5 candidates shortlisted for RTMNU’s V-C post
   Date :06-Aug-2020

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Dr Bhagwat, Dr Deshpande, Dr Chaudhari, Dr Shinde and Dr Kolhe to appear for interview before Chancellor on August 7 
 
The Search Panel constituted by Chancellor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari has named five shortlisted candidates for the post of Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). ‘The Hitavada’ has names of all the five candidates who would face interviews before the Chancellor on August 7.
 
Names of Dr Vinayak Deshpande, former acting Vice-Chancellor of RTMNU; Dr S R Chaudhary, officiating Pro-Vice Chancellor of RTMNU and Principal of J D College of Engineering; Dr Mohanlal Kolhe, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); and Dr Ganeshchandra Shinde, Principal of Indira Gandhi College, Nanded, are shortlisted for the interview, revealed highly placed sources. The fifth name is of Dr Sunil Bhagwat, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. About 30 candidates appeared for the interview on July 30 and 31.
 
These 30 got selected out of 130 applications. The Search panel headed by former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Dilip Bhosale with Principal Secretary Dr Sanjay Chahande and Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur; Abhay Karandikar as the other members did the scrutiny. After conducting interviews of 30 applicants, the panel shortlisted the five names. Now, everybody is curious to know who would head RTMNU.
 
Within one or two days the Chancellor may conduct interview of the last five and select the candidates. There were some other names doing rounds and everybody was curious to know who were the last five. In university circle, most felt, RTMNU may get woman Vice-Chancellor with two names doing rounds. Unfortunately, both did not figure in the last five. Dr Pradip Kundal, senior professor with Post Graduate Department of Geology, RTMNU, has been trying hard since long. He was selected in last 30 also but could not make it to the last five.