Assam: Minister Tables Bills to Appoint VCs for Eight New State Universities

Staff reporter

Guwahati: Education Minister Ranoj Pegu today laid eight amendment bills in the Assam Legislative Assembly concerning the Bongaigaon, Gurucharan, Jagannath Barooah, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Sibsagar, Swahid Kanaklata Baruah, and Kokrajhar universities. These amendments seek to empower the state government to appoint the first vice chancellor of each newly established university. Subsequently, future vice chancellors will be appointed by the governor of Assam on the recommendation of a committee comprising nominees of the governor, the executive council of the respective university, and a nominee of the state government.

As per the amendment bill, “The first vice chancellor shall be appointed by the state government. The subsequent Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor on the recommendation of an Advisory Board constituted by the Chancellor for the purpose, which shall consist of three members, of whom one member shall be elected by the Executive Council, one member shall be nominated by the State Government and one member shall be nominated by the Chancellor. The Chancellor shall appoint one of them as Chairperson of the Advisory Board.”

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