BHU professor appointed as Vice Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat

Professor Rama Shanker Dubey, of the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Gujarat. Professor Dubey will be succeeding Professor Syed Abdul Bari who joined as the VC of the Central University of Gujarat in August 2014.

Professor Rama Shanker Dubey is the second professor from BHU to take over as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gujarat. Gopabandhu Mishra from the Department of Sanskrit, Faculty of Arts at BHU was appointed as the VC of Somnath Sanskrit University in Veraval. He joined as the Vice-Chancellor on September 24, 2018.

The appointment order was issued on Tuesday by the Human Resource Development Ministry which stated that the appointment will be for a term of five years from the date on which he takes office or until he attains the age of 70, whichever is earlier.

Students stage a protest as BHU Firm on Muslim Professor for Sanskrit

It has been two weeks since the students enforced lockout at the Sahitya wing of the Sanskrit Vidya Charm Vijnan at BHU has refused to mellow down over the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor.

A group of students of the Sanskrit literature from the last 12 days has been protesting outside the office of the BHU Vice-Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar demanding that Professor Khan’s appointment be cancelled and fresh recruitment be conducted. Protesting students have been reciting hymns and even carried out a yagna stating that they will not budge until their demands are met with.

One of the protestors said that they are not fighting against someone from any particular religion but they are against the fact that things are not happening according to the tradition. They are against the professors' appointment to the particular unit of the university as it is not a normal department but it is the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan Sankya which teaches culture and not just the language. The students have said that the professor can teach at the Department of Sanskrit but not in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan Sankya.

The university administration, on the other hand, has supported the appointment of Professor Khan stating that he is the most suitable candidate for the post and all the procedures were followed during the appointment.

O P Rai, Chief Proctor of BHU has said that the selection committee acted according to the constitution and the acts of the university and if the students have an issue then the university will pay heed but the students feel what they think is correct.

The university administration has issued statements twice in the last week stating that it is committed to achieving the objectives of the university in providing equal educational and teaching opportunities to everyone irrespective of their religion.

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