association (officials), research scholars and students during their two day stay at campus.
The purpose of holding interactions was to get feedback of all stakeholders of varsity before they short list the probable candidates.
The members of search committee shall meet very soon at New Delhi and carry out interaction with short listed candidates. After this they will submit the panel of three candidates to Governor Narendra Nath Vohra, who is the chancellor of University of Kashmir. Governor Vohra in consultation with chief minister Omar Abdullah, who is the pro-chancellor, will select one out of the three for the position of Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir.
The incumbent interim Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir Professor A M Shah is using his political pressure to influence the search committee for securing this coveted position. Professor Shah met the Governor today and this was his second meeting with the governor over the past one week or so. Professor Shah is said to be very close relative of Pradesh Congress Committee President, Professor Saif-ud-din Soz.
It was quite astonishing for the search members when they came to know that the staff and students of University of Kashmir are not in favour of the appointment of a local Vice-Chancellor and instead they want a strong Vice-Chancellor to be put in the chair even if he is an outsider. "Some of the staff members were all praise for former Vice-Chancellor, Jalees Ahmad Khan Tareen and said that the new Vice-Chancellor should be like Tareen. They also said that a local Vice-Chancellor may not be able to deliver things since he is not position to take bold decisions. The staff members said that politics should be kept aloof from the process of selection of the Vice-Chancellor," said sources. Sources said that student representatives raised the issue of student politics with the search committee members during their interaction. The student representatives made it clear that they would support the selection of Vice-Chancellor who guarantees that ban would be lifted from the student politics at the campus. |
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