To be or not to be
AHMEDABAD: GOVERNOR Nawal Kishore Sharma will shortly complete his five-year term in office. Now, before that — being the ex officio Chancellor — he has this task of finalising the names of vice-chancellors of five universities in the state — Gujarat University, Somnath Sanskrit University, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar National Open University, Kutch University and Bhavnagar University. Although the proposals are pending for quite some time, the Governor somehow, couldn’t get enough time to look into them. Now, talks about his successor are already making the rounds and also the question as to whether the names will be finalised by Sharma or his successor. In all likelihood, former Union HRD minister Arjun Singh may succeed Sharma.
In that case, the V-C issue should be resolved in no time given the "vast experience" Singh has in matters academic.

Complaint redressal
WITH victory comes defeat and when it concerns elections in particular, there also comes a spate of complaints. But speaking specifically, here, victory concerns not in elections but in getting tickets. Both BJP and the Congress top brass are getting all sorts of complaints of inaction against different party workers (and leaders). So, the Congress has already appointed a disciplinary action committee that will look into such complaints from different party rank and file, including those from places like Junagadh, Sabarkantha, Panchmahals and Vadodara to name a few. This will keep the ‘inactive’ leaders busy (thus reducing the spate of complaints!) for some more time before they get on to finalising candidates for the next elections — to urban local bodies and to Assembly seats vacated because of sitting MLAs winning in the Lok Sabha elections.

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