Process to appoint new VC for MU has begun, bids invited

The process to appoint new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Mumbai University (MU) has begun as an advertisement for the same has been published in the newspaper dated January 10. Candidates who are interested in this post and have required qualification can send their application before 5:30 pm of February 14.

The qualification, research paper and requirement for the post of VC has been mentioned on the website www.mu.ac.in. The candidates need to send their requirements to the nodal officer or below the address Ravindra Kulkarni, Collector, CIDCO Limited, second floor, Nirmal, near Inox theatre, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021, contact 09422031921, ravindra_kool @yahoo.com.

A search committee was initiated after the then VC Sanjay Deshmukh was sacked for the chaos in the declaration of results of 477 summer semester examinations. Deshmukh was blamed for delaying the results by over three months due to the introduction of new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system of online assessment process. The committee includes City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) ViceChairman and Managing Director Bhushan Gagrani appointed by the state government, Shyam Lal Soni, Director of National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, and scientist Dr K Kasturirangan, who was appointed by the Governor and who is heading the team.

Candidates who will be shortlisted will be contacted for a personal interaction by this search committee. They will be judged on the basis of their application which will include their educational qualification, work experience, research documents and vision claim.

A search committee was initiated after the then VC Sanjay Deshmukh was sacked for the chaos inthe declaration of results of 477 summer semester exams