Candidates for UoP V-C post to be interviewed today

Interviews of candidates for the post of vice chancellor of the University of Pune (UoP) will begin from Saturday. A three-member vice-chancellor Search Committee set up for the purpose will interview the candidates.

Interviews of candidates for the post of vice chancellor of the University of Pune (UoP) will begin from Saturday. A three-member vice-chancellor Search Committee set up for the purpose will interview the candidates.

The committee has received 125 applications from which the committee has reportedly shortlisted some candidates. The interviews would be a primary interaction with the candidates. As the list of candidates is long,interviews may continue on January 10 or any other convenient date, said Sanjeev Kashalkar,convenor of the committee.

The state government had appointed a three-member V-C search committee under the chairmanship of former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna. Director of IIT-Kanpur,Sanjay Dhande,and principal secretary of higher education department,J S Saharia,are the other two members of the committee.

The post has been vacant since June 15 after the then V-C Narendra Jadhav resigned from the post to join as a member of the Central Planning Commission in Delhi. Arun Adsool has been the acting V-C of the varsity since then.

The UoP ranks among the countrys top five state varsities with a five-star rating by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). It has 587 affiliated colleges and 321 recognised institutions spread across Pune,Ahmednagar and Nashik districts.

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