JU VC: Search Panel to meet today

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Feb 5: Applicants for the post of Vice-Chancellor, Jammu University, are likely to be short listed tomorrow as the Search Committee looking for suitable candidates, is meeting tomorrow at New Delhi.The three-member Search panel,� will meet under the chairmanship of Dr� Arun Nagvekar, former Vice-Chancellor of the Pune University and Ex-Chairman of the UGC, for scrutiny of the candidates, who have applied for the top post, official sources informed the Excelsior.During the scheduled� meeting, JU Registrar will present� a summary of all applicants�� before the Committee members for� likely short listing of the candidates on the basis of� qualification and experience, sources added.More than� two dozen Professors of Jammu University are among the around 100 applicants, who have applied for the post of Vice-Chancellor, sources said� and added that around 20 names are likely to be short listed in the tomorrow�s scheduled meeting of Search Committee.The three-member Search Committee, headed by Dr Arun Nagvekar, comprises of Prof B B Bhattacharya, former Vice-Chancellor of Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) and senior IAS officer� R P Aggarwal, who has retired as Secretary in the Human Resource Development Ministry.It may be recalled that� consequent upon sudden resignation of Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar as then Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University in October last, Prof R D Sharma was given the temporary charge of VC,� pursuant to the approval accorded by Governor-cum-Chancellor.Looking for the new Vice-Chancellor,� the Governor had also constituted a Search Committee, which� met on November 20 last following which applications from eligible candidates were invited.After scrutiny of the candidates� resume, the Search Committee will shortlist the applicants and conduct their interview.� On the basis of interview and� other criteria, a final panel of three-five� candidates will be submitted to the Governor for a final selection as the Vice-Chancellor, sources explained.