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  • Kerala Govt introduces Bill to remove governor as chancellor

    Kerala Govt introduces Bill to remove governor as chancellor

    Law Minister P Rajeeve defended the Bill citing recommendations of various expert panels, including the Punchhi Commission and other higher education committees.

    December 8, 2022
  • Kerala Guv returns ordinance to remove him as chancellor

    Kerala Guv returns ordinance to remove him as chancellor

    The Governor maintained that the post of chancellor was not a favour bestowed by the state government, but as per a consensus at the national level.

    November 24, 2022
  • Govt’s can’t remove governor as chancellor: Kerala Governor

    Govt’s can’t remove governor as chancellor: Kerala Governor

    Arif Mohammed Khan said that the governors are holding the office of chancellor on the basis of a national consensus arrived at the national level in the early 1950s and a report from a National Commission, and no state government can go against it.

    November 21, 2022
  • Legislature has right to decide about Chancellor: Law Minister

    Legislature has right to decide about Chancellor: Law Minister

    As per the Act of Kalamandalam deemed-to-be-university, the power to appoint the Chancellor is vested in the state government.

    November 13, 2022
  • Kerala Cabinet to bring ordinance to remove Governor from post of Chancellor

    Kerala Cabinet to bring ordinance to remove Governor from post of Chancellor

    The decision came after Governor Arif Mohammad Khan sought the resignations of vice-chancellors of all nine universities in the state.

    November 9, 2022
  • Kerala CM hits out at governor, says he is misusing his position

    Kerala CM hits out at governor, says he is misusing his position

    Stating that the chancellor cannot ask the vice-chancellors to resign based on the verdict of the Supreme Court, CM Vijayan said the orders of the apex court are applicable only to the vice-chancellor of the Kerala Technological University (KTU).

    October 24, 2022
  • Helming varsities

    Helming varsities

    The West Bengal government has played to the party gallery by announcing yet another change in the matrix for the appointment of Chancellors of universities and Visitors for private entities that have mushroomed on certain campuses, notably technological institutions, over the past few years.

    June 18, 2022
  • Bengal Cabinet clears proposal making CM Chancellor of State-run Universities

    Bengal Cabinet clears proposal making CM Chancellor of State-run Universities

    The decision will have to go through the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. It will be debated in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, where the ruling TMC is in majority.

    June 6, 2022
  • Who should be the Chancellor?

    Who should be the Chancellor?

    As the West Bengal cabinet approves making the Chief Minister the Chancellor of State Universities, replacing the Governor, and while a Tamil Nadu university has already paved the way, amid the ongoing political tug of war, a common man might wonder what’s the big deal in this issue.

    June 6, 2022
  • Mulling removal of Dhankhar as chancellor: Bratya Basu

    Mulling removal of Dhankhar as chancellor: Bratya Basu

    Education minister said that the government will consult legal experts to see if there are any provisions in the Constitution to make the chief minister interim chancellor

    December 24, 2021
  • Voting begins for key German federal elections

    Voting begins for key German federal elections

    Voting began on Sunday for Germany’s federal elections, with Chancellor Angela Merkel tipped to retain power even after 12 years in office, the media reported. Merkel is seeking a fourth term in office and to keep her Christian Democrat Party’s (CDU) status as the largest presence in the Bundestag or the German national parliament, reports...

    September 24, 2017
  • VK Saraswat named as new JNU chancellor

    VK Saraswat named as new JNU chancellor

    The HRD Ministry has named scientist and former DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat as the next chancellor of JNU. A full-time member of NITI Aayog, Saraswat will be replacing ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan whose five- year term ended on March 30. Though Saraswat is yet to receive official communication, his name has been finalised for...

    May 12, 2017