Governor Syed Ahmed appointed new Vice-Chancellors (VCs) for the four State-run universities on Wednesday, exercising his power as a Chancellor under Jharkhand State Universities Act.
According to a notification, issued by Raj Bhawan, while Dr Gurdeep Singh has been appointed as VC of VBU, Hazaribagh, Dr RPP Singh of Kolhan University, Dr Qamar Ahsan of SKMU, Dumka and Dr A N Ojha of NPU, Daltonganj. Dr AP Krishna has been appointed as the new Pro- VC of VBU.Ojha, who has been officiating as NPU VC joined his new office on Thursday. Ahsan is said to be joining on May 10 while Singh is likely to join as KU VC on Friday.
The joining dates of Dr Gurdeep Singh and Dr AP Krishna as VBU VC and Pro VC respectively are not yet confirmed. The post for the Pro-VC of NPU has now fallen vacant as Pro VC of the university Ojha is now the new VC. Speaking over the vacancy, Officer on Special Duty (Judicial) to Governor Nalin Kumar said that the procedure for this recruitment will be decided in the coming days.“As of now, the Governor has not held any discussion on this issue,” he said. Since the retirement of VCs of respective State universities in 2013, concerned Divisional Commissioner was in-charge.
However, on April 23,the Divisional Commissioner of Palamau NK Mishra got himself relieved from NPU and acting VC and then Pro VC Ojha was put incharge of the VC.Notably, on July 13 Dr M Basheer Ahmed Khan retired from SKMU VC post and gave the charge to Pro-VC Dr R Prasad.Divisional Commissioners of East Singhbhum and Palamau Alok Goyal and NK Mishra were given the charges of acting VCs by then VCs Dr Salil Kumar Roy and Dr Firoz Ahmad on November 15. On August 26, the then North Chotanagpur Divisional Commissioner N M Kulkarni took charge as acting VC of VBU from then VC Ravindra Bhagat.