M K Jayaraj is new Calicut Univ VC

M K Jayaraj is new Calicut Univ VC

Thiruvananthapuram:

12.07.2020

Putting an end to speculations and political manoeuvering, state governor Arif Mohammed Khan in his capacity as the chancellor, has appointed Prof M K Jayaraj as the new vicechancellor of Calicut University on Saturday.

The chancellor shed his procrastination nearly twoand-half months after the selection panel had submitted him two lists of candidates to the post, which had been remaining vacant for almost a year now. While the state government nominees in the search panel had professor K M Seethi of M G University as the main contender for the post, the UGC nominee in the panel had put his weight behind CTCRI principal scientist Prof C A Jayaparas, who incidentally was the only SC candidate in the list of eligible ones for the coveted post.

M K Jayaraj had never been the top candidate to both the state government and the Centre. However, he was one of the candidates the state government favoured in case the most preferred one lost.

Jayaraj is currently a professor in Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has been appointed to the post for a period of four years from the date on which he assumes the office. TNN