Chakraborty to continue as IIT Bhubaneswar director

BHUBANESWAR: IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) director Madhusudan Chakraborty, whose five-year contract ended on May 18, will continue in the post for three more months till a regular appointment, government sources said.
Additional secretary, higher education, ministry of human resources development (MHRD), Amita Sharma has conveyed the decision on the stop-gap arrangement to the Union government and chairman, board of governors of IITBBS, S K Roongta.Sources said the outgoing government did not appoint a full-time director for the premier institution in advance to avoid controversy.
The Centre began the process of recruiting the next director only recently by publishing open advertisements. Since the last date to apply for the post is mid-July, appointment of a full-time director for IITBBS would be complete only by August-September, a senior government officer said.