Panel arrange once more to pick out common PTU Vice-Chancellor
Rajmeet Singh
Chandigarh, February 14
After a niche of two years, the state authorities has reconstituted a search-cum-selection committee to shortlist the candidates for the publish of a Vice-Chancellor at IK Gujral Punjab Technical College (IKGPTU), Kapurthala.
Right now the assembly of the panel, comprising new members—IAS officer KAP Sinha and GNDU VC Jaspal Singh Sandhu— was postponed because of prior engagement of Chief Secretary VK Janjua, who’s a Chairman of the committee. A nominee of the College Grants Fee (UGC) can also be a member of the committee.
Final month, the UGC nominee had objected to the nomination of three members of the search committee, Director, IIT-Ropar; Director, Malaviya Nationwide Institute of Expertise (MNIT), Jaipur; and Secretary, Division of Technical Training and Industrial Coaching because the trio have been additionally the Board of Governors of the IKGPTU. As per the UGC rules, members of the search-cum-selection committee shouldn’t be related in any method with the college or faculty involved. “The nomination of three members to the committee violated the UGC tips”.
Since April 2021, the VC’s publish has been mendacity vacant and the Secretary involved had been holding the cost. Prof Dr AK Sharma was the final common VC of the IKGPTU.
Seniority hurdle in appointment
- Final 12 months, Governor Banwarilal Purohit had requested the state to nominate the senior most Dean (college) or professor because the officiating VC of the IKGPTU
- The division had cited seniority of professors and Dean (College) as a hurdle for appointing one in all them because the officiating VC