KSHEC moots State nominee as VC search panel chief
The Hindu
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The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has recommended amendments to the constitution of the search committee for the selection of vice chancellors of State universities by proposing a nominee of the State government as the chairperson of the panel.
The amendments seek to remove the clause included in the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations 2010, which states that the nominee of the Visitor/Chancellor should be the chairperson of the search committee in respect of the State and Central universities.
The proposal for amendments to the provision concerned in the Acts of Universities in Kerala was made in view of the “persistence of anomalies in the Acts of universities of Kerala in relation to the stipulations regarding the selection of vice chancellor provided in the University Grants Commission Regulations 2010 and 2018,” according to the minutes of the Governing Council meet of the KSHEC held on October 25, 2021.