Mathematician refuses top job,NCERT headless

Ramanujam had played an active role in formulation of the national curriculum framework and writing of NCERT textbooks.

This,however,is not an isolated incident. Government-run educational institutes are fast losing their sheen going by the rate at which top posts are being declined.

Prof R Srinivasan from IIM-Banaglore,whose candidature as Director IIM-Kashipur was approved by the ACC,had also refused the position citing his spouses health concerns. Earlier this year,noted academician Prof Amitabh Mattoo chose to decline the position of Vice-Chancellor of the new Central University of Jammu on personal grounds. Internationally renowned scholar of English Literature from Jadhavpur University Prof Sukanta Chaudhuri had refused to accept the top job at the Hyderabad-based English and Foreign Language University EFLU in March even after his appointment order had been issued. The EFLU remains headless and the HRD ministry has set up a fresh search-cum-selection committee to scout for new candidates.