NEW DELHI:
Jawaharlal Nehru University approved the name of
Anirban Chakraborti
as its new registrar at the executive council meeting held on Friday. In a statement issued, the university said that the 294th meeting of the EC approved the appointment of the new registrar by vice-chancellor
M Jagadesh Kumar
.
“This appointment was in accordance with the Statute 8(2) of
JNU,” the university said.
“He will be taking care of the office of the registrar until a new registrar is appointed for which an advertisement has already been issued. It is unfortunate that a few faculty members of JNU have tried to manufacture a controversy over an appointment, which is otherwise a routine process,” it added.
Jawaharlal Nehru University teachers’ association had earlier questioned the legality of the appointment stating that the registrar’s name can only be approved by the EC. “It was only yesterday evening that the matter of the registrar was brought up as part of the additional agenda. The university must explain their misdeed,” JNUTA secretary Moushumi Basu said.
The EC, meanwhile, also decided not to charge hostel fees for the Monsoon Semester, 2020 from students who did not stay in the hostel due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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