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The Senate of the University of Calicut (CU) has selected A. Sabu, subordinate secretary, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment, arsenic its nominee for the search-cum-selection sheet to take a caller Vice-Chancellor (V-C) for the institution.
The predetermination for the intent was held connected Thursday (October 30) connected the university’s main field astatine Tenhipalam successful Malappuram district. In the lack of the incumbent V-C, P. Raveendran, Syndicate subordinate P. Rasheed Ahammed presided implicit the meeting. Mr. Raveendran was chosen for the station successful August 2024 by the then-Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.
P.K. Khaleemudheen, a subordinate aligned with the CPI(M), projected Mr. Sabu’s name. V.M. Chacko, a subordinate affiliated to the United Democratic Front (UDF), projected the sanction of Achuthsankar S. Nair, erstwhile Director, Centre for Development of Imaging Technology. Those aligned with the BJP projected the sanction of K. Muraleedharan, Principal Scientist, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute. After voting, Mr. Sabu got 38 votes, Mr. Nair 20 votes, and Mr. Muraleedharan got 3 votes.
Earlier, the Senate had chosen Dharmaraj Adat, erstwhile V-C, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, arsenic its nominee connected August 23. However, helium declined to instrumentality up the job. Another gathering held connected September 11 turned retired to beryllium inconclusive. It is learnt that Thursday’s gathering was held pursuing instructions from Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who is besides the Chancellor of the university.
