Shillong, Oct 6 : Trouble continues to haunt the North Eastern Hill University as the students and the teachers today expressed deep resentment over the appointment of A.N. Rai as Nehu’s next vice-chancellor.
The Meghalaya Tribal Students’ Coordination Committee and the Joint Action Committee of Nehu resolved to oppose Rai who was appointed yesterday by the human resource development ministry to replace Pramod Tandon.
The coordination committee, comprising the Khasi Students’ Union Nehu, A’chik Post Graduate Students’ Union and the Meghalaya Post Graduate Students’ Union, at a meeting held on Nehu campus, resolved not to allow Rai, hitherto the vice-chancellor of Mizoram University, from taking over as the new vice-chancellor.
“We have set a deadline till October 8 for the Centre to denotify the appointment of Rai as the vice-chancellor of Nehu,” the chairman of the coordination committee, Kynpham Kharlyngdoh, said after the meeting.
Kharlyngdoh also questioned the rationale behind the appointment of Rai when his tenure as the vice-chancellor of Mizoram University would end only after eight months. “We have also come to know that even students of the Mizoram University were dissatisfied with Rai’s way of functioning,” Kharlyngdoh alleged.
Stressing the demand to appoint a person form indigenous background as the next vice-chancellor, Kharlyngdoh said: “We have many local tribals who have what it takes to occupy the top post in Nehu. Therefore, the Union ministry of human resource development should review its decision immediately.”
The Joint Action Committee which comprises the Nehu Teachers’ Association and Nehu Non-Teaching Staff Association, also supported the resolution adopted by the students, at a separate meeting held today.
“We are shocked by the appointment of a tainted man in the prestigious Nehu and the university is not a dumping ground for adjusting discredited Rai as the new vice-chancellor,” its chairman S.B. Prasad said in a statement.
Jemino Mawthoh, another Joint Action Committee leader, said after a threadbare discussion, the meeting resolved to support the students. “We are perplexed by the decision taken by the search committee to recommend the name of a sitting vice-chancellor. This clearly shows that Rai was no longer wanted in Mizoram University,” Mawthoh said.
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