After Subramanian Swamy hoax, HRD Ministry sets the ball rolling for new JNU VC

After BJP leader Subramanian Swamy hoax, the HRD Ministry has finally initiated the process to appoint the next vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). It has constituted a search-cum-selection committee to be headed by the former vice chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Prof Dhirendra Pal Singh.

Subramanian Swamy have already set the stage for appointment of the new JNU vice chancellor, by claiming that he is an informal frontrunner for the post.

Last week, the ministry has constituted the committee under Prof DP Singh, director at the National Assessment & Accreditation Council. The two others on the committee are former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan and former diplomat Ashok Sen.

Radhakrishnan and Sen were appointed to the committee according to the recommendations of the JNUI Executive Committee and Prof DP Singh is the nominee of the visitor to the Central University— the President of India.

The HRD ministry has also invited applications to the VC's post which will now be screened by this committee. Noted scientist Prof Sudhir Kumar Sopory, who is currently the JNU VC, completes his term in January 2016.

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