Central University of Jammu
Local to be appointed VC soon, says minister
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service
Jammu, June 10
The fate of the Central University of Jammu is going to be decided soon as the Union HRD Ministry is thinking of appointing a person from the Jammu region as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) , says Higher Education Minister Abdul Gani Malik.
Malik, accompanied by Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayed and Minister for Medical and Technical Education RS Chib, had met Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal during a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education in New Delhi recently and discussed the issue.
Malik, while talking to The Tribune over the phone today, said, “The issue was discussed with Sibal, who assured us of the appointment of a local person as the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu soon. He was serious about the matter”. He added that, “The appointment process will take some more time”.
Asked whether any special team or committee has been constituted to visit the state for the appointment of a person from the Jammu region as the Vice-Chancellor , Malik said, “There is no team coming to the state, but experts will definitely play their role”.
Some local organisations have been demanding the appointment of a person from the Jammu region as the Vice-Chancellor of the university. Activists of these organisations had held a number of protests in this regard.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, during his speech in the last Budget session, had blamed local leaders for the inordinate delay in the appointment and politicising the issue.
The process to set up the Central University of Jammu and the Central University of Kashmir was started in 2009. Though the Central University of Kashmir started functioning last year, in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, the functioning of the Central University of Jammu was yet to start. The Union HRD Ministry had earlier rejected a number of candidates.
Courtesy: The Tribune
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