Haryana varsity heads to serve till 68 years
By IANSTuesday, April 27, 2010
CHANDIGARH - Vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors of all government universities in Haryana will now serve till age of 68 years as the government has raised their retirement age by three years.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here Tuesday.
An official spokesman said after the cabinet meeting that an ordinance in this regard will be issued shortly as the Haryana assembly is not in session.
Till now, the retirement age of vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors in the state was 65 years.
The four state universities include Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak; Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa; and Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya (Women University), Khanpur Kalan.
Other universities in the state are CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak. The technical universities include Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, and YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad.
The spokesman added that the step has been taken to enable eminent and experienced persons to continue to serve in these top posts for a longer period to make use of their administrative experience.
