Edu-leaders

The delay in the appointment of the Central University’s vice chancellor rocked the Jammu and Kashmir assembly with legislators from Jammu alleging the government was displaying "sheer indifference" on the issue.

Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) legislator Harshdev Singh alleged there was a "great deal of non-seriousness on the part of the state government that has led to the delay in the appointment of the vice chancellor of Central University, Jammu".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jammu State Morcha legislators said that the delay was causing academic loss to students and those aspiring to enrol themselves in the varsity.

Minister for Higher Education Abdul Gani Malik said, "Certain forces were causing hurdles in the appointment of the vice chancellor.”

The centre had appointed Amitabh Mattoo as vice chancellor of the central university in December last year, but he declined to join the post. He had cited "personal reasons" for declining the offer in his letter to Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal.

Source: igovernment