Vice-Chancellor Appointment in Mizoram Varsity By April: Search Committee

Aizawl, Mar 15 : The 'search committee', working towards appointing a Vice-Chancellor for Mizoram University, hopes to find a suitable candidate for the post by next month.

Mizoram University Students' Union, which is pressing for a Mizo Vice-Chancellor, met the three members of the committee - Prof N R Madhava Menon (chairman), Prof Atul Sharma (member) and Prof Sanjay Govind Dhande (member).

The students' union demanded that preferences be given to a Mizo candidate if he/she had the required qualifications.

"If the vice-chancellor is not a Mizo, then he should be at least a person who understands the sentiments of Mizos and easily gets accustomed to the Mizo society," the union said.

From a list of about 40 nominees prepared by the Ministry of Human Resources, the search committee will shortlist three persons and submit to the President.

"We will hopefully have a new vice-chancellor by the next one month," Prof Menon assured the students’ union. The post had been vacant since December last when Prof A N was transferred to North Eastern Hills University, Shillong.