HRD ministry sends four names to Prez for DU VC

According to the sources, the four names have been forwarded to the President, who as Visitor of Central Universities, will make the final selection

By: PTI
New Delhi | February 12, 2016 10:54 AM IST

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The Union HRD ministry has forwarded a panel of four names to President Pranab Mukherjee for appointment of Delhi University Vice-Chancellor.

According to the sources, the four names have been forwarded to the President, who as Visitor of Central Universities, will make the final selection.

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It is understood that among the panel of the four eminent persons whose names have been forwarded comprises – Dean of the Law Faculty at South Asian University Yogesh Tyagi, those of JNU professor Rameshwar Nath Kaul Bamezai, , former IIT professor and UPSC member Hemchand Gupta and DU professor in Political Science department Bidyuth Chakraborty.

Sources said that Bamezai’s name was also part of the panel of four names forwarded by the ministry to the President’s office in the panel for selection of VC for JNU.

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