Pala nudges Modi for NEHU VC

New Delhi: Shillong Lok Sabha MP Vincent H. Pala has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in appointment of a full-fledged vice-chancellor in North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
The varsity has been functioning without a full-fledged vice-chancellor since the resignation of Prof AN Rai.
Following a representation from the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), Pala urged the Prime Minister to take steps to appoint a new VC in NEHU.
The HRD Minister Smriti Irani had told Parliament that search committees had given recommendations for appointment of VCs for three Central universities but nothing has happened so far.
Pala in a separate letter to Irani demanded that the Centre must expedite the setting up a permanent campus of NEHU in Jowai. The central university has two campuses in Meghalaya, one on the outskirts of the state capital and the other in Tura, West Garo Hills.
In 2006, NEHU was certified a university with “potential for excellence”.
“Grants should be sanctioned for the Jowai campus of NEHU in this financial year itself so that the branch becomes a reality,” Pala said.
The KSU also had demanded for establishment of CSIR JRF-NET examination centre at Shillong.