Kolkata: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose, who is the chancellor of all 31 state-run universities, on Sunday appointed former Sikkim DGP C M Ravindran as the interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of North Bengal.
Governor Bose on Sunday appointed six interim vice-chancellors, once again drawing the ire of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu claimed that the appointments were done without consulting the state government.
Basu expressed surprise over the appointment of C M Ravindran, a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who served as director general of police (DGP), Sikkim, and was also worked with the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
“We fail to understand how a governor can appoint people in this manner and how police officers can run universities,” Basu said.
On August 23, Ravindran was given the Governor’s Karmayogi Excellence Award at Raj Bhawan.
In July, Bose appointed another retired IPS officer, M Wahab, who served in Kerala, as acting V-C of Kolkata’s Aliah University.
Bose also appointed retired chief justice of Karnataka high court, Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, as acting V-C of Kolkata’s Rabindra Bharati University.
In September, Mukherjee was made acting V-C at Kolkata’s prestigious Presidency University as well.
On Sunday, Governor Bose appointed six interim vice-chancellors of the University of North Bengal, Murshidabad University, Biswa Bangla University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University and the Alipurduar University.
