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West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has appointed permanent Vice-Chancellors of six State-aided universities on Wednesday (October 29, 2025), after years of fastener jam kept the positions vacant and moving nether interim presumption holders. Top universities specified arsenic Calcutta University, Jadavpur University, and 4 different varsities are acceptable to get caller V-Cs aft years of impasse.
Professor Ashutosh Ghosh volition beryllium appointed arsenic the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, he had antecedently served arsenic the interim V-C of the aforesaid institute successful 2017. Professor Chiranjib Bhattacharyya volition service arsenic the imperishable V-C of Jadavpur University. He is presently moving arsenic the president of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and was besides a former pro-V-C of Jadavpur University.
“In such top educational institutes, the V-C station is very crucial; they tally the full world place. Without the V-C, the full strategy suffers connected a regular basis. Even readying aboriginal projects becomes a problem. There was a vacuum successful JU and different universities because of this. The longer this vacuum stays, the much harm it does towards education. We are blessed this determination has been taken,” Professor Partha Pratim Biswas, president of the Jadavpur University Teachers Association (JUTA), told The Hindu on Thursday (October 30).
The imperishable V-C candidates were shortlisted by a Supreme Court-appointed hunt committee and acceptable successful bid of penchant by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who sent the database to the Governor for approval. The six radical were reportedly called to a gathering astatine the West Bengal Governor’s residence astatine Raj Bhavan connected Monday (October 27, 2025) evening. Formal notifications were sent to the six universities by the West Bengal Government Higher Education Department connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025).
“NOW, THEREFORE, successful presumption of the supra mentioned orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and successful workout of the powers conferred by the Jadavpur University Act, 1981, arsenic amended from clip to time, the Hon’ble Chancellor is hereby pleased to name Prof. Dr. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee arsenic the Vice-Chancellor of the Jadavpur University with effect from the day of joining for a play of 4 years oregon till helium attains the property of seventy years, whichever is earlier,” the authoritative missive from the West Bengal Government addressed towards Jadavpur University connected October 29 stated.
The caller appointments volition see Vice-Chancellors for the University of Gour Banga, Kazi Nazrul University, Sadhu Ramchand Murmu University, and Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay. Invited to the Raj Bhavan for the process were Ashis Bhattacharya (University of Gour Banga), Uday Bandyopadhyay (Kazi Nazrul University), Chandradipa Ghosh (Sadhu Ramchand Murmu University), Abu Taleb (Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay), on with Ghosh and Bhattacharyya. These appointments were also announced connected the societal media leafage of the Raj Bhavan Media Cell leafage connected X.
“Today, Vice-Chancellors who were the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s archetypal choices person been appointed to six much State-aided universities. I widen my heartfelt congratulations and champion wishes to each of them!” State Education Minister Bratya Basu wrote connected societal media grip X.
The State had seen a agelong impasse betwixt the Governor and the Chief Minister connected who holds the powerfulness to name the V-Cs astatine these State-run universities. Ms. Banerjee had connected multiple occasions accused that the Governor appointed interim V-Cs without her consultation. However, the Raj Bhavan claimed that the State Government was overstepping the Governor’s law powers arsenic Chancellor of these universities. This impasse had led to galore of the apical universities functioning without a V-C for years, starring to troubles successful world and administrative decisions.
