Team Herald
PANJIM: The Dean of Marine Science Department of Goa University, Harilal B Menon, is amongst the five academicians, whose names have been recommended for the post of Vice Chancellor of the varsity.
The selection committee for vice-chancellor of Goa University has recommended five names to Governor and Chancellor PS Sreedharan Pillai for the final selection.
According to sources, besides Menon, the others are Girish Kumar a senior professor of the department of Electrical Engineering-IIT Bombay, Dr SW Gosavi a senior professor Department of Physics from University of Pune, Anil Kumar Gupta a geologist from IIT Kharagpur and Dr Vijay Fulari senior professor of Physics from Shivaji University – Maharashtra.
The appointment will be for a period of five years or till completion of 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
Sources said that if the Chancellor does not approve any of the recommended names, he can call for fresh recommendations from the same applications.
Currently Prof Malapati K Janarthanam, of the Department of Botany, is officiating as Vice Chancellor, after Varun Sahni’s term ended on August 18.
The three-member selection committee included CSIR director general Dr Shekhar Mande, former NCERT director Jagmohan Singh Rajput and DRDO’s Director Satish Reddy.
