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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (left) aft taking oath of bureau by Governor Thawarchand Gehlot successful Bengaluru successful 2023. (Express file)
In a determination that could escalate the struggle betwixt Karnataka’s Congress authorities and the governor, the erstwhile is mulling implicit a ineligible amendment to curb the latter’s powers successful appointing vice-chancellors to the authorities universities.
The furniture has approved a draught amendment measure seeking to regenerate the politician with the main curate arsenic the chancellor of Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University. With respective amendments to the Karnataka State Universities (KSU) Act, the authorities is acceptable to present captious administrative reforms for the 42 authorities universities.
Higher Education Minister M C Sudhakar told reporters connected Wednesday: “We are taking a leafage retired of the Gujarat model. The governor’s relation successful Gujarat is constricted to convocations portion the assignment of vice-chancellors and different important administrative decisions remainder with the authorities government. Even different authorities governments person made akin amendments but immoderate of them person been unsuccessful.”
He added: “We are moving connected the amendments to the Karnataka State Universities Act. We person to nonstop it to the ineligible affairs section for review, aft which it volition beryllium discussed successful the furniture and tabled successful the Assembly. The amendments volition chiefly absorption connected strengthening the assemblage and improving administrative, financial, and world aspects of the university.”
The authorities argues that the politician holds precise small value erstwhile it comes to the functioning of a university. It projected to amend the KSU Act during the furniture gathering successful Kalaburgi successful September. The determination came amid the political slugfest betwixt Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and the Government successful the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) onshore lawsuit involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his woman Parvathi. Gehlot had fixed authorisation for booking Siddaramaiah successful transportation with the alleged onshore scam — a determination the main curate challenged successful the Karnataka High Court.
How are vice-chancellors appointed now?
The authorities forms a hunt committee to urge 3 qualified candidates for the station of vice-chancellor. This database is sent to the governor’s office, wherever the governor, successful consultation with the government, selects 1 candidate. The politician has the last accidental successful appointing vice-chancellors. But erstwhile the projected amendment becomes law, the authorities authorities volition finalise a azygous sanction from the 3 names the committee suggests and nonstop it to the politician for approval. The draught is expected to gully references to states similar Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, wherever the main curate plays a captious relation successful the assignment of vice-chancellors.
How does Gujarat name vice-chancellors?
According to the rules laid retired nether the Gujarat Public Universities Act 2023, determination shall beryllium a hunt committee consisting of a subordinate nominated by the authorities government, the manager of an institute oregon organisation, a typical from the University Grants Commission, and the registrar of the university. The government-nominated subordinate is the president of the committee. It recommends a sheet of the champion candidates for information for assignment arsenic the vice-chancellor. A study is past submitted with a elaborate write-up connected the suitability of each idiosyncratic successful the list. The authorities authorities appoints 1 of them arsenic the vice-chancellor.
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