5 PU colleges to get new principals

Patna: Five constituent colleges of Patna University (PU) — Magadh Mahila College, Patna College, Patna Science College, Vanijya Mahavidyalay and Patna Law College — are likely to get new principals, to be appointed on the recommendation of Bihar State University Service Commission after a gap of about 15 years.

The necessary formalities of their posting will be completed within a week, said PU sources.All five candidates — Suheli Mehta, Alka, Nagendra Prasad Verma, Anil Kumar and Yogendra Kumar Verma — whose names have been forwarded to the PU by the director of higher education, have been directed to report at the university office on June 9 for verification of their documents relating to their qualifications and experience.The statutes for the appointment of principals of constituent colleges assented to by the governor on May 3, 2024, state that the incumbent having experience as a professor will be preferably posted in the college offering postgraduate education, whereas those having experience as professors/associate professors will be posted in the institutes offering undergraduate courses. These postings will be made by the vice-chancellor in consultation with the chancellor's representative.

Dean of students' welfare-cum-media in charge Anil Kumar said the posting of principals will be finalised by a three-member committee, headed by the vice-chancellor and consisting of the registrar and chancellor's representative. Magadh University English department teacher Rahmat Jahan has been nominated as the representative of the chancellor in PU. According to a notification issued by PU registrar Shalini, appointment letters will be issued to the new principals after ascertaining the genuineness of their academic qualifications and other documents required as per the guidelines of the chancellor's secretariat. Candidates have also been directed to submit an affidavit sworn in before a first class magistrate regarding genuineness of the documents being submitted, a notification said.