Governor calls for fresh VC applications for Chisti language university

LUCKNOW: Governor Anandiben Patel as the chancellor of state universities has ‘rejected’ candidates interviewed and shortlisted for the post of vice-chancellor of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Language University (KMCLU), Lucknow.
In a fresh advertisement issued on January 13, Patel said, applications were invited by an advertisement on August 28, however, none of the applicants have been found suitable for the appointment as V-C.
The three-member selection panel was headed by Amit L Jani from Maharshi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Viswavidyalaya, Ujjain; BJP leader Amaar Rizvi (university nominated), and Prof Faisal from Allahabad University. The panel, in two rounds, interviewed 10 candidates.
The first set of five candidates had names of Prof Chandana Dey from KMCLU, Prof SP Shakya who is a retired principal from a postgraduate college in Sitapur, Prof Abbas Raza Nayyar from Lucknow University, Prof Mahrukh Mirza who was KMCLU’s vice-chancellor from October 2017 for a period of three years, and Prof Mohd Sharif from Aligarh Muslim University.
In the second round, there were five candidates — Prof Syed Ainul Hasan from Jawaharlal National University, Prof Nishi Pandey and Prof Somesh Shukla from Lucknow University, Prof Shabnam Hamid Ansari from Allahabad Univeristy and Prof Bharti Dwivedi from Institute of Engineering and Technology, a constituent college of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University. Nearly 55 candidates had applied for the VC’s post.
With the rejection of all the 10 candidates, the governor has re-invited applications, and set February 15 as the last date for sending applications online in the prescribed format on the website, www.upgovernor.gov.in.