Kathmandu, Feb 9: Fourteen of the 43 individuals applying for the vacant post of Vice Chancellor of Tribhuvan University have been shortlisted. The Recommendation Committee on Thursday announced the short-list for presentation and interview of the candidates.
The shortlisted candidates include
Kusum Shakya, Keshar Jung Baral, Govinda Subedi, Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki,
Gyanendra Prasad Poudyal, Tankanath Dhamala, Tirtha Raj Khaniya, Narayan
Belbase, Prakash Ghimire, Bhojraj Aryal, Mahendra Prasad Sharma, Ram Chandra
Basnet, Shiva Lal Bhusal and Surya Bahadur Thapa, according to the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology.
The post in the country's oldest
university had fallen vacant with the termination of the tenure of Vice
Chancellor Dharmakant Baskota on November 4, 2023.
Prime Minister and TU Chancellor
Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on November 10, 2023 formed the Recommendation
Committee under the chairmanship of Minister for Education Ashok Kumar Rai for
recommending the names for appointment to the post of Vice Chancellor.
Ministry secretary Suresh Adhikari
and Dr Chandrakala Ghimire, the Chief of TU Central Department of Buddhist
Studies, are the members of the committee. (RSS)