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The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry Friday decided to grant a second consecutive term to IIT-Bombay Director,professor Devang Khakar,with a committee judging his performance exemplary,ministry sources said.
This is the first IIT top job appointment conducted through the new selection process,giving a chance to the current director to earn an automatic second term without having to go through the usual advertisement-selection committee process that has been the norm so far.
Directors of IITs in Hyderabad,Bhubaneswar,Patna,Ropar and Gandhinagar will complete their terms next year and the same appointment process will be pursued by the ministry for them as well.
A high profile committee comprising former Tata Steel MD J J Irani,former director of Indias Space Commission Rodham Narasimhan,chemical engineer M M Sharma and nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar,also chairman of the IIT-Bombay board of governors and secretary,granted its seal of approval to Khakhar. The Committee has recommended the same to the Pallam Raju-led HRD ministry,which will now seek the Presidents approval for the appointment.
Khakhars first-term performance was assessed on parameters such as building the institution as a global brand and research hub,introduction of new academic programmes,faculty retention and development,academic,administrative and financial reforms,revenue generation,etc.
The second term depends on the candidates performance. Only if the committee finds his performance outstanding,will a director get an automatic second term. If a director is found to be good or very good,he or she will not be immediately recommended for a second term and applications will be invited for the job.
