While citing UGC norms, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit told the state government to start the process of finding a new VC.
Punjab government had proposed one-year extension to Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, who was appointed in 2017 for three years. However, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit has approved only a six-month extension to his tenure against the state government's proposal of one year, said the official sources.
Sources said that Higher Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains had recommended an extension of three years for Dr Sandhu. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann shot down the proposal and sent a case for an extension of one year only. The governor further reduced it to six months.
Governor Purohit, while citing UGC norms, told the government to initiate the process of finding a new VC. He has also told the government that the process of selecting a new VC should be initiated well before the term of a VC comes to an end, said the sources, as reported by Indian Express.
Dr Sandhu was appointed VC by the Amarinder Singh government in June 2017 for a term of three years. In June 2020, he was given an extension of another three years. It will be a second extension for the VC now.
The University is successfully catering to twenty thousand students in various faculties at University Campuses and Constituent Colleges. Guru Nanak Dev University is the first University of the region which introduced on-line admissions to its courses, on-line counselling for State Level Admissions and Credit Based Evaluation System. All the results have been computerized and OMR (Optical Magnetic Recognition) system is being used to bring in more efficiency and transparency. It is again first for any University in the region to have computerized its examination and registration system. The students now have an all time access to their results through SMS service.
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