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Patna,(BihaarTimes): Governor Devanand Konwar, in capacity of Chancellor of Universities, on Saturday re-appointed six vice-chancellors, whose appointment was quashed by Patna High Court. Besides he made two new appointments.
Four of the eight vice-chancellors appointed are facing vigilance probe. The state government had raised objections to their earlier appointment. The Raj Bhavan, however, overruled the government’s recommendations and made the appointments. |
The VCs who have been reinstated are Shambhu Nath Singh, Bimal Kumar, Arun Kumar, Ram Vinod Singh,Arvind Pandey and Shamshuzzoha. Three were retained in the universities they had been serving, while the rest were shifted to new varsities.
The VCs retained in their respective universities are Shambhu Nath Singh (Patna University), Arvind Pandey (Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University) and Shamshuzzoha (Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University, Patna).
On the other hand Ram Vinod Singh, who was the VC of JP University, Chhapra, has been made the new VC of BN Mandal University, Madhepura. Similarly, Bimal Kumar who was the VC of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (BBA) Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, has been shifted to JP University Chhapra. Arun Kumar, who earlier held the VC’s post in Magadh University, Nalanda Open University and BN Mandal University, Madhepura, has been shifted to Magadh University.
Apart from them, Kumaresh Prasad Singh, who was holding the pro-VC’s office at Veer Kuer Singh University (VKSU), Ara, has been made the VC of BBA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. Shiv Shankar Singh, the principal of Maharaja College, Ara, has been made the new VC of VKSU.
According to sources the the list was prepared by Konwar and no official of the Governor’s House was involved in the process. The Raj Bhawan sources claimed that the appointments were made on the direction of the high court that had recommended consultation with the state government.
The education department had reportedly raised its objection with a plea that the list sent by the Raj Bhawan included names of VCs facing vigilance probe. Shambhu Nath Singh and Arun Kumar were facing vigilance probe and charge of financial irregularities, respectively. Arvind Pandey was facing three cases of financial irregularities, while Bimal Kumar was facing charges of financial irregularities and vigilance probe too.
However, the post of VCs at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University and Nalanda Open University, Patna, are still lyin vacant.
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