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This is an archive article published on December 17, 2015

Selection panel shortlists candidates for post of JNU V-C

Five professors from within the JNU fraternity have also been invited for the interview on December 30.

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The search for the new head of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has entered its final lap with the search-cum-selection committee inviting nearly 15 candidates — comprising JNU professors and incumbent vice chancellors of different institutions — for a personal interaction at the end of this month.

JNU Vice-Chancellor (V-C), noted scientist Professor Sudhir Kumar Sopory, completes his term in January 2016.

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The applicants shortlisted to succeed him include the current chairperson of IIAS in Shimla, Chandrakala Padia, V-C of Bilaspur University Gauri Dutt Sharma and Rama Shankar Dubey, who heads the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Bihar.

IIM-Ahmedabad professor Anil Kumar Gupta, Padma Shri Virender Singh Chauhan, who is a leading researcher in malaria and Yogesh Kumar Tyagi, dean of the law faculty at South Asian University, are also in the race, confirmed a source in the selection committee.

Five professors from within the JNU fraternity have also been invited for the interview on December 30, said applicants who did not wish to be identified. Former dean of students Vinod Kumar Jain, Uttam K Pati and Rakesh Bhatnagar, both from the School of Biotechnology, R N K Bamezai, a professor of human genetics attached with the School of Life Sciences and Ramakrishna Ramaswamy from the School of Physical Sciences are on the shortlist.

Interestingly, both Tyagi and Bamezai are also among the frontrunners for another coveted post, vice chancellorship of Delhi University.

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The search-cum-selection committee of JNU is headed by Dhirendra Pal Singh, former V-C of Banaras Hindu University and the current director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. The two others on the search-cum-selection committee are former Indian Space Research Organisation chief K Radhakrishnan and former diplomat Ashok Sen.

When contacted, Singh confirmed that the final interaction is scheduled to be held at the end of this month but did not wish to comment on the shortlisted candidates. “I can’t disclose the names,” he said.

Based on the interaction, the committee will recommend a final panel of three or four names to the Human Resource Development Ministry, of which one will be appointed the new vice-chancellor of the university.

Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses. Ritika joined The Indian Express in 2015. Previously, she was part of the political bureau at The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily. Her journalism career began in Kolkata, her birthplace, with the Hindustan Times in 2006 as an intern, before moving to Delhi in 2007. Since then, she has been reporting from the capital on politics, education, social sectors, and the Election Commission of India. ... Read More

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