Dhankhar slams Mamata government for refusing to give info on VC appointment at Darjeeling varsity
An official named Manish Jain, according to Dhankhar, has said that he would need permission from higher authorities.
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KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday slammed the principal secretary of the state higher education department, Manish Jain, for declining to update him on the process of appointment of vice chancellor of Darjeeling Hills University.
Jain, according to Dhankhar, has said that he would need permission from higher authorities.
The governor, who is also the chancellor of state universities, subsequently asked Jain to visit him at Raj Bhavan on December 24.
Dhankhar defies state preferences on new VCs With the Bengal Governor s tweet, this is the first time two Gorkhas are appointed founding vice-chancellors in Bengal
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday tweeted that Rajendra Prasad Dhakal and Shanti Chhetry were appointed founding vice-chancellors of the new Darjeeling Hills University and Alipurduar University, respectively, defying the “order of preference” of a search committee appointed by the state government.
With Dhankhar’s tweet, this is the first time two Gorkhas are appointed founding vice-chancellors in Bengal.
These past couple of days, education minister Partha Chatterjee had tweeted names of three candidates each for both varsities recommended by the state search committee.