Telangana government appoints vice-chancellors for nine State universities
The appointments were made after the terms of the VCs ended more than four months ago at the end of May
By Newsmeter Network Published on 18 Oct 2024 12:36 PM GMT
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Hyderabad: On Friday, governor Jishnu Dev Verma announced appointments to vice-chancellor posts in nine State universities, including Osmania University and Telugu University here.
The list of new vice-chancellors for the respective State universities is as follows:
1. Prof. GN Srinivas as vice-chancellor for Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar.
2. Prof. Pratap Reddy as vice-chancellor for Kakatiya University, Warangal.
3. Prof. Kumar Moglaram as vice-chancellor for Osmania University, Hyderabad.
4. Prof. Umesh Kumar as vice-chancellor for Satavahana University, Karimnagar.
5. Prof. Nityananda Rao as vice-chancellor for Telugu University, Hyderabad.
6. Prof. Altaf Hussain as vice-chancellor for Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda.
7. Prof. Yadagiri Rao as vice-chancellor for Telangana University, Nizamabad.
8. Prof. Aldas Janaiah as vice-chancellor for Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
9. Prof. Raji Reddy as vice-chancellor for Sri Konda Laxman Telangana Horticultural University (SKLTSHU) in Siddipet.
Posts lying vacant for 4 months
The appointments were made after the terms of the VCs ended more than four months ago at the end of May. The State received 1,383 applications from 312 candidates; some applied at multiple universities to improve recruitment chances.
There has been considerable delay in the appointments even after chief minister A Revanth Reddyās announcement at the end of August that the VC posts will be filled soon. Even the order for constituting a university-wise search committee for the VC selection process was considerably delayed.
Due to the delay, the State government-appointed senior bureaucrats have been serving as interim in-charge VCs so far. The vice-chancellor of Telangana University in Nizamabad was removed on corruption charges and the State principal secretary was made in-charge.
The bulk work of the administration is still pending in the respective universities while the in-charges were only clearing important files. This has also affected developmental work in some varsities.
