Admin, Infrastructure, Operational Woes Mount as JU Completes Month 8 Without a Permanent V-C
Joydeep Sarkar | 25 January 2024 | The Wire
Kolkata: For over seven months now, Jadavpur University, one of the premier educational institutions in India, has been in a state of flux due to the absence of a permanent vice-chancellor.
The last permanent vice-chancellor, Suranjan Das, retired after his nine-year stint on May 31, 2023. West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, the chancellor of state universities, did not extend his tenure. Since then, the university has had two officiating V-Cs, both appointed and then dismissed by the Governor.
Officiating V-C Buddhadeb Sau was appointed by Raj Bhavan on August 17 last year. However, Governor Bose removed him on disciplinary grounds on the eve of the university’s annual convocation on December 23 last year. The state education department, at perpetual loggerheads with the governor, reinstated Sau the following day, but the convocation took place without the Chancellor – Governor Bose. Since then, Sau has been on leave, leading to a suspension of critical academic and administrative matters at the institution….